2024 Festival
7th edition
April 25 – 28, 2024
Le Gésù – Centre de Créativité
1200 Rue de Bleury, Montreal
Box Office: 514-861-4036
Shows
THURSDAY
NEW RECIPES SHOWCASE
04.25 – 19 h 30
MTL Clowns in partnership with MainLine Theatre
MC Alec Jones-Trujillo
12 New Works
All ages – French/English/Non-verbal
FRIDAY
Festival Cabaret: The Big, Big Deal
04.26 – 20 h
MC Patrick Léonard
Jamie Adkins, Joel Baker, Moshe Cohen, Amrita Kaur Dhaliwal, Emily Jeffers, Dolorèze Léonard, Raphaëlle Pépin, Marie-Pierre Petit.
All ages – Bilingual with LSQ interpretation
SATURDAY
Cirk’ Alors !
04.27 – 11 h
Compagnie In Toto (Québec)
For kids and familes 3 years and over – non-verbal
CIRK’ ALORS : Miniature circus for the DIY clown.
Mario a un Incroyable Talent
04. 27 – 12 h
Hugues Sarra-Bournet (Montreal)
All ages – French, English, non-verbal
Winner of the 2022 Frankie Award for Best Clown Show, Montreal Fringe Festival
Driving Around
04.27 – 15h30
Amrita Kaur Dhaliwal (Los Angeles)
Adult – English
Post-show discussion with the Artist
18 + confronting themes: gun violence, race
Variety show – Triple Bill
04.27 – 19 h 30
Avner Eisenberg as Avner the Eccentric
with Jamie Adkins and Laurette & Arlette
All ages – non verbal
Post-show discussion with the Artists
Old God
04.27 – 22 h
Alec Jones-Trujillo (Las Vegas)
Adult – English
Winner of the 2023 Frankie Award for Best Clown Show, Montreal Fringe Festival
SUNDAY
Walter EGO
04.28 – 12 h
L’Aubergine (Québec)
Children’s Programming
all ages – non-verbal
DOUBLE FAUTE
04.28 – 13 h & 19 h
Nacho Con Salsa (Montréal)
All ages -non-verbal
FREE SHOW
Inside Ethel: OUTSIDE
04.28 – 13 h 30
NACS (Not Another Clown Show) Productions (Toronto)
All ages – non-verbal
LARRY
04.28 – 19 h 30
Candy Roberts (Vancouver)
Adult – English
Post-show discussion with the artist
18+ Nudity, Coarse Language, Strobe
Gear Down Big Rig, you might just shed a tear, and bust a gut!
OUTdoor program
FREE PROGRAMMING
Les Robert
04.26 – 17 h & 18 h 30
LaboKracBoom, Sherbrooke
Construction Guys
04.27 – 17 h
Hercinia Arts Collective/Trellis Arts, Toronto
Workshops & EVENTS
PANEL DISCUSSION
The Clown: An Agent for Social Change
Moderator: Michel Houde
The Montreal Clown Festival in collaboration with NAFHCO (North American Federation of Healthcare Clown Organisations), presented by Fondation Dr Clown.
Centre Saint-Pierre, 1216 Rue Panet, Montréal
A variety of clown artists from different backgrounds and interests discuss how the clown has changed society over the years, what potential it has to change things in the present and future; the challenges that get in the way and possible solutions.
Panelists: Jean-Marie Alexandre (clown artist, therapeutic clown, Quebec); Pedro Fabião (clown artist, trainer, Lisbon Portugal); Meredith Gordon (clown artist, therapeutic clown, Atlanta); Mélanie Raymond (clown artist, therapeutic clown, Montreal); Vanessa Rigaux (clown artist, Artistic director of the Montreal Clown Festival).
Discussion in English, with simultaneous French translation available.
Introduction to Eccentric Performance Principles
Avner Eisenberg
April 28, 3:30-6:30 PM
The final day of the festival, join the legendary Avner Eisenberg for a 3-hour workshop on ECCENTRIC PERFORMANCE PRINCIPLES. In English.
SOLD OUT
New Recipes – Showcase of NEW WORKS
MTL Clowns In partnership with MainLine Theatre
Coaching/Direction: Gabe McKinney (Director, Old God)
April 25, 10-5 PM / performance at 7:30 PM
Under the direction of Gabe McKinney (Director, Old God; Speigleworld; Dell-Arte graduate and guest teacher), we offer a one-day, high-stakes artist experience to develop and present a short new work presentation on the opening night of the 4-day Clown festival. Pre-requisites: Come with a 5-minute turn or idea you have never performed before.
Clown Duo – From Complicity to Competition
Pedro Fabião
April 24-25-26
A journey for clown duos starting in the relationship of Complicity: the paradise of acceptance and imagination where conflict between the two clowns is inexistent; to the relationship of Competition: where the differences between them create the story, conflict is welcomed and the impulses & individuality of each are necessary.
Experienced clown artists may register individually, but be prepared to work in duos during the workshop. A partnership with the Montreal Clown Festival, Fondation Dr. Clown and NAFHCO.
SOLD OUT
