Previous articles on this film:
Apocalypse Clown Starring Ivan Kaye: Market Premiere, 1st Look & Release Dates
Ivan Kaye Starring in the Irish Feature Film ‘Apocalpyse Clown’
First Glimpses at Ivan’s The Great Alphonso
***Update 13th February 2024:
Finally, Apocalypse Clown sees the start of its international release on digital platforms in Germany on 15th February 2024. This will be followed by a bi-lingual DVD release (sadly, we haven’t seen any announcements for Blu-rays so far).
Not long ago, an American fan on YouTube had reported that they had been able to find the film on Netflix US and the US release had, in fact, been announced for winter 2023. But only a few days later other fans in the US said they could not find the movie on Netflix. We will inform you when we find news on the US release.
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***Update 8th October 2023:
Apocalypse Clown will finally be available on digital in the UK and Ireland with its Netflix release announced for 23rd October 2023. It is also available on other digital platforms like Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and Microsoft. International release dates and platforms yet to be announced.
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***Update 1st September 2023:
Awesome new promo clip introducing Ivan’s character The Great Alphonso:
Much more on Alphsonso on our emerging character page (will be linked here after publication).
Accolades for Ivan in reviews by critics:
And audience members:
A load of great new behind-the-scenes material, posted in a clip by Amy De Bhrún on Instagram. We are hoping for better picture quality for our behind-the-scenes gallery on the film’s page later on, so we only showcase a few:
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Preview Screening with Q&A and Ivan Kaye in London
First off: You have now another chance to see Ivan not only on screen as The Great Alphonso but also live on stage during the cast and director Q&A at the preview screening in London on Wednesday, 30th August, 8:30 pm at The Prince Charles Cinema!
Booking Link (just under half of the seats left at the time of writing)
If you can go there, please, share your photos and clips with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook! If you want to go and cannot get a ticket, please, contact us at teamivankaye@gmail.com, we have one available and may not be able to attend.
***Update 1st September 2023:
Ivan has not only attended the London premiere on the 30th, but also the Red Carpet premiere event on the 29th in Dublin. Here are the event shots:
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List of Cinemas Showing the Film from 1st September
The film will also be publicly released in the UK and Ireland on 1st September in select cinemas. Some cinemas have already announced it or set up booking links.
- Irish Light House Cinema booking link
- Irish Pálás Cinema in Galway booking link
- Announcement on the ODEON Cinemas UK website
We may not be able to update this list in real time but we are trying to keep up on social media in a thread on the Twitter team page and the bio highlight on Instagram (in case it gets filled up, we will create a 2nd highlight). We are also sharing info and links to the Facebook stories.
Irish fans also have the chance to win a ticket to the premiere at the Light House Cinema on 29th August. To our knowledge, Ivan does not attend this one, but you can watch the film for free: link to the competition.
Flashback to the Festival Premieres at Galway and Montréal
Previously, the film premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh and at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montréal in July.
Here are some impressions collected from Galway where Ivan attended the screening and the Q&A:
Impressions Video
Photo Gallery
Best Irish Film Award for Apocalypse Clown
Premiere Flashback Video with Additional Material:
Interview Excerpts on Ivan and His Character The Great Alphonso
Before and after the premieres, some podcast interviews shed light on Ivan’s character The Great Alphonso (character page with a collation from interviews and reviews coming soon), and on Ivan’s qualities that made him such a great choice to play this dark, yet comical character – which is a perfect fit for his greatest talents and predilections.
Interview with George Kane – Excerpt
Interview with George Kane and Shane O’Brien – Excerpt
Review Snippets
The relevance of Ivan’s character for driving the plot forward
Ivan Kaye as a particularly bombastic villain
Sounds like him. But let us not be so sure about the label. Ivan mentioned “tragic and funny”, so let us first see what he has done with the character.
Podcast by David Earl
There is a new podcast episode by one of the leads David Earl and his podcast co-host with George Kane that has been released just today and we still need to check it.
Behind-the-Scenes & Promo Stills
Around the festival premieres, some new behind-the-scenes material and promo stills have been released. Sadly, the latter usually come in awful picture quality through social media and website posts.
But here is a selection of the material:
Fun Mini Clip Thanks to Natalie Palamides on Instagram
Behind-the-Scenes Photos
Promo Stills
We also found a trailer in 4k quality and made some GIFs from it but have yet to prepare the shots.
Ivan Kaye Source 