Montreal Clowns Festival

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Le Grand Imbécile

Open Call – Aritsts

Application deadline: March 8, 2026 (11:59 PM)

Show date: Friday April 17- 9 PM

Venue: La Toscadura

Audience: 18+ Bilingual, LSQ interprétation

The Montreal Clown Festival presents the Grand Imbecile, our signature show ready to electrify the audience on its second Friday night with high-energy antics, eccentric performances, and pure fun!

Clown Audition

Deadline passed

Date: April 16 & 17
Location: Cirque du Soleil
Audience: By invitation only. 18 years and older.

Workshop / Audition for clowns and physical actors

Contemporary clowns, physical actors, comic actors, mimes, comedians, drag clowns, other acting disciplines (masked play, Commedia dell’arte…).

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