Jango Edwards. Founder of the original "Festival of Fools", director of "The Nouveau Clown Institute" and the "Fools Militia", creator of "Cabaret Cabrón", international clown artist, writer, composer, director and producer.

During the past 40 years he has performed and taught in over 30 countries and is constantly active in the evolution of the global clown profession.

Jango is a preacher of laughter, spreading his gospel far and wide across the continents like a missionary serving the gods of humor and frenzy.
He transcends the boundaries of laughter and manages to deliver to any public, regardless of the language they speak.

Why? Because imagination needs no visa.

Jango is way more than a simple clown that knows (better than anyone in the world) how to crush beer cans on his head or how to sprinkle his audience with eggs and party props.He’s one of the most generous artists in his generation, an artist who dedicated his entire career to the well-being of others.

He goes to children in hospitals and puts a smile on their faces. He can make royals, movie stars (Catherine Deneuve, Pierre Richard etc.), rockers (Bono from U2, the Rolling Stones etc.) and famous directors (Francis Ford Coppola, Fellini etc.) laugh like there’s no tomorrow… Nobody can resist him! King of entertainers and sometimes entertainer of kings (even the Queen of the Netherlands is a huge fan), Jango does a great impression of the greatest impressionist yet: painter Salvador Dali.
However, all these stars that burst through the doors each time Jango appears on stage didn’t make him lose sight of his main objective: making people laugh!

Jango Edwards is the Gandhi of showmen, the Iggy Pop of cracking people up, a guru that has been mastering the scenic art for several decades within the famous “Nouveau Clown Institute”, a training center which brings together the best entertainers on the planet.

He was a pastor for the Church of Grin for ten years and he also created the “Festival of Fools”, an event that, starting from 1975 to 1984, was like the world congress of clowns and produce countless shows such as the Ultima Recital by Marianne James, Nina Hagen, Patrick Timsit and countless other world-renowned stars.

After settling down for a bit in Barcelona (Spain), the superclown has prepared a whole new show in-between siestas.

Clown Theory by Jango Edwards

The art of the clown actor is not just a profession, but a lifestyle that demands an understanding of emotion, sensitivity, passion, pathos and the heart.

The essence of clown, in the pure sense, is a combination of innocence and maturity.

The Clown Theory Encounter is a way of uniting these qualities so each participant can discover and develop their personal clown, and apply it to their life after the course is completed.

A combination of 20 years of professional experience, simple awareness and common logic, enables the instructor to reveal the clown character within each of us.

Through the use of assorted games, physical activities, socio-logical demonstrations, improvisations and performance, each student will find his or her comic simplicity, innocence and logic, which are the fundamental ingredients of the clown formula. A play-environment is created, in which trust within the group ensemble can develop. This motivates the students to remember the innocence they have forgotten. It will also reveal present social and human conditions. It may sound complicated but in fact it’s simple; it is the simplicity that is difficult for us to grasp.

Clown is a social character in all realms of life. The performance situation, be it theater or circus, is probably the most common form through which we know clowns; but it’s the least important. The primary requirements to reveal your personal clown is a knowledge of the comic formula and the creation of a clown heart. You have always had, and always will have, a clown heart, but to revive it demands the simple desire to regain and sustain your youth throughout all aspects of life.

The Clown Theory Class first reveals the innocence each of us has surrendered; and then proves it is never too late to recapture it again. It’s a challenge, it’s revealing but most of all it’s fun.

Jango Edwards

Jango's latest tour, "TOUS À L'ASILE" starts on the 10th March 2016 at the Casino De Paris, France.