Review – Mat Ricardo
[Mat Ricardo] is a cynic’s juggler equipped with the comedic sensibilities of Rowan Atkinson, and he happily distances himself from the clichés of juggled swords (too dangerous) and juggled chainsaws (not dangerous enough).
Category: Circus
Review – Wau Wau Sisters: Death Threats (and other forms of flattery)
With a mix of homoerotic acrobatics, storytelling, songs and bullet dodging, the Wau Wau sisters display their irreverent wit as well as their gold-spangled athletic bodies. The most impressive act in this self-proclaimed ‘Cirque de T&A’ is on the double trapeze. The sisters dazzle their gasping audience with impressive spins and catches, entirely in lascivious character.
Review – The Syndicate
Ever wanted to join a club where the secret handshake involves jazz hands and a paddle? Let the Syndicate initiate you into their world of mental penetration, terrifying talents and gasp-worthy stunts.
Review – Luminous
Luminous is black-light luminescent body-art, burlesque and circus show, and while you may be able to see any of these a thousand times at other venues throughout the city, you will not see them together like this.
Review – Elixir
The duo adopt the personas of two scientists/test subjects, held captive in a laboratory for the purposes of ascertaining how effective a variety of elixirs are in improving their physical attributes. This is a perfect narrative structure, given the impressive array of acrobatic feats that the artists perform throughout the hour long show.
Review – Papillon
If the Romans had it right, all we need in life is bread and circuses. I had a sandwich before seeing circus-cabaret mash-up Papillon and was thus halfway to a fulfilling life. That’s about as close as I got.
Review – A Simple Space
A Simple Space by Adelaide collective Gravity and Other Myths turns the showy bells and whistles circus genre completely on its head.
Review – Circolombia
There has been a lot of hype about this show so I was very excited as we piled into the Big Top at the Garden of Unearthly Delights.
Review – Collage of the Arts
There aren’t a lot of reasons to check out a high school production if you don’t, in fact, go to school. Either you’re a parent of one of the kids or you’re hoping you might catch the next Snakadaktal before they go big.
Review – Pants Down Circus
While the name may hint at some kind of adult burlesque circus antics, nothing could be further from the truth – this is family-friendly, innocent fun.
Review – A Burlesque Interlude
The opening performance of A Burlesque Interlude left much to be desired. There were obvious shortcoming from several areas, both performance and technical sides, and much room for improvement for the rest of their 5 night run.
Review – Fright or Flight
A quirky, almost wordless performance of dance, acrobatics and physical humour. Mostly plotless, the show revolves around different scenes featuring unique bird-like characters played by the three talented performers of 3 is a Crowd.
Review – Kaput
SORT of like a Chaplian-esque silent movie on stage, Kaput is a rollicking hour of slapstick brilliance
complete with ladders, buckets and plank gags.
Review – The Brothers Pitt
The Brothers Pitt is advertised as family friendly – truer words could not be said of it. A light-hearted and amusing family circus based act, the show is largely aimed at children, but hits home for the parents too, with the occasional “wink-wink nudge-nudge” moment that will (hopefully) go over the heads of the little ones.
Review – Soap
Soap is an eclectic array of circus tricks, gymnastics and a lot of fun. What the performers can do is downright astounding and will challenge everything you believe about what the human body is capable of.
