International Award-winning clown show: Dr. Brown Befrdfgth

International comedy sensation Doctor Brown returns to Amsterdam with his 2012 Edinburgh Comedy Award, Total Theatre Award and Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award winning show Befrdfgth. ‘Part mime artist, part lord of misrule.’ – The Guardian.

WINNER: FOSTER’S EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD WINNER 2012
WINNER: MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL BARRY AWARD 2012
WINNER: TOTAL THEATRE AWARD 2012

‘A darkly comic masterpiece.’
Sunday Times

‘Thrillingly unpredictable and gloriously funny.’
Time Out

‘The most purely, convulsively funny live experience that this reviewer has ever had.’
Fest Magazine

Dr. Brown (aka Philip Burgers) can be seen in Netflix’s ‘The Characters’ and ‘Feel Good’ and in UK Channel 4’s ‘Dr Brown Comedy Blaps’ and ‘4funnies’. He wrote and starred in the award-winning short film ‘The Passage’. He also directed the Netflix Comedy Special, ‘Nate’.

Burgers learned about comedy and silliness at the Ecole Philippe Gaulier. He then travelled and toured solo and kids shows around the world and has worked in TV and film as a director, writer and actor. He has been teaching clown workshops all over the world since 2009 and ran the Los Angeles theatre, ‘The Lyric Hyperion’ from 2016-2020.

His 2012 solo show ‘Befrdgth’, won The Edinburgh Comedy Award and The Barry Award for Best Comedy at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Tickets: 15 euro (+50 cent bank fee)