on the first Sunday in February at Holy Trinity Church in Hackney. The service, which has been held since the 1940s, attracts hundreds of clown performers from all over the world who attend the service in full clown costume. In 2010 a coffin-shaped musical memorial dedicated to Grimaldi, made of musical floor tiles, was installed in Joseph Grimaldi Park. The bronze tiles are tuned so that when danced upon it is possible to play "Hot Codlins". A 2017 film, Grimaldi: The Funniest Man in the World, revolves around Grimaldi's life and starred the Chuckle Brothers, Vicki Michelle and David Essex. Notes and references Notes References Sources External links Joseph Grimaldi at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Grimaldi Blue Plaque on the English Heritage website. The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi by Andrew McConnell Stott review by Jenny Uglow, taken from the Guardian, 1 November 2009. The Life of Joseph Grimaldi; with Anecdotes of his Contemporaries by Henry Downes Miles, 1838. Joseph Grimaldi Satirical Drawings at the British Museum. Joseph Grimaldi at The Public Domain Review. 1778 births 1837 deaths English clowns English male dancers English people of Italian descent Male actors from London Pantomime dames People from Westminster Singers from London 19th-century English male actors English male stage actors 19th-century British dancers