SOLOS Festival: Circus of Sighs
SOLOS Festival + MainLine Theatre
The Circus of Sighs is a strange bunch of sly miscreants, debauched mysteriosos, hard-partying dancing bears and sad-sack souls that are loster than lost- a mix of absurdities and extremes that has led to this big top becoming one of the most concentrated sites of melancholy and danger in the known world. Trapeze artist Natasha used to dream of running away from the circus, but it's all she knows- still, just when the day-in-day-out routine of mournful longing, constant mortal peril and preposterously excessive hedonistic abandon seems like it will keep churning on forever in its relentless tumble along the downward spiral of bitter, hideous eternity, things start to get really bizarre.
Written & Performed by Eve Majzels
One performance only Saturday, April 9th at 8:30PM
Tickets are available:
Online
At the door the night of the performance
Or during MainLine Theatre's Box Office hours (Tuesday to Saturday from 2PM to 6PM)
But be aware that same day purchases are only available by telephone or at the MainLine Theatre Box Office
HORAIRE / SCHEDULE
- Saturday 9 April 2016 / 20:30
60 minutes
Pas de retardataires / No latecomers
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En se rassemblant à la croisée des cycles de vies, les personnages que vous allez rencontrer s’adressent des questions millénaires, et cheminent au cœur de leurs vérités en nous rappelant qu’il n’est de refuge plus solide que celui de nos solidarités.
La pièce s’achèvera par un échange entre les artistes et le public, permettant de recueillir les impressions de ce dernier. Modéré par la directrice artistique du festival.
