2025 Festival
April 4-12, 2025
8th edition

 

PROGRAM

FRIDAY April 4 @ Le Gésù

 

Gala Cabaret

04.04 – 19 h 30
MC René Bazinet
All ages – Bilingual

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SATURDAY April 5 @ Le Gésù

 

DISCUSSION I

04.05 – 15 h – 17 h
With Francine Côté, Jean Saucier, Yves Dagenais, Anna-Karyna Barlati, Jackie Gosselin | Moderator: Zed Cézard

In French with English Translation

What methods are we using to pass down knowledge, careers, and pedagogies within the art of clowning?

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SOIRÉE IMPRO CLOWN

04.05 – 19 h 30
Empire Pagaille
An evening – of improv – with clowns!

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WEDNESDAY April 9 @ la MAISON DE LA CULTURE Claude LéVEILLÉ

 

A man and a Woman dressed in white lab coats and glasses

Pour La Science !

04.09 – 19 h 30
Small Matters Productions
12 + French/English/Non-verbal
Free-Reservation required (Available 2 weeks before the show)
MTL Clowns in partnership with la Maison de la Culture Claude Léveillée

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Thursday April 10 @ la SotteReNEa

 

Old God

04.10 – 19 h 30
Alec Jones-Trujillo (Las Vegas)
Adult – English

Back by popular demand after a sold-out performance at the 2024 Montreal Clown Festival

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FRIDAY April 11 @ la TOSCADURA

 

LE GRAND IMBÉCILE

04.11 – 20 h
MC Uma Gahd
18+  BILINGUAL
TALANT SHOW with CELEBRITY JUDGES

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SATURDAY April 12 @ la MAISON DE LA CULTURE

 

AMÂRRABLE

04.12 – 15 h
COLLECTIF FOUTiYAYAI

All ages + Free with reservation required

MTL Clowns in partnership with la Maison de la Culture Claude Léveillée

Non-verbal

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SATURDAY April 12 @ Le PTIT OURS

 

DISCUSSION II

04.12 – 18 h – 20 h
With Steve Day, Marie-Hélène Côté, Soizick Hébert, Rodrigue Lussier (Chocolat), Youmna Mouacdieh, Annab Thuot-Aubin | Moderator: Aaron Marquise

Is Clowning Dangerous?

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WORKSHOPS

Avner Workshop Montreal promo image reads Sunday Apriol 28, 3:30PM

Dramaturgy of Clown: Rules? No Rules??

Fiona Griffiths

March 28, 29, 30, 2025

This fun and challenging course will improve your creation and performance skills. Enjoy frolicking with your clown persona, defining and refining the message for your turn, assessing your work, improving audience skills and making your turn repeatable. 
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Promo image for lown Workshop New Recipes 2024

Personnage et Technique d’Impro

MTL Clowns In partnership with La Brimbalante

François-Guillaume Leblanc & Annab Aubin-Thuot

March 31-April 4, 2025

François-Guillaume Leblanc (Théâtre Biscornu) and La Nab (La Brimbalante) team up to present a multifaceted clown workshop in Montreal, as part of the 2025 Montreal Clown Festival activities! François-Guillaume’s focus will be on character creation. La Nab will guide participants through improvisation techniques to uncover and embrace areas of radical pleasure in play.
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