London Clown Festival

We’re delighted to be a venue for the acclaimed London Clown Festival for the first time.

Here are 6 shows that are influenced by mime, circus and physical comedy. Don’t miss this eclectic mix of performers who embody the principals of this timeless art form from countries all over the world – this is clowning for the 21st century.

We’re excited to announce exclusive discounts when you book multiple shows from the London Clown Festival at Jacksons Lane:

• Book 2 shows: get 10% off
• Book 3 shows: get 15% off
• Book 5 shows: get 20% off

Note - you must book your shows at the same time.

Performances

Summer season 2024 – contemporary circus and theatre.

Pomp and Cirque-umstance No 3.1

• Tuesday 16 July at 7.30pm
• Tickets: £15 – book Pomp and Cirque-umstance No 3.1 tickets

Richard Melanin The Third is a showman. Even in his own home. He can make magic in mundanity and splendour in simplicity. But he’s been saving his greatest stunt for a rainy day…

Internationally acclaimed clown Ella The Great “lights up the stage” (Scotsman) in an inventive debut-hour of visual comedy and circus, which sheds new light on the visionary mind of one of London’s most beloved artists.

Luke Rollason, Luke Rollason, Let Down Your Hair

• Wednesday 17 July at 7.30pm
• Tickets: £15 – book Luke Rollason, Luke Rollason, Let Down Your Hair tickets

Luke Rollason, Luke Rollason ,Let Down Your Hair Trumpets: parp parp parp paaarp!

Fringe favourite and Disney Prince heartthrob of Extraordinary (Disney+) Luke Rollason descends from his ivory (fairtrade) tower to glisten your eyes with this monument to creativity and fantasy. Take a swan dive into this physical comedy fantasia of Kings and Clowns, and one absolutely hideous duck.

Troll

• Thursday 18 July at 7.30pm
• Tickets: £15 – book Troll tickets

Troll is an “irresistibly silly” (The Guardian) two-troll clown comedy about connection, scape(goat)ing and being misunderstood. Fed up with years of misrepresentation, villainization and exclusion, 2 trolls find themselves at Jacksons Lane, ready and desperate to tell their side of the story and the truth about those 3 goats.

Inspired by Norwegian folklore, Troll is a critically-acclaimed comedy and heartwarming mash-up of music, storytelling, audience interaction, physical theatre and clown.

Marie Kallevik Straume and Anna Marie Simonsen.

Lost Cabaret: A cacophony of clowns

• Friday 19 July at 7.30pm
• Tickets: £15 – book Lost Cabaret: A cacophony of clowns tickets

ENTERTAINMENT NOW: “Lost Cabaret is a magical world to be utterly treasured”.

A ridiculous clown variety show featuring the visually absurd, the whimsically witty and the wildly beautiful.

Foolishness wrapped in a warm hug, Lost Cabaret is an alt-comedy garden of enchantment that began in London circa 2012 and was instrumental for the growth of many clown artists that you all love today. Lost has bloomed in venues all across the world, selling out festivals from Edinburgh to Adelaide and loads of cities in between.

Tomatoes Don’t Fly

• Tuesday 23 July at 7.30pm
• Tickets: £15 – book Tomatoes Don’t Fly tickets

Ignacio has discovered something that could change his life forever. But he doesn’t know how to tell his partner Maria.

As he prepares a tomato soup at home, he enters another dimension where he becomes both a children’s clown in crisis and an inspirational speaker. Ignacio will learn something that will help him take the next step in his life.

Mel McGlensey is Motorboat

• Friday 26 July at 7.30pm
• Tickets: £15 – book Mel McGlensey is Motorboat tickets

WINNER: Best Comedy weekly award Adelaide Fringe Festival 2024.

Batten down the hatches and seal your porthole! It’s time for the silliest, most outrageous, naughty and nautical show ever made about someone who is part boat, part woman… and full clown

Come with Motorboat on a sea voyage of self-discovery, silliness and stupidity.