Tag Archives: Circus

Simone Riccio: Nothing Moves If I Don’t Push It ¦ Photo: Ben Hoppper

Simone Riccio: Nothing Moves If I Don’t Push It

January 18th, 2013 by

Simone Riccio takes to the stage, dressed head to toe in smart-casual attire, with a peaked cap placed on his head at an enticingly jaunty angle. Then without rhyme or reason, he takes it all off to reveal another suit below. It’s a sign of things to come. He looks out at us for a […]

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Compagnie 111: Plan B ¦ Photo: Agale Bory

Compagnie 111: Plan B

January 18th, 2013 by

Returning in the tenth anniversary year of its creation, Compagnie 111’s second work Plan B hasn’t quite the striking impression of the company’s later works (most notably the arresting and singular Sans Objet seen at the 2011 Mime Festival). What Plan B does, though, is provide an artful introduction to the principles of Compagnie 111’s […]

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My!Laika: Popcorn Machine ¦ Image: MONA

My!Laika: Popcorn Machine

January 12th, 2013 by

  A popcorn machine, indeed – the popped corn littering the stage, the smell of burnt oil and singed corn filling the room. Not only, but also: a wonky honky-tonk piano, whirring fan wobbling atop, dry ice puffing out from below; a trunk-load of dismembered mannequins, hands and feet and heads juggled and rolled; a […]

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Compagnie MPTA / Mathurin Bolze: Du Goudron et des Plumes ¦ Photo: Christophe Raynaud de Lage

Compagnie MPTA / Mathurin Bolze: Du Goudron et des Plumes

November 30th, 2012 by

Very occasionally, one will come across a piece of theatre that blows away all preconceptions of what a theatrical experience can be, a performance that occupies a special place in the mind of the observer and becomes a benchmark by which to measure all other experiences, often recalled and never forgotten. Mathurin Bolze and his […]

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Circa: Wunderkammer

Circa: Wunderkammer

October 13th, 2012 by

Circa’s mission statement boldly claims that they have ‘created a boutique contemporary artform from the traditional languages of circus’, suggesting that contemporary circus prefers to preserve its traditional forms rather than seek new pathways or modernise its media. Their route to this ‘new frontier’ in circus arts is through a refocusing on the human body, […]

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