Presse
2025
A View From the Box
Entrevue avec la directrice artistique Vanessa Rigaux (en anglais) pour « Stage Door Dialogues »
CBC « The Bridge » (Entrevie de 55 minutes avec Nantali Indongo sur les ondes CBC)
Entrevue exclusive avec la directrice artistique Vanessa Rigaux sur l’état de l’art, de la culture et du clown à Montréal et dans les régions du Québec.
2024
GLOBAL MONTRÉAL
Artistic director Vanessa Rigaux joins Global’s Laura Casella with a preview
REVUE JEU
Cinq questions avec Vanessa Rigaux de Mario Cloutier
MOUNTAIN LAKE PBS
Revue Geneviève PM Roy
MONTREAL RAMPAGE
Preview- « Laughing With Feeling » Rachel Levine
CKUT UPSTAGE – SARAH DESHAIES
Entrevue (17:00) Alec Jones-Trujillo (Las Vegas)
Entrevues (21:00) Amrita Kaur Dhaliwal (L.A.) & Candice Roberts (Vancouver)
2022
The Nation
“Our Inuit culture is important to us, and we wish to preserve and celebrate it fully,” the group stated. “We create shows based on Inuit myths, legends and storytelling through contemporary circus arts.”
Global Montréal
Artistic director Vanessa Rigaux joins Global’s Kim Sullivan with a preview.
CBC All in a Weekend
Nunavik circus troupe tells contemporary stories blended with Inuit mythology.
Journal Métro – Caroline Bertrand
« Politique, constructions sociales, féminisme, enjeux autochtones : tant de sujets que les clowns ne craignent pas d’aborder. »
Montreal Gazette – Jim Burke
Diving into the deep end of Montreal’s fall theatre season.
2019
Montreal Gazette – Jim Burke
« This is a festival that looks to the outer limits of the clown universe. »
The Link – Abegail Ranaudo
»Huotari’s style of clowning allowed her to grapple with U.S. politics. She performed in the bouffon style where her protagonist came to mock the audience, rather than the clown poking fun at its own flaws. »
2018
Clowns take over Montreal – Global News
“Our Inuit culture is important to us, and we wish to preserve and celebrate it fully,” the group stated. “We create shows based on Inuit myths, legends and storytelling through contemporary circus arts.”
Montreal’s anglo theatre scene turns over a new leaf – Montreal Gazette
« Yes, there will be zany fun, and most probably fright wigs and red noses. But the festival has proved itself to be a lively showcase of up-and-coming and established talent that can appeal to those with a more scholarly interest in the form, too. »
Bill Brownstein: Yet more clowns are coming to Montreal – Montreal Gazette
« Troupers, anglos and francos from 11 companies hail from as near as here, Quebec City and Toronto and as far away as Santiago, Chile. The goals of festival organizers Rigaux and Kendall Savage are to provide a space for clowns to experiment in addition to educating the public on the fine art of clowning. »