‘Deep and daft’ clown congress to convene at University of Bristol

The open space' event will discuss the future of the form and use irreverence and play as a gateway to life's big subjects

The world may be a pretty unfunny place at the moment and global leaders don't seem to have the answers. But this weekend a different sort of talking shop will take place when a clown congress" convenes in Bristol to discuss the role of the funny people in troubling times.

One of the leaders, Holly Stoppit, a clown therapist, teacher, and facilitator, summed it up succinctly: Do you know what? I think there is no accident that the world is going to shit and who do they call? It's the clowns."