The show: humour, disability and awareness of difference
Two clowns — everything about them differs, from the way they arrive to the way they live in the present moment. Starting from a lie, a story of empathy and love unfolds in which disability, difference and diversity are at the heart of the action.
The wish to leave disability behind on one side, and the wish for a perfect being on the other, turn this encounter into situations where the stories get tangled up, creating moments that are both funny and instructive for children and family audiences.
A clown show about disability and difference that offers slices of life staged with humour, letting children identify with one character or the other, feel emotions, ask questions and imagine how they would act in a situation of disability or difference (ethnicity, colour, size, behaviour, and so on).
We offer the show on its own, with an educational session beforehand or a workshop after the show, to deepen the awareness work.
Ideal for a festive event, a children's party or an activity day, this educational and humorous show raises awareness of difference and discrimination.
A few details:
- Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Team: 2 clown-actors and one person on sound
- Available languages: French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Greek
- Audience: from age 4 (Year 1 to Year 6) and up to adults of 99 and beyond
- Venues: theatre, museum, hall, community hall, classroom, and other cultural or educational spaces
- In schools: ideal for awareness days on disability, difference and inclusive practices
Where the show has been performed
“Je suis différent” is available for booking and is performed both as a school performance and as a public performance, in France, Belgium and Luxembourg. A few of the venues that have hosted it:
- École Brossolette — Meudon (France), December 2025, school performance
- Café de la Plage — Maurepas (France), December 2025, with Relais Marianne
- Salle des fêtes — Saint-Georges-du-Bois (France), 25 October 2024, closing the “Journée des extras” organised by Aunis Sud (inclusive activities and disability awareness)
- Salle Orchidée — Grand-Failly (France), April 2024, with the Association SocioCulturelle de Grand-Failly
- Festival Plume Verte — Thonnance-lès-Joinville (France), October 2023
- Le Gueulard — Nilvange (France), premiere in November 2021, revived in October 2023
- Association des Paralysés de France and Festival Humour et Handicap — awareness days
To bring the show near you, get in touch.
Video excerpts from the show “Je suis différent”
Press and references
The France 3 news report, the press articles and the sites that feature “Je suis différent” are gathered on the about Clown Factory page.