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The 11th Festival of Fools Launches today in Belfast Circus School!
Knockout Comedy as the Timeless Art of Clowning Comes of Age in Belfast
FESTIVAL OF FOOLS 2014 LAUNCH
Intrepid trapeze artists; jovial jugglers; silent clowns; a candy floss sculptor; a singing nun playing a motorised piano; a mindblowing magician; and a painter with patter. This can only mean that Northern Ireland’s biggest family friendly festival is back in Belfast City Centre to deliver light relief in heavy doses.
Where else would you ever get to see Slapstick from San Francisco; Tumbling from Tanzania; Bicycle acrobatics from Belgium; Candy floss from Kansas; Mime from Mexico; and Stiltwalking from Scotland? These are just a few of the delights heading to Belfast this May bank holiday weekend, which were unveiled at the Festival launch held, appropriately enough, on April Fools Day at the Belfast Circus School in the city’s Cathedral Quarter.
Now into its 11th year, the Festival of Fools kicks off with a weird and wonderful acrobatic comedy from Spanish company Capitan Maravilla who monkey around as they somersault over a specially customised Mini Cooper full of surprises. What follows is three days of comedy heaven with more than 120 street shows and 30 walkabout performances across Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter and City Centre – all free of charge!