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Elf Lyons is a British comedian and writer who performs in both the worlds of stand-up and clown, having studied in France with the late Phillippe Goulier. Her 2017 show, Swan, received a nomination for Best Show at the Edinburgh Fringe, while her 2024 show, Horses, earned Best Show from …
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ For all of the talk in American entertainment about the emergence of the Los Angeles clown scene, few in L.A. or anywhere else are taking clown to the heights and across genres quite like the British comedian Elf Lyons. Lyons’s 2017 show, Swans, received a Best Show nomination at …
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Who wouldn’t want to see “the first ever comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe performed entirely by a horse.” Then you encounter Emily-Anne “Elf” Lyons, most certainly a clown human standing before you, and wonder, just whom does this filly think she’s fooling? And yet, Lyons ain’t lying. …
