Die Clown Die

Die Clown Die is a 50-minute clown show unlike any other – a bold and tender collision of clown and spiritual experience, where comedy and the contemplative are not opposites but partners.

The show begins the moment the audience enters, where ambient sound and a pulsing light – illuminating and dimming the room in time with a live amplified breath – prime them for the journey to come. Inside, they meet Bootoh, a clown who has vowed to lead the audience to nirvana but has no clue how to get there, and who fumbles his way through countless ridiculous deaths in pursuit of an impossible perfect ending. Across the show, Bootoh weaves between two states — Clown (laughter, games, and audience play) and Emptiness (breath, stillness, and clear mind).

Each cycle takes the audience a layer deeper, like an onion, until clown and audience are breathing as one. Lighting expands and contracts like a pair of lungs.