Story of Distinction & Genius: Laughter as a Compass & 'How to be a Stupid' with One of the World's Best Loved Clowns, Angela De Castro - know simply as De Castro - Founder of "The Why Not Institute"

Brushwood Media Network · Jul 15, 2026 · 1h 2m

Laughter can be a compass. Sitting with DeCastro—one of the world’s best-loved clowns—we step into Why Not Land, a clearing where play is protected, truth has room to breathe, and imagination outruns fear. From South London to Rio’s shoreline, she maps an art form often trivialised, arguing with warmth and precision that clowning is education, rebellion, and radical compassion all at once. We journey through the founding of the Why Not Institute, born after Slava’s Snowshow and sustained by a fierce belief that clowns are truth tellers, entertainers and subversives. The pandemic cost the…