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.”