Festival des Clowns de Montréal
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Communiqué de presse 2026
Le Festival des Clowns de Montréal célèbre sa 9ᵉ édition avec une programmation internationale placée sous le signe du rire et de l’humanité.
Huit jours de spectacles, ateliers, discussions et plus encore, à la découverte du clown contemporain, du théâtre physique et de la comédie absurde, pour un public de tous âges!
2025 Edition
JEU REVUE DE THÉATRE
Le Festival des Clowns de Montréal commence
LA METROPOLE
Le Cabaret Malentendu
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
Entrevue avec la directrice artistique Vanessa Rigaux (en anglais) pour « Stage Door Dialogues »
CBC The Bridge
(Entrevue de 55 minutes avec Nantali Indongo)
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 Edition
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 Edition
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 Edition
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 Edition
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. »
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