Win Tickets to Slava's SnowShow at Sunderland Empire

A bed will become a boat in a storm-tossed sea, a child will walk inside a bubble, a web of cotton will envelope you, and a snowstorm will whirl around Sunderland Empire. It sounds like fun to us!

Since its debut, the show has travelled all over the world, with more than 12,000 performances in over 225 cities and 40 counties. Internationally acclaimed and Olivier-award winning, you won’t want to miss this clowning masterpiece when it comes to Sunderland for the first time, recommended for ages eight and over.

‘Our show is not only different from year to year – in fact, it is different every time, because it allows big room for improvisation,’ says clown Slava Polunin, the creator of the show. ‘I do my best to prevent the artists in the company from knowing who is playing who until the last moment. I also try to set up some unexpected things. That way improvisation becomes very natural and the show remains full of life.

‘To me, the very concept of a clown is so huge, so all-encompassing, so endless that it is hard to imagine anything bigger. Many great artists and directors like Federico Fellini believed that a clown is the pinnacle of acting, which makes the very idea of a clown show not only rare, but also something quite significant, if, of course, we are talking about “real” clowns which are part of the long lineage of master-clowning.’

Slava’s SnowShow will bring the art of clowning to Sunderland Empire from Tuesday 3rd–Saturday 7th December. For your chance to win four tickets to the show on Wednesday 4th December at 7pm, simply enter our competition below.