Clowns
‘Out of tune and out of key’: Covent Garden’s buskers fight back against bid to silence them
Performers say Westminster council move to enforce licences and restrict acts’ volume, staging and props threatens a centuries-old London tradition
Andrew Anthony
26, Nov, 2023 @3:00 PM
Fears 400 years of Covent Garden street theatre at risk from council clampdown
Performers say traditional fun could end by Christmas as Westminster enforcement vote looms
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter
21, Nov, 2023 @2:51 PM
Apocalypse Clown review – gag-filled comedy in post-apocalyptic Ireland
This comedy sees a troupe of clowns, living statues and ravers roaming about a dystopia where electricity has been stopped by a solar flare
Leslie Felperin
29, Aug, 2023 @10:00 AM
Fool’s Paradise review – roll up for the clown wedding
Britt Plummer is waiting to get married to fellow clown Otto in this playful and wistful comedy
Chris Wiegand
24, Aug, 2023 @4:12 PM
Late-night clown-therapy act among nominees for Edinburgh comedy awards
Julia Masli, Ahir Shah and Janine Harouni are on the eight-strong shortlist for the coveted £10,000 prize at the festival
Brian Logan
23, Aug, 2023 @4:47 PM
Troll review – sweetly silly Nordic comedy is monstrous fun
The real beasts – not the internet kind – have come to teach us their ways, learn human stuff and dish the dirt on billy goats
Chris Wiegand
22, Aug, 2023 @4:13 PM
Until Death review – brief encounters with mortality and Marilyn Merlot
Nalini Sharma makes an engaging fringe debut, using clowning skills and audience participation in a show inspired by her hospital stay
Chris Wiegand
21, Aug, 2023 @2:05 PM
Julia Masli: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha review – healing hilarity
A clown by trade, Masli here sets about tackling the audience’s problems. Her leftfield efforts to ease them are one of this fringe’s true tonics
Brian Logan
15, Aug, 2023 @4:20 PM
Elf and Duffy: Heist review – harum-scarum comedy havoc
This part-improvised, largely mimed and entirely chaotic comic play about guinea pigs and bank robbery is ramshackle fun
Brian Logan
09, Aug, 2023 @11:49 AM
‘Like a naughty Siri’: friendly sex robot Vanessa 5000 asks audiences to test her powers
In her Edinburgh festival show, LA comic and clown Courtney Pauroso plays a latex-clad humanoid pleasure device. But are fringegoers ready to restart her?
Kate Wyver
08, Aug, 2023 @3:10 PM
Incredible scenes! Prague stages design spectacular with a giant cat, tiny flats and a 16-legged theatre
With dozens of installations from around the world, the quadrennial returns to bring the Czech capital an extravaganza of performance design
Chris Wiegand
12, Jun, 2023 @12:16 PM
The Invisible Man review – an ingenious show you’ll want to see again
Constantly surprising, this fresh take on the ‘it’s behind you!’ routine leaves its young audience asking ‘how did they do that?’
Chris Wiegand
05, Jun, 2023 @10:23 AM
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