The Clown Who Wasn’t Funny




Stories of the Journey Home - Storytelling show

Summary: Four interwoven tales... A daughter becomes discontent with her family's material level of wealth and urges her father to move into more lucrative work... A clown who wasn't funny, finally sacked from the circus, sets off in search of the "Elixir of Funny" to fulfill his deep yearning to make people laugh... A pimp begins to feel the stirrings of compassion inside him for his employees, and his world starts to go off the rails.... A gentle and sensitive storyteller, faced with a hostile crowd of low lifes, goes to the furthest edges of his insecurity... and conviction.... Told live in Stroud, England. Contains explicit language and imagery. Leo has written a blog about this story. Click here to read it.