Clowning
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Shogun (in LA)
Eastwood Performing Arts Center 1089 Oxford Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSHOGUN is an original clown show straight from the mindbrain that is Alex Nauta—a boy turned man who, while watching the hit series Shogun, found himself asking a simple question: Who is this for? Determined to find out, Alex Nauta dusts off his Japanese and sets out to reconcile a lost heritage, the tangled ties of cultural multiplicity, and the formation of an artistic identity in the only way he knows how: by pretending to be a samurai. SHOGUN premiered […]
$10 -
Syrian Soap (in LA)
The Broadwater 6320 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesEat, pray, bathe with Edib Farhan’s bumptious, towel-clad, mustachioed ancestor in an intergalactic bathhouse in the afterlife. Find out if you are your ancestor’s wildest dreams–or worst nightmare…he has notes! Receive channeled advice, poetry, and a surprise visit from a traditional Syrian bathroom slipper (which may or may not be a metaphor for life under fascism). Underneath the silliness and suds, Syrian Soap is a love letter to revolution and unlocking joy and self-expression in a world on fire. And […]
$15 -
F*cking Famous (in LA)
Outfitters Wig 6626 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesMolly Sharpe is a famous pop star, and this show is a stop on her F*cking Famous world tour. The concert of a lifetime with all original party girl pop. From the winner of the 2025 Hollywood Fringe Award for Comedic Theater. This is Molly’s second solo show at Hollywood Fringe. In 2025, she presented “Murder, Oops!”, a one-woman play that won the Hollywood Fringe award for Comedic Theater after a sold-out run. She is so excited to bring another […]
$5 -
HOOP (in LA)
The Activist Kitchen 669 North Heliotrope Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA visitor from another planet arrives. A hoop alien, from Planet Hoop. They have come to fix the hole. The hoop alien struggles to communicate with humans, but they will have to try. Or the hole may never be fixed. — This is a 45-minute clown piece built entirely around a hula hoop. Created and performed by RM Aranda Showtimes: 6/13 @ 12PM PT 6/17 @ 10PM PT 6/22 @ 7PM PT
$15 -
Syrian Soap (in LA)
The Broadwater 6320 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesEat, pray, bathe with Edib Farhan’s bumptious, towel-clad, mustachioed ancestor in an intergalactic bathhouse in the afterlife. Find out if you are your ancestor’s wildest dreams–or worst nightmare…he has notes! Receive channeled advice, poetry, and a surprise visit from a traditional Syrian bathroom slipper (which may or may not be a metaphor for life under fascism). Underneath the silliness and suds, Syrian Soap is a love letter to revolution and unlocking joy and self-expression in a world on fire. And […]
$15 -
Space Company (in LA)
The Activist Kitchen 669 North Heliotrope Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesAn immersive satire by Emma Irene Olson (Astro Cabaret). Directed by Maura Mannle (Extraterrestrial Kink) and developed in “Playing Yourself”, The Elysian’s solo show devising workshop, led by Artistic Director Jacquelyn Landgraf. Showtimes: 6/5 @ 8PM PT 6/13 @ 4PM PT 6/15 @ 8:30PM PT 6/19 @ 4:30PM PT 6/23 @ 8:30PM PT
$15 -
Don’t Kill Daisy (in LA)
The Broadwater 6320 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDaisy accidentally opened a wormhole in the middle of a desert rave. Oopsie! Now it’s your job to keep her alive before the world collapses. A ridiculous, winding journey through every danger imaginable, Don’t Kill Daisy is an interactive comedy where the audience determines how Daisy’s night ends. And begins. And ends again. An imaginative and jarringly poetic adventure through nostalgia, and what it means to confront collapse in the digital age. Soleil Kohl (she/they) previously brought Dragonfish to the 2025 Hollywood Fringe Festival, which was […]
$12 -
F*cking Famous (in LA)
Outfitters Wig 6626 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesMolly Sharpe is a famous pop star, and this show is a stop on her F*cking Famous world tour. The concert of a lifetime with all original party girl pop. From the winner of the 2025 Hollywood Fringe Award for Comedic Theater. This is Molly’s second solo show at Hollywood Fringe. In 2025, she presented “Murder, Oops!”, a one-woman play that won the Hollywood Fringe award for Comedic Theater after a sold-out run. She is so excited to bring another […]
$5 -
Good Knight: A Masculinity Journey (in LA)
Skiptown Playhouse 665 North Heliotrope Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA show about a boy becoming a medieval knight. This clown show is an exploration of masculinity and what it means – in this world and beyond. Grant O'Connell uses his sensitivity and play to challenge the accepted norm of manhood through the lens of different medieval characters, using narrative, song, and dance. Showtimes: 6/13 @ 2:30PM PT 6/20 @ 3:30PM PT 6/21 @ 5PM PT 6/26 @ 10PM PT
$16 -
Syrian Soap (in LA)
The Broadwater 6320 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesEat, pray, bathe with Edib Farhan’s bumptious, towel-clad, mustachioed ancestor in an intergalactic bathhouse in the afterlife. Find out if you are your ancestor’s wildest dreams–or worst nightmare…he has notes! Receive channeled advice, poetry, and a surprise visit from a traditional Syrian bathroom slipper (which may or may not be a metaphor for life under fascism). Underneath the silliness and suds, Syrian Soap is a love letter to revolution and unlocking joy and self-expression in a world on fire. And […]
$15 -
Don’t ask Don’t tell: Clowns of Color (in LA)
McCadden Theatre 1157 North McCadden Place, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesWhat does the uniform take, what does it leave behind, and who gets to tell the story afterward? Clowns of color, two Black military veterans, Deshawn (United States Marine Corps) and Jamonté (United States Army), step into the spotlight as theatrical clowns, transforming our lived experiences in uniform into a no-holds-barred, immersive clown comedy show. We confront the absurdity, contradictions, and quiet traumas of military life—inviting audiences to laugh while reckoning with the systems that shaped us. Showtimes: 6/6 @ […]
$15 -
Club Clown (in LA)
The Broadwater 6320 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSacred Fools Theater Company is thrilled to present this live directed clown experience, hosted by Will McFadden, which will feature new award-winning fringe performers each show! Who knows who might make an appearance. Kim K? Chalamet? Steven Segal? Probably not, but anything is possible at Club Clown. Because in the clerb, we all clowns! Showtimes: 6/12 @ 11:30PM PT 6/14 @ 4PM PT 6/17 @ 7PM PT 6/20 @ 5PM PT 6/24 @ 8:30PM PT 6/27 @ 11:30PM PT
$15 -
Shogun (in LA)
Eastwood Performing Arts Center 1089 Oxford Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSHOGUN is an original clown show straight from the mindbrain that is Alex Nauta—a boy turned man who, while watching the hit series Shogun, found himself asking a simple question: Who is this for? Determined to find out, Alex Nauta dusts off his Japanese and sets out to reconcile a lost heritage, the tangled ties of cultural multiplicity, and the formation of an artistic identity in the only way he knows how: by pretending to be a samurai. SHOGUN premiered […]
$10 -
Aidan Flynn’s “FAME MAXXING” A one person show by Aidan Flynn (in LA)
Actors Company 916 North Formosa Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesAn interactive comedy show starring Aidan Flynn who deserves to be famous, but isn’t. Aidan Flynn will prove to you how much of a talent Aidan Flynn by demonstrating their extraordinary ability at accomplishing skills that make people famous. This Hollywood Fringe show is the turning point in their five decade long career, and you have the opportunity to be apart of the genesis. All audience members get a signed copy of an Aidan Flynn Headshot! Showtimes: 6/7 @ 1:30PM…
$15 -
Bizarre Bazaar 2 Year Anniversary (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesBizarre Bazaar is Elysian Theater’s staple variety show, featuring L.A.’s dumbest clowns, smartest stand-ups, sexiest dancers, and any other freaky folk ready to strut their stuff. Hosted by Ian Bratschie and co-produced with the Elysian's Creative Director and Head Booker Jessica Kelley, Biz Baz pairs major comedy names experimenting with bold new material alongside the best clowns in town with music, juggling, dance, magic, and unexpected performance acts. WE CELEBRATE 2 YEARS OF BIZ BAZ with” Greg Nussen Dr. Tess […]
$15 -
Tomorrow! w/Ron Lynch (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA variety show that is in it's 20th year of lauded late night lunacy. A rotating roster of top comedians, clowns (the new kind), specialty acts, musicians, and performance artists. Not to be missed! Hosted by Ron Lynch (Bob's Burgers, Corporate, Portlandia) featuring CHRIS FAIRBANKS • JAY LONDON • NICK STARGU • AVERY MOORE • MAX BEASLEY with DAVEY JOHNSON, MITCH KAMAIOPILI, and house band GOOF Presented by Ron Lynch Starts Midnight
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Bebé Bebé (in LA)
The Broadwater 6320 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA 4am pumping sesh turned into a show when the audience materializes in the livingroom, not for new parents but for all former babies. If you were once a baby, this show is for you. Fresh from the most life-altering experience a person can go through… no, not having your country seized by the U.S.A and mined for oil… but having a baby and then getting OCD-Veronica Osorio is staging a new hour. Ok. Realistically? She’s been mostly in a […]
$15 -
Don’t ask Don’t tell: Clowns of Color (in LA)
McCadden Theatre 1157 North McCadden Place, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesWhat does the uniform take, what does it leave behind, and who gets to tell the story afterward? Clowns of color, two Black military veterans, Deshawn (United States Marine Corps) and Jamonté (United States Army), step into the spotlight as theatrical clowns, transforming our lived experiences in uniform into a no-holds-barred, immersive clown comedy show. We confront the absurdity, contradictions, and quiet traumas of military life—inviting audiences to laugh while reckoning with the systems that shaped us. Showtimes: 6/6 @ […]
$15 -
Good Knight: A Masculinity Journey (in LA)
Skiptown Playhouse 665 North Heliotrope Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA show about a boy becoming a medieval knight. This clown show is an exploration of masculinity and what it means – in this world and beyond. Grant O'Connell uses his sensitivity and play to challenge the accepted norm of manhood through the lens of different medieval characters, using narrative, song, and dance. Showtimes: 6/13 @ 2:30PM PT 6/20 @ 3:30PM PT 6/21 @ 5PM PT 6/26 @ 10PM PT
$16 -
Big Maestro & Little Cello Boy (in LA)
The Broadwater 6320 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesImagine Whiplash (2014) but with the Marx Brothers. A dedicated classical cellist (Peter) is invited to a public master class with a charismatic, emotionally chaotic conductor (Caucus) and subjected to ruthless, absurd tests of devotion. A dark slapstick exploration of shame, ambition & horsehair. Performed & Written by Alex Derderian & Peter Levine Directed by Dean Evans Showtimes: 6/14 @ 11AM PT 6/16 @ 11PM PT 6/21 @ 9:30PM PT 6/27 @ 11:55PM PT
$5 -
HOOP (in LA)
The Activist Kitchen 669 North Heliotrope Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA visitor from another planet arrives. A hoop alien, from Planet Hoop. They have come to fix the hole. The hoop alien struggles to communicate with humans, but they will have to try. Or the hole may never be fixed. — This is a 45-minute clown piece built entirely around a hula hoop. Created and performed by RM Aranda Showtimes: 6/13 @ 12PM PT 6/17 @ 10PM PT 6/22 @ 7PM PT
$15 -
Bebé Bebé (in LA)
The Broadwater 6320 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA 4am pumping sesh turned into a show when the audience materializes in the livingroom, not for new parents but for all former babies. If you were once a baby, this show is for you. Fresh from the most life-altering experience a person can go through… no, not having your country seized by the U.S.A and mined for oil… but having a baby and then getting OCD-Veronica Osorio is staging a new hour. Ok. Realistically? She’s been mostly in a […]
$15 -
Space Company (in LA)
The Activist Kitchen 669 North Heliotrope Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesAn immersive satire by Emma Irene Olson (Astro Cabaret). Directed by Maura Mannle (Extraterrestrial Kink) and developed in “Playing Yourself”, The Elysian’s solo show devising workshop, led by Artistic Director Jacquelyn Landgraf. Showtimes: 6/5 @ 8PM PT 6/13 @ 4PM PT 6/15 @ 8:30PM PT 6/19 @ 4:30PM PT 6/23 @ 8:30PM PT
$15 -
F*cking Famous (in LA)
Outfitters Wig 6626 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesMolly Sharpe is a famous pop star, and this show is a stop on her F*cking Famous world tour. The concert of a lifetime with all original party girl pop. From the winner of the 2025 Hollywood Fringe Award for Comedic Theater. This is Molly’s second solo show at Hollywood Fringe. In 2025, she presented “Murder, Oops!”, a one-woman play that won the Hollywood Fringe award for Comedic Theater after a sold-out run. She is so excited to bring another […]
$5 -
UNDERGROUND MONK SHOW (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesYes. You asked for it. Hot Monk Action. Stupid. Sexy. Sacred and profane. Failure and success. Good. A group of idiots have come together to make the greatest monk show you’ve ever seen. Featuring: Max Baumgarten (Opium) Dee Marcucci (Absinthe) John Norris (Mr Chonkers, Piggy Time) Bill O'Neill (The Amazing Banana Brothers) Claire Woolner (A Retrospection) Co-created with Sam Fishman Co-directed by Corey Podell (Vanessa 5000, Mr Chonkers) and John Norris Showtimes: 5/13 @ 9:30PM PT 6/23 @ 8:30PM PT 6/24 @ […]
$13.29 – $18.90 -
Playspace (Clown Open Mic) @ The Elysian (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesIt’s The Elysian’s very own PLAYSPACE! A weekly community event to play together, workshop ideas big and small, or come completely unprepared and find something new. Playspace is not a show, it’s not a stand-up open mic. It’s a place where you get to hang out and go on stage and do that thing you do. Solo performers and ensembles welcome! Sign-up 5PM PT Starts 6PM PT Hosted by Rachel Ho, Paul Schlesinger, & friends Follow @__playspace__ on Instagram for updates.
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Club Clown (in LA)
The Broadwater 6320 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSacred Fools Theater Company is thrilled to present this live directed clown experience, hosted by Will McFadden, which will feature new award-winning fringe performers each show! Who knows who might make an appearance. Kim K? Chalamet? Steven Segal? Probably not, but anything is possible at Club Clown. Because in the clerb, we all clowns! Showtimes: 6/12 @ 11:30PM PT 6/14 @ 4PM PT 6/17 @ 7PM PT 6/20 @ 5PM PT 6/24 @ 8:30PM PT 6/27 @ 11:30PM PT
$15 -
UNDERGROUND MONK SHOW (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesYes. You asked for it. Hot Monk Action. Stupid. Sexy. Sacred and profane. Failure and success. Good. A group of idiots have come together to make the greatest monk show you’ve ever seen. Featuring: Max Baumgarten (Opium) Dee Marcucci (Absinthe) John Norris (Mr Chonkers, Piggy Time) Bill O'Neill (The Amazing Banana Brothers) Claire Woolner (A Retrospection) Co-created with Sam Fishman Co-directed by Corey Podell (Vanessa 5000, Mr Chonkers) and John Norris Showtimes: 5/13 @ 9:30PM PT 6/23 @ 8:30PM PT 6/24 @ […]
$13.29 – $18.90 -
Lovers Must Die (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesLA immersive comedy theatre: enter an 18th-century brothel of clowning, burlesque & chaos. You are the patron. 18+ Featuring: Athena Reddy as Le Vicomte A collapsing, overindulgent nobleman with terrible timing. www.athenareddy.com Danelle VonVisger as She A rebellious courtesan who refuses aristocrats on principle and chaos on instinct. www.iamdanelle.com Special Guest Appearances by: Emily Maverick Kevin Chu Molly Sharpe Starts 9:30PM PT
$17.85 -
Aidan Flynn’s “FAME MAXXING” A one person show by Aidan Flynn (in LA)
Actors Company 916 North Formosa Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesAn interactive comedy show starring Aidan Flynn who deserves to be famous, but isn’t. Aidan Flynn will prove to you how much of a talent Aidan Flynn by demonstrating their extraordinary ability at accomplishing skills that make people famous. This Hollywood Fringe show is the turning point in their five decade long career, and you have the opportunity to be apart of the genesis. All audience members get a signed copy of an Aidan Flynn Headshot! Showtimes: 6/7 @ 1:30PM […]
$15 -
Red Bastard: Lie With Me (in NYC)
Brooklyn Comedy Collective 167 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesExperience the madness as this critically acclaimed COMEDY MONSTER unleashes an absurd “school of life” where “something interesting must happen every 10 seconds.” Anything can happen as this tempting trickster lures you into a playground of rewards, traps, discourse and damned if you do-damned if you donts. Starts 7PM ET
$11.88 -
Bebé Bebé (in LA)
The Broadwater 6320 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA 4am pumping sesh turned into a show when the audience materializes in the livingroom, not for new parents but for all former babies. If you were once a baby, this show is for you. Fresh from the most life-altering experience a person can go through… no, not having your country seized by the U.S.A and mined for oil… but having a baby and then getting OCD-Veronica Osorio is staging a new hour. Ok. Realistically? She’s been mostly in a […]
$15 -
Good Knight: A Masculinity Journey (in LA)
Skiptown Playhouse 665 North Heliotrope Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA show about a boy becoming a medieval knight. This clown show is an exploration of masculinity and what it means – in this world and beyond. Grant O'Connell uses his sensitivity and play to challenge the accepted norm of manhood through the lens of different medieval characters, using narrative, song, and dance. Showtimes: 6/13 @ 2:30PM PT 6/20 @ 3:30PM PT 6/21 @ 5PM PT 6/26 @ 10PM PT
$16 -
F*cking Famous (in LA)
Outfitters Wig 6626 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesMolly Sharpe is a famous pop star, and this show is a stop on her F*cking Famous world tour. The concert of a lifetime with all original party girl pop. From the winner of the 2025 Hollywood Fringe Award for Comedic Theater. This is Molly’s second solo show at Hollywood Fringe. In 2025, she presented “Murder, Oops!”, a one-woman play that won the Hollywood Fringe award for Comedic Theater after a sold-out run. She is so excited to bring another […]
$5 -
Don’t Kill Daisy (in LA)
The Broadwater 6320 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDaisy accidentally opened a wormhole in the middle of a desert rave. Oopsie! Now it’s your job to keep her alive before the world collapses. A ridiculous, winding journey through every danger imaginable, Don’t Kill Daisy is an interactive comedy where the audience determines how Daisy’s night ends. And begins. And ends again. An imaginative and jarringly poetic adventure through nostalgia, and what it means to confront collapse in the digital age. Soleil Kohl (she/they) previously brought Dragonfish to the 2025 Hollywood Fringe Festival, which was […]
$12 -
Shogun (in LA)
Eastwood Performing Arts Center 1089 Oxford Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSHOGUN is an original clown show straight from the mindbrain that is Alex Nauta—a boy turned man who, while watching the hit series Shogun, found himself asking a simple question: Who is this for? Determined to find out, Alex Nauta dusts off his Japanese and sets out to reconcile a lost heritage, the tangled ties of cultural multiplicity, and the formation of an artistic identity in the only way he knows how: by pretending to be a samurai. SHOGUN premiered […]
$10 -
Tomorrow! w/Ron Lynch (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA variety show that is in it's 20th year of lauded late night lunacy. A rotating roster of top comedians, clowns (the new kind), specialty acts, musicians, and performance artists. Not to be missed! Hosted by Ron Lynch (Bob's Burgers, Corporate, Portlandia) Featuring: Yusuf Ali, Matt Felten, Anthony DeVries, Allen Strickland Williams plus Michael Mortilla w/Davey Johnson & Mitch Kamaiopili Presented by Ron Lynch Starts 9:30PM PT
$18.90 -
Club Clown (in LA)
The Broadwater 6320 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSacred Fools Theater Company is thrilled to present this live directed clown experience, hosted by Will McFadden, which will feature new award-winning fringe performers each show! Who knows who might make an appearance. Kim K? Chalamet? Steven Segal? Probably not, but anything is possible at Club Clown. Because in the clerb, we all clowns! Showtimes: 6/12 @ 11:30PM PT 6/14 @ 4PM PT 6/17 @ 7PM PT 6/20 @ 5PM PT 6/24 @ 8:30PM PT 6/27 @ 11:30PM PT
$15 -
Big Maestro & Little Cello Boy (in LA)
The Broadwater 6320 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesImagine Whiplash (2014) but with the Marx Brothers. A dedicated classical cellist (Peter) is invited to a public master class with a charismatic, emotionally chaotic conductor (Caucus) and subjected to ruthless, absurd tests of devotion. A dark slapstick exploration of shame, ambition & horsehair. Performed & Written by Alex Derderian & Peter Levine Directed by Dean Evans Showtimes: 6/14 @ 11AM PT 6/16 @ 11PM PT 6/21 @ 9:30PM PT 6/27 @ 11:55PM PT
$5 -
Aidan Flynn’s “FAME MAXXING” A one person show by Aidan Flynn (in LA)
Actors Company 916 North Formosa Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesAn interactive comedy show starring Aidan Flynn who deserves to be famous, but isn’t. Aidan Flynn will prove to you how much of a talent Aidan Flynn by demonstrating their extraordinary ability at accomplishing skills that make people famous. This Hollywood Fringe show is the turning point in their five decade long career, and you have the opportunity to be apart of the genesis. All audience members get a signed copy of an Aidan Flynn Headshot! Showtimes: 6/7 @ 1:30PM […]
$15