‘Best friend’ to thousands of children around the world, this holy fool has been clowning around for nearly 25 years. Roly Bain draws on slapstick, circus skills and storytelling to speak of the ‘topsy-turvydom of the Kingdom of God’, as only a clown can He is challenging as well as amusing; as likely to make you cry as laugh. His models of the clown are the jester — the one who is licensed to tell the truth — and the vulnerable lover, who invites us all out to play. Delightful, playful and anarchic, he deals in laughter and truth, pathos and tears, appealing to all ages at different levels, all at the same time.