27.3.2026
Clownery Lab Sessions
A night full of laughter! Red Pearl Clown Festival will host for the second time a clownery open stage evening. You can sign up for the evening with your completed or less completed clowning performance alone, as a couple or as a group.
A night full of laughter! Red Pearl Clown Festival will host for the second time a clownery open stage evening. You can sign up for the evening with your completed or less completed clowning performance alone, as a couple or as a group.
Everyone has 5-8 minutes on a black box stage. Performers are only allowed to have on stage what they are able to bring to the stage themselves. It’s strict but even diamonds get their glamour under enormous pressure!
The evening is run by a familiar face from Winter Circus Film, film director Tony (Riina Tikkanen). Tony will not compromise on the limits, but will ensure that the sessions run safely, with room for trials, errors, possibilities and, above all, creativity.
The duration of the Clownery Lab Sessions, including intermissions, is approximately three hours. If there are more proposals than we can fit in, we will curate the evening based on the sign-ups received. The box office revenue from the Lab Sessions will be divided between the evening’s performances.
The festival bar is open throughout the evening and afterwards for informal banter and entertainment.
Sign up for the Laboratory Sessions by filling in this form by 16.2.2026 at the latest.
The programme of the evening will be published at the end of February.
Ticket prices
20 € Lab Session ticket
(Ticket package or theatre professional ticket is not available for the Clownery Lab Sessions.)
The ticket revenue from the lab sessions will be shared among the performances.
Location and accessibility
Hurjaruuth Stage (Tallberginkatu 1 A, 2nd floor) is located at the Cable Factory, a well-known cultural centre. Read more about how to get there.
Festival Bar
Festival Bar is located next to the Hurjaruuth Stage (Cable Factory A staircase, 2nd floor foyer). Please note that we only accept card payments. Opening hours on the main page of the festival.
Facilities and services
Coatroom: In the corridor between Hurjaruuth’s foyer and the stage there is a free self-service coatroom. NB! Our theatre is not responsible for any items or clothes left in the coatroom.
Toilet facilities: Next to the coatroom there is an accessible toilet with childcare facilities and other unisex toilets.
More on accessibility: There is wheelchair seating available at the front of the audience (2 slots). We do not have an induction loop. Assistant seating available free of charge. We are a Disability Card service provider.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact our customer service!
Date
27.3.2026
Duration
About 2,5-3 h (incl. 1-2 intermissions)
Tickets
20 €
Venue
Hurjaruuth stage, Cable Factory
Suggested age
For adults
Other
Language may vary.
Clowns may invite volunteers from the audience, but you’re always free to decline.