Press

2025

JEU REVUE DE THÉATRE  

Le Festival des Clowns de Montréal commence

LA METROPOLE 

The Misunderstood Cabaret 

SESAYA ARTS

“Expect the unexpected” at this year’s Montreal Clown Festival

CKUT UPSTAGE

Montreal Clown Festival expands its clown shoe footprint! 

Cult mtl

Montreal Clown Festival to stage a staggering variety of entertainment from April 4 to 12

CBC DAYBREAK

The Montreal Clown Festival is back for its 8th season

montreal gazette

Friday on My Mind: Cool things range from Montreal Clown Festival to Kane Brown

QUebec Drama Federation (QDF)

Stage Left: Le Festival de Clowns de Montréal

A VIEW FROM THE BOX

Artistic Director Vanessa Rigaux interview for Stage Door Dialogues

CBC The Bridge (55 minute interview with Nantali Indongo)

Artistic Director Vanessa Rigaux feature interview on the state of art, culture, and clowns in Montreal and the Regions of Québec (And Anne Murray)

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

Squeeze the Clown

Blog by Meridith Gordon

Mountain Lake PBS

Review by Geneviève PM Roy

Montreal Rampage

Preview- Laughing With Feeling by Rachel Levine

CKUT Upstage – Sarah Deshaies

Interview (17:00) with Alec Jones-Trujillo (Las Vegas)
Interviews (21:00) with 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.”