PERFECT BEASTS is an evening of modern Bouffon Clown performance by Stephen Daytime and Joshua Kilcoyne, devised and presented in collaboration with Jay Dunn.

Part One: MINOTAUR, created and performed by Stephen Daytime, is a playfully grotesque exploration of hysterical masculinity and manosphere culture presented as an ever-expanding and increasingly absurd list of rules and instructions on how to live your life right.

Part Two: MIMI, created and performed by Joshua Kilcoyne, is a playfully anarchic deconstruction of hyper-individualism presided over by a strange and beguiling birdlike creature with an insatiable appetite for admiration.

In conjunction with performances on April 24 & 26, the creators of PERFECT BEASTS are offering a Bouffon Fundamentals Workshop for artists and performers on Sunday April 26 from 2-6pm, also at the Northampton Center for the Arts.

WHAT IS BOUFFON?

Bouffon is a form of modern clown and physical theater rooted in the art of satire and mockery. Bouffons are voracious, lustful, mischievous creatures to whom nothing and no one is sacred. They are seductive mimics and shameless provocateurs who revel in ridiculing everyone and everything around them. The audience laughs at the Clown - the Bouffon laughs at the audience.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

The creators of PERFECT BEASTS met in 2024 while training with renowned Italian theater artist and teacher Giovanni Fusetti. Recognizing their shared passion for the art of Bouffon, they joined forces to bring this lesser-known form of contemporary clown to new audiences. PERFECT BEASTS debuted with a three-night run at La Porte Rouge in Montreal, Quebec in December 2025.