London Clown Festival 2026

London Clown Festival is delighted to announce its 10th anniversary line up, with another alley of the finest clowns from London and beyond. Artists from Poland, Mexico, Venezuela, Australia, Italy and the USA will be joining those from the UK to represent the best of home-grown and international clowning in the capital, in this annual fixture of the London comedy scene; a celebration of physical comedy and clown influenced contemporary performance.

The London Clown Festival line up will be performing at Soho Theatre and Jacksons Lane from 30th May through to 13th July.

Continuing to champion contemporary clowning, London Clown Festival again gives a platform to a plethora of talented performers specialising in clown and physical performance with workshops also planned to offer further skills development for performers outside of the festival line-up, including Puppetry for Clowns: 2 Day Intensive Course, a workshop lead by Olivier nominated actress and puppeteer, Caroline Partridge.

image: Norman’s Big Day Out

London Clown Festival 2026 Full Line Up includes:

Tues 2nd June at Soho Theatre 18:45 AY AM: MAYA RICOTE (60 mins)
Tues 2nd June at Soho Theatre 20:30 Josh Glanc: Work-In-Progress Show (60 mins)
Wed 3rd June at Soho Theatre at 18:45 Lucy Hopkins & Lexi Strauss: Auntie Show and Nana Subversion Share Their Biscuits (60 mins)
Wed 3rd June at Soho Theatre at 20:30 Hear WE Ahh: ANGELS (60 mins)
Thurs 4th June at Soho Theatre at 18:45 Lawrence Dodd: This Can’t Be It (60 mins
Thurs 4th June at Soho Theatre at 20:30 Tom Penn and Dan Lees: The Sonic Joy Orchestra (60 mins)
Thurs 4th June at Soho Theatre at 22:15 Dru Cripps: Juicy Bits (60 mins)
Fri 5th June at Soho Theatre at 18:45 Closure Cabaret (60 mins)
Fri 5th June at Soho Theatre at 20:30 Lil Wenker: BOYKING (WIP) (60 mins)
Fri 5th June at Soho Theatre at 22:15 Gutter – A Bouffon Comedy Ritual (60 mins)
Sat 6th June at Soho Theatre at 16:00 Do All The Things (60 mins)
Sat 6th June at Soho Theatre at 18:45 Moonkid (60 mins)
Sat 6th June at Soho Theatre at 20:30 Zoe Wohlfeld: DOG FUNERAL (60 mins)
Sat 6th June at Soho Theatre at 22:15 The Clong Show (60 mins)
Mon 8th June Jacksons Lane at 19:00 Riss Obolensky: Stinky Little Pilgrim (60 mins)
Tues 9th June at Jacksons Lane 19:00 Elf Lyons as The Woman On The Edge, A Work In Progress (60 mins)
Fri 12th June at Jacksons Lane at 19:00 VITAMIN (60 mins)
Sat 13th June at Jacksons Lane Jamie Wood presents O No! (60 mins)