Claire Woolner: “A Retrospection” at Edinburgh Fringe 2023
by **** (out of 5) Claire knows that Claire’s work seems inaccessible, tough to contextualize. Despite moments that you could easily categorize, such as when she’s …
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Bill O’Neill: “The Amazing Banana Brothers” at Edinburgh Fringe 2023
**** (out of 5) Two brothers. 1,000 banana slips in an hour or your money back guaranteed? One chaotically tricky masochistic clown show! Directed by …
Courtney Pauroso: “Vanessa 5000,” at Edinburgh Fringe 2023
***** (out of 5) After a sold-out run of her debut show Gutterplum in 2019, Los Angeles clown Courtney Pauroso returns with an all-new production …
Episode #434: Christina Catherine Martinez
Christina Catherine Martinez is a writer, actor, art critic, comedian and Los Angeles native who was named in 2020 to Vulture’s Comedian You Should Know …
Episode #426: Tape Face
When you hear the words Tape Face, what do you picture? Sam Wills began his comedy career in his native New Zealand as a teenage …
Mr Chonkers at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
**** (out of 5) This is unlike any clown show I’ve ever seen. Because it’s not exactly clowning. More like buffoonery. There’s a whole lotta …
Julia Masli: “CHOOSH!” at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
***1/2 (out of 5) My friends suggested strongly that I couldn’t leave my first Fringe without seeing at least one bona fide clown show. It …
Les Beaux Freres Audition for America’s Got Talent 2021
Who are these two clowns? They’re Les Beaux Frères, aka a French-Canadian duo act who have worked with Cirque du Soleil and Machine de Cirque. …
Episode #262: Natalie Palamides
Natalie Palamides grew up in a small Western Pennsylvania town but could not be contained by convention or conventional wisdom. After an internship with Conan …
Big Apple Circus star clown out after admitting to sexual misconduct with a minor
Oh, Grandma. Barry Lubin, who starred as frontman for the Big Apple Circus as Grandma the Clown from 1982-2012 and again in 2017, abruptly resigned …