Review – A Simple Space

This is circus stripped bare.

A Simple Space by Adelaide collective Gravity and Other Myths turns the showy bells and whistles circus genre completely on its head. Short and sharp, with plain costumes, no set decorations, speeches or explanations, and hardly any props or even sound (aside from the panting of the performers), A Simple Space really does live up to its name.

The stunts performed are breathtaking, but it’s the creativity behind it all that really makes this show one of the highlights of this year’s Fringe. From games of don’t touch the floor to the boys stacking themselves on top of each other to create a human high bar for the impressive Jascha Boyce to swing about on, it’s easy to imagine these performers were the kind of children that played with the packaging instead of their toys at Christmas.

They use competition to great effect too – you won’t forget their skipping rope version of strip poker in a hurry. Truly wonderful stuff.