Life? It’s a circus!
An energetic theatrical adventure that will have audiences wondering, laughing, gasping, artistically and philosophically inspired and pondering the human condition!
Through the use of high level physicality, balloons, poetry, balancing chairs, acrobatic antics and clown, these two highly experienced circus theatre performers promise to take you on a thought-provoking and thoroughly entertaining journey through the ups and downs of life.
History of Work: 2012 and 2013 Artslink/Queensland Arts Council tours of Queensland and Brisbane Primary and Secondary to critical acclaim.
Learning Areas:
The Arts (Drama)
Strands: Developing understanding of practices
Responding to and interpreting artworks
Health and Physical Education
Strand: Personal, Social and Community Health
General Capabilities
Critical and Creative Thinking
- Express ideas, concepts, thoughts and feelings creatively.
- Consider and evaluate motivations, intentions, influences and biases.
- Offer and receive effective feedback.
Ethical Understanding
- Apply skills in reasoning, empathy and imagination.
- Make judgements about actions and motives.
Personal and Social Capability
- Initiative.
- Confidence.
- Resilience.
- Adaptability.
- Empathy.
Style/Form:
- Physical Theatre.
- Circus and Comedy.
- Improvisation.
- Balance.
- Dance.
- Poetry.
- Song.
Themes and Contexts:
- Relationships.
- Trust.
- Love.
- Friendship.
- Loss.
- Fear.
- Betrayal.
- Mistakes.
- Empathy.
- Consequences.
- Choices.
- Juggling of commitments.
- Status.
- Fear.
- Courage.
- Risk-taking.
- Comic relief.
- Dramatic form.
- Creativity and imagination.
Devised by: Allie Wilde and Nick Cilento
Directed by: Allie Wilde and Nick Cilento
All prices include GST
Staging Requirements:
- A 5m x 5m stage space with a clear overhead space of 3.5m (no obstructions)
- Outdoor venue need minimum of one wall
- 5x5m wide space (no power outlet is required)