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****1/2 (out of 5) Now That’s What I Call Silly Billy! After a sold-out run through the UK last year, Aussie goof Josh Glanc has returned to Edinburgh to clown around some more in a musical showcase that features several songs you remember, and for two old songs that are …
**** (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 paying homage to Marina Abramović, or to Britney Spears. Woolner can come across as aggressive at times, although to be fair, she is part clown, …
**** (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 one of his Los Angeles clown collaborators in former Fringe winner Natalie Palamides, Bill O’Neill has his own eyes set on the prize, even it …
***** (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 as a sex robot named Vanessa 5000 that’ll reveal more than you could possibly imagine. Her timing couldn’t be more auspicious, thanks to the new …
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 as well as TimeOutLA’s Comic to Watch lists. Martinez has performed on FXX’s late-night showcase, Cake, and has written for Adult Swim’s The Eric Andre …
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 clown in training, complete with a diploma from a circus school in Christchurch. But after an initial foray into stand-up comedy, his friends challenged him …
**** (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 buffoonery going on in the small cavern above a meat restaurant on Cowgate after midnight. I still don’t know exactly who or what Mr. Chonkers …
***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 didn’t take a lot to convince me. After all, I’d once worked as a clown (not classically French trained, but still) and am a big …
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. Yohann Trépanier and Raphaël Dubé performed on France’s Got Talent in 2014, and now they’re giving America’s Got Talent a try. And no, they haven’t …
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 during college, she trained with the Pig Iron Theatre Company in Philadelphia, then headed to Hollywood to work with the Upright Citizens Brigade and other …
