9th edition
Montreal
Clown
Festival
April 10-18, 2026
Gala Cabaret
Date: Friday April 10- 7:30 PM
Venue: Gesù
Audience: All ages – Bilingual, LSQ interpretation
Directed by Joe de Paul, Cast to be confirmed.
Bold, brilliant, and delightfully ridiculous, the Gala Cabaret is the festival’s signature event—and not to be missed.
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Les p’tites polisses en servisse
Free show
Date: Saturday April 11 – 3:00 PM
Venue: Maison de la Culture Claude-Léveillée
Audience: All Ages, Non verbal
Written, directed and performed by Dominique Grenier & Marie-Michèle Pharand
Co-Presentation La Maison de la Culture Claude Léveillée & MTL Clowns
Colonial Circus
Date: Saturday 11 April – 8 PM
Venue: La Risée
Audience: 18+ English Non Verbal
Written, directed and performed by Shreya Parashar & Sachin Sharma (Two2Mango)
An immersive comedy led by two clowns who draw you in—with playfulness and a wink—into the history of colonization.
Creepy Boys
Date: Tuesday April 14 – 8 PM
Venue: La Sala Rossa
Audience: 18+ English
By Scantily Glad Productions. Created and performed by Sam Kruger & S.E. Grummett. Directed by Deanna Fleysher.
2025 Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominees, the Creepy Boys arrive in Montreal with their self-titled show.
Madame vous déteste
Date: Wednesday April 15 – 8 PM
Venue: La Sotterenea
Audience: 18+ French
Les Talons Fous
A clownish, physical creation in a bouffon style, where pain becomes material for play and transformation. Roles of dominance are overturned and twisted around a dance pole, among other things…
En Attendant Oedipe
Free show
Date: April 16 – 7:30 PM
Venue: Maison de la Culture Claude-Léveillée
Audience: 12+ French
Written, directed and performed by François Blouin. Co-Presentation La Maison de la Culture Claude Léveillée & MTL Clowns.
It’s about Oedipus, father, mother, love, freedom, monsters, teaching, Freud & Jung…
Le Grand Imbécile
Date: Friday April 17- 9 PM
Venue: La Toscadura
Audience: 18+ Bilingual, LSQ interprétation
A late-night talent show with Clown Judges
Fresh talents, a draw by chance, all eyes fixed on the performers… A mix of Wheel of Fortune and the clown’s heart placed in the hands of the audience.
Les Billy-croquettes
Date: Saturday April 18- 1 PM
Venue: Le MEM-Centre des Mémoires Montréalaises
Audience: For ages 3 to 6, French
Josette Lépine (Les sœurs kif-kif)
Join us for an afternoon Cabaret! Les Billy-croquettes is a small circus band made up of an accordionist and her mechanical animals.
Dirt Trip
Date: Saturday April 18- 8 PM
Venue: Le MEM-Centre des Mémoires Montréalaises
Audience: English
Created and performed par Alex Tatarsky. Music by Shane Riley.
A multimedia lecture-performance on decomposition, exploring the connections between clowns and compost…
Discussion
Date: Sunday April 12
Venue: Gesù (Espace Custeau)
Audience: Professionals, Artists, Academics and Clown Curious
In partnership with Dr. Clown Foundation
Clown Audition
Date: April 16 & 17
Cirque du Soleil 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, etc.).
By Invitation. Deadline to apply February 25, 2026.
Workshop
Date: April 19 & 20
Facilitated by Alex Tatarsky. In collaboration with École de Clown et Comédie Zani.
A two-day immersive workshop. Alex is a clown expert in decomposition, absurdity, and poetic chaos…
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