A Spectacle of Play
Friday March 21 @ 8pm, Saturday March 22 @ 9pm, Thursday March 27 @ 8pm, Friday March 28 @ 8pm
tickets $20 in advance (online from our website) or $25 at the door
1173 Dundas St. East.
A Spectacle of Play is a compilation of new and remounted work that represent a broad range of circus art forms including aerial silks, hoop, trapeze and ropes, acrobatics, clown, hula hoop and even puppetry. The title, A Spectacle of Play, refers to both the group as well as the shows’ overarching aesthetic of playfulness. It is also a nod to the general notion of circus arts as spectacle. The show consists of four distinct interdisciplinary pieces:
Everlasting Slumber debuted summer 2012 at the London Fringe. The Beat magazine proclaimed it "magical" and Theatre in London called it "a storybook come to life.". Everlasting Slumber is a one-act fairy tale told through aerial theatre, puppetry and projected animation. For children and adults alike, with musical score by two-time Dora Award winner Waylen Miki and animation by Evan DeRushie.
Grannies in the Park is an interactive comedic acrobatic routine on a walker, adapted from a street theatre show. benched is a contemporary circus film about the kindness of strangers, featuring guerilla aerial (parkour inspired dance) on a park
bench.
The Chaos Project is an exhilarating and visually stimulating aerial dance that explores the thematic concepts of chaos and predictability. “Childhood” and “Corporate Chaos” are two parts of the trilogy using dance trapezes, aerial ropes and a lot of aerialists.
