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 high-level physicality, balloons, poetry, balancing chairs, acrobatic antics and clowns, 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 an 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.
- The 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)