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Toronto: “Insert Clown Here” begins performances May 8

Friday, May 3, 2024

Insert Clown Here opens next week for a limited run at the Theatre Centre. The show features a new 'clown' every single show, who is unrehearsed and completely unaware of what's happening. The stellar list of performers has been released, including some really fantastic artists from clown, physical theatre, and improv communities. The full list of guest clowns can be found below.

Tickets are going fast, and with this amazing line up, you might be tempted to see it more than once- who knows what's going to happen!

Parlous Theatre, with support from Common Boots Theatre, returns to Toronto with their raucous Fringe hit, Insert Clown Here, after sold-out runs in Hamilton, Calgary, Edmonton and at the 2023 Toronto Fringe.

In a comedic collision of Chekhovian drama and Clown Chaos, Insert Clown Here follows a troupe of actors in a fully rehearsed, 19th-century melodrama that is upended when the lead actor goes missing and is replaced by a completely unrehearsed Clown.

Prepare for the unprepared, as a new Clown enters the show each night, ensuring no two performances are ever alike!

What could go wrong? Only everything.

INSERT CLOWN HERE

May 8-19, 2024

The Theatre Centre, BMO Incubator

1115 Queen Street West, Toronto

Guest Clown Line Up:

May 8 (Preview), 7:30pm Augusta Monet

May 9 (Opening Night), 7:30pm Robert Feetham

May 10, 7:30pm Adam Paolozza

May 11, 7:30pm Courtenay Stevens

May 12, 2:00pm* Lisa Marie DiLiberto

May 12, 7:30pm Anand Rajaram

May 14, 7:30pm Morgan Joy

May 15, 7:30pm Adam Lazarus

May 16, 7:30pm Jane Luk

May 17, 9:00pm** Isaac Kessler

May 18, 7:30pm Kiana Woo

May 19, 2:00pm Kendall Savage

* May 12th at 2:00pm is a Clean version of the show suitable for ages 8+

** May 17th is a double bill with Isaac Kessler’s 1-Man-No-Show at 7:30pm and Insert Clown Here at 9:00pm

For tickets visit theatrecentre.org.