Clowning
Oil & Water (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesOil & Water features Ian Farley who will attempt to do his favorite 5-minutes routines for 60 minutes. Some the routines of them will flow Several of these routines were first developed at the Lyric Theater and there making their return for one night only. Don't miss your chance to see Oil & Water! Ian is a local Los Angeles performer and comedian who has ventured into the scary unknown of clown. He's performed with several ensembles in the Los […]
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.
Darling Tallie (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDARLING TALLIE is a hybrid dance night + comedy show hosted by Tallie Medel (EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, BROAD CITY, COCOON CENTRAL DANCE TEAM), with your favorite comedians, dance breaks and a dance contest. Come hot and ready to grind. Your crush is watching... featuring JOEL KIM BOOSTER FAT TONY JAMIE LOFTUS DANIEL SCHEINERT GRAM CAÑON and backup dancers THE BOLD STOMPERS Starts 9:30PM PT
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.
FEELINGS: A Solo Clown Show by Elodie Azoulay (near LA)
Public Displays of Altadena 2553 North Fair Oaks Avenue, Altadena, CA, United StatesSomewhere between a TED talk, a preschool classroom, and group therapy, FEELINGS is Elodie Azoulay's first *Work in Progress* solo clown show where they explore the mystifying territory of feelings. As they attempt to demonstrate their “expertise” on feelings like "happiness" "sadness" "anger" and "shame", the lines between different feelings, between fact and fiction, start to blur. The coping mechanisms they demonstrate to the crowd start to fail and confuse. And we start to see what they are actually coping […]
The Amazing Banana Brothers (in NYC)
Soho Playhouse 15 Vandam Street, New York, NY, United StatesYou either die an artist or you live long enough to see yourself become a stuntman. For this Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated show, Bill O’Neill uses every trick up his sleeve to explore the oldest one in the book. Directed by Natalie Palamides (Nate, Netflix), this hilarious spectacle follows two daredevil brothers attempting the impossible — slipping on 1000 banana peels. Through a surreal exploration of loss, failure, masculinity and death-defying pratfalls, O’Neill challenges the limits of the human body and […]
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.
The Amazing Banana Brothers (in NYC)
Soho Playhouse 15 Vandam Street, New York, NY, United StatesYou either die an artist or you live long enough to see yourself become a stuntman. For this Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated show, Bill O’Neill uses every trick up his sleeve to explore the oldest one in the book. Directed by Natalie Palamides (Nate, Netflix), this hilarious spectacle follows two daredevil brothers attempting the impossible — slipping on 1000 banana peels. Through a surreal exploration of loss, failure, masculinity and death-defying pratfalls, O’Neill challenges the limits of the human body and […]
CLAIRE WOOLNER: A RETROSPECTION (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesIn this intimately absurd hour, Claire Woolner attempts to perform a retrospective of her ‘greatest’ most ‘moving’ and ‘important’ pieces; work made up of surrealist clown bits and absurdist performance pieces punctuated with and interrupted by a maniacal voice of self-loathing. The show toes the line between what is intended and what is improvised, what is funny and what is not, bringing the audience on an exciting (and at times nerve wracking) ride of ego battle, failure, creativity and how […]
Focaccia! (in LA)
Yard Theater 4319 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesZoog Dabbity and his carnival of idiots put on a show so ambitious that it brings about the Singularity. WARNING: This show is not about bread. Do not bring your own bread. Do not wear your own bread costume. CAST: - Meadow - Danny Tee - Isabel Klein - Sarah Shtern - Federico Slezynger - George Aivaliotis ACTS: - Emily Maverick - Ron Lynch - Clowns of Color Starts 9PM PT
Tomorrow! w/Ron Lynch (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA variety show that is in it's 17th 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: Reuben Solo, Chris Thayer, Karen Hall, Jack Brown, Oscar, Music from Gal Musette w/Davey Johnson Presented by Ron Lynch Starts Midnight
The Crisis (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesAt the heart of The Crisis is the friendship between Dione Kuraoka (Pea #1) and Kami Dimitrova (Pea #2), a couple-a peas in a pod who are hellbent on putting on the show of their dreams! There's just one problem—they each have very different ideas of what the show should be, and things are starting to crack at the seams. To make matters worse, a lowly stagehand janitor (Lane Koivu) hired to help with transitions starts to wedge his way […]
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.
Three Sisters: Not By Chekhov (near LA)
Public Displays of Altadena 2553 North Fair Oaks Avenue, Altadena, CA, United StatesThree Sisters: Not By Chekhov A one act play by Claire Woolner, Jet Eveleth, and Grace Lusk Starts 9PM PT
Tomorrow! w/Ron Lynch (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA variety show that is in it's 17th 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: Reuben Solo, Chris Thayer, Karen Hall, Jack Brown, Oscar, Music from Gal Musette w/Davey Johnson Presented by Ron Lynch Starts Midnight
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.
Red Bastard w/ Eric Davis (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDo you know the RULES OF LOVE? Are you sure? Critically acclaimed trickster, Red Bastard, guides you on this hilariously fun, ★★★★★ tilt-a-whirl of love, lust and freedom- teetering on the tip of your moral highs and lows. A mischievous, mind-warping show for singles, couples and anyone who dares to adore. Eric Davis is an award winning performer, director devisor and writer. His critically-acclaimed creations won awards for Best Theater, Most Outrageous Show, Commitment to Community along side copious international […]
Tomorrow! w/Ron Lynch (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA variety show that is in it's 17th 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: Reuben Solo, Chris Thayer, Karen Hall, Jack Brown, Oscar, Music from Gal Musette w/Davey Johnson Presented by Ron Lynch Starts Midnight
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.
Red Bastard (in NYC)
Brooklyn Comedy Collective 167 Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesAfter fifteen 5-star reviews, this dangerous, seductive comedy-monster returns to NYC to unleash his critically-acclaimed juggernaut. Prepare yourself for a roller-coaster ride of raw conversation, traps/rewards and catch-22’ Starts 7PM ET
Karey (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA suburban fever dream — a frolic through natures man’s most cultivated and demanding woman landscapes. This show is an ode to the lawn. An ode to the "Howdy Neighbor's!", "Lawn's lookin' good!" and "Swell!". But what is really behind your neighbor's lush, perfect square of green stalks? This show is a journey through a penultimate HOA meeting to see who really holds the power in our world. It's a clown. It’s horror. It's absurd. It's comedy. It’s Karen Karrie. […]
Clown Church & Clown Show (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United States7-8pm Clown Church is an interactive experience that offers participants an opportunity to reimagine comedy through the art of presence. This experience is designed to help people descend into their bodies and into a more beautiful state of being. It is geared towards people who are looking to be more playful and alive. It evolved from improvisation as well as Taoist philosophy and is for anyone who wants to find that part of themselves that lives in wonder. No experience needed. […]
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.
SPECTACULUM: works in progress (near LA)
Public Displays of Altadena 2553 North Fair Oaks Avenue, Altadena, CA, United StatesSPECTACULUM is a show. An experience. Part clown. Part theater. Incredibly Sacred and Complete Bullshit. A group of mostly attractive idiots have come together to create a show that has been incubated over a month. If you're looking for a literal description of the show... Good Luck. Featuring: Max Baumgarten John Norris Bill O’Neill Claire Woolner Co-Deviser/Writer: Sam Fishman Directed by John Norris & Corey Podell Coordinator/Producer: Jackie Skinner Starts 9PM PT
Maestro Macchiato (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesJoin famous and wealthy maestros Kevin Chu & Jordan Hull as they present an evening of elegance that combines clowning and jazz. A lineup of hilarious clowns will perform alongside jazz artists to create a symphony of silly. Clowning from: Chad Damiani (Stand Up and Clown) Camirin Farmer (Netflix; God Vessel) Rachel Ho (The Elysian Theater) Emily Maverick (Twin Flames) & more! Jazz by: The Charlie Havenick band Hosted by Kevin Chu & Jordan Hull ('The L Word') Starts 7:30PM […]
#1 Son with Natasha Mercado (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesWhy did god make me his sexiest son????? experience mass in the form of a work in progress clown solo show. repent the pursuit of purity & let Father Greg Orian rededicate your life. “I will not be mad if you watch this.” -God NATASHA MERCADO is an actress, director, & theatre arts educator— but always a clown. Starts 9:30PM PT
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.
Karey (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA suburban fever dream — a frolic through natures man’s most cultivated and demanding woman landscapes. This show is an ode to the lawn. An ode to the "Howdy Neighbor's!", "Lawn's lookin' good!" and "Swell!". But what is really behind your neighbor's lush, perfect square of green stalks? This show is a journey through a penultimate HOA meeting to see who really holds the power in our world. It's a clown. It’s horror. It's absurd. It's comedy. It’s Karen Karrie. […]
Dr. Brown Befrdfgth (in LA)
UCB Franklin 5919 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDr. Brown returns with the show that won the Edinburgh Comedy Award and Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award in 2012. Starts 9PM PT
SPECTACULUM: works in progress (near LA)
Public Displays of Altadena 2553 North Fair Oaks Avenue, Altadena, CA, United StatesSPECTACULUM is a show. An experience. Part clown. Part theater. Incredibly Sacred and Complete Bullshit. A group of mostly attractive idiots have come together to create a show that has been incubated over a month. If you're looking for a literal description of the show... Good Luck. Featuring: Max Baumgarten John Norris Bill O’Neill Claire Woolner Co-Deviser/Writer: Sam Fishman Directed by John Norris & Corey Podell Coordinator/Producer: Jackie Skinner Starts 9PM PT
Good Showbiz! w/ Eli Leonard (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesGood Showbiz is a celebration of the spirit and the vibrant history of Jewish showmanship. Eli Leonard hosts an immersive spectacle of tradition embroidered with feats of physicality, musicality, comedy, and stagecraft, all culminating in a rarely attempted dramatic monologue. It is fair to say that Good Showbiz is a funny theater show; however, as Eli will make abundantly clear throughout the hour, Good Showbiz is also a business. To be in the Showbiz audience is to participate in the […]
Dr. Brown Beturns (in LA)
UCB Franklin 5919 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDr. Brown finally has a new show 11 long years after winning The Edinburgh Comedy Award and Most Outstanding Show at Melbourne International. Physical and surreal comedy as it's finest from an internationally renowned clown. Starts 10:30PM PT
Tomorrow! w/Ron Lynch (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA variety show that is in it's 17th 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: TBA w/Davey Johnson Presented by Ron Lynch Starts Midnight
Tonight! a clown who just wanted to be loved? (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesThe struggle of a man who just wants to be loved. It might sound poetic, but it's mostly stupid. After very well received runs at Edinburgh Fringe and The Rogue Performance Festival - and while getting ready for the San Diego and Toronto Fringe Festivals - Tonight! is back in Los Angeles, where it was first conceived and developed. It's a show where a clown who doesn't speak English tries everything he knows to get the only thing he wants. […]
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.
Planets, Planets, Planets – Astrological Alt Comedy Event (in LA)
Philosophical Research Society 3910 Los Feliz Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesPlanets, Planets, Planets is an alt comedy troupe that uses improv, clown and sketch to unpack different astrological moments in time. The cast is composed of 10 femme and non-binary LA-based comedians and artists, each personifying a planet within an absurd zodiacal world. Using the charts of individuals or the planetary alignments of the moment, every show is different and improvised around a unique theatrical map. Developed by a group of clowns who are also professional and/or serious students of astrology, […]
SPECTACULUM (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSPECTACULUM is a show. An experience. Part clown. Part theater. Incredibly Sacred and Complete Bullshit. A group of mostly attractive idiots have come together to create a show that has been incubated over a month. If you're looking for a literal description of the show... Good Luck. Featuring: Max Baumgarten John Norris Bill O’Neill Claire Woolner Co-Deviser/Writer: Sam Fishman Directed by John Norris & Corey Podell Coordinator/Producer: Jackie Skinner + This was created as a team at Public Displays of […]
SPECTACULUM (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSPECTACULUM is a show. An experience. Part clown. Part theater. Incredibly Sacred and Complete Bullshit. A group of mostly attractive idiots have come together to create a show that has been incubated over a month. If you're looking for a literal description of the show... Good Luck. Featuring: Max Baumgarten John Norris Bill O’Neill Claire Woolner Co-Deviser/Writer: Sam Fishman Directed by John Norris & Corey Podell Coordinator/Producer: Jackie Skinner Starts 9:30PM PT
Tomorrow! w/Ron Lynch (in LA)
The Elysian 1944 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA variety show that is in it's 17th 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: TBA w/Davey Johnson Presented by Ron Lynch Starts Midnight
Delusions and Grandeur (in LA)
Lyric Hyperion Theatre & Café 2106 Hyperion Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesIn a classical cello recital meets performance art clown show, Karen Hall skillfully walks the line between artistry and insanity. Featuring Suite Number One in G Major by JS Bach and personal comedic pieces crafted in Idiot classes, Karen fuses in a healthy dose of pathos as she tackles identity, expectations, and success through the eyes of a fool. 4/22 @ 7:15PM PT 4/28 @ 2PM PT 4/29 @ 7:15PM PT