CLOWNTS is a once-in-a-lifetime royal rumble, as three jesters (critically-acclaimed idiots Viggo Venn, Julia Masli and Sami Abu Wardeh) compete to please the King. Fringe favourite John-Luke Roberts presides over this bizarre battle royale where only one clown can survive.

Praise for the combatants: 

VIGGO VENN

★★★★ The List "quite unlike anything else you'll see"

★★★★ Fest Mag "all possibilities exist and anything can happen."

JULIA MASLI

★★★★ (Skinny) 'Masli’s set pieces hit every beat, leaving the audience in stitches'

★★★★ (List) 'Pure absurdist silliness, a chance to lose yourself'

SAMI ABU WARDEH

★★★★ 1/2 (ReviewsHub) "no-one can take their eyes off him."

Praise for the King: JOHN-LUKE ROBERTS

★★★★ (The Guardian) "A one-man finger in the dyke against the blandification of comedy"

★★★★ (The Times

★★★★ (The Telegraph)

8 August 2022 

23:20 (60min) - MB3

£8 (in person)

£5 (live stream)

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Age guidance 16+

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