These two clowns can’t even reach their own trapeze, so they end up playing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star on a stepladder. The different sized pipes from the rungs of the ladder make for an unusual triangular rendition. Baccala Clowns also enlist an audience member to balance on, without it being clear whether or not he’s […]

Circus and narrative: discuss. Of course, a regular linear narrative is not at all necessary in circus. Circus is, traditionally, a series of acts, including aerial of all kinds, balancing acts using various devices, object manipulation of one sort or another, and sundry ‘specialist’ things like dance numbers or magic acts (or in old-school circus, […]

As we enter the depressingly empty Silk Street Theatre auditorium, we look to the stage to see a kind of giant π (Pi) shape made of blue neon lights, and to the side a small drumkit. At five minutes before the start of the show, the theatre is less than a quarter full – although […]

Ah, the walls, the walls – our lives are bound by them! Literal walls, metaphorical walls… But what if life is but a dream? Or what if we acknowledge (in the words of Jacques Lecoq, with a nod towards the Buddha) that ‘tout bouge’ – everything moves, nothing is solid? Where does that leave these […]

December night just days before Christmas, and I joined in the fun with this interactive and immersive absurd Xmas experience, billed as ‘The Office meets Lapland’. Commencing in the bar downstairs at The Marlborough, we are intriguingly eased into this show. Two elves are busy chatting together, then become aware that we, the humans, can […]