circus
Cirque Berserk
★★★☆☆ Zip(po)’s into town:
Newbury based circus company Cirque Berserk! appears at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre as part of its 2020 tour. The company brands itself as ‘Real Circus made for Theatre’ and it does exactly what it says on the tin.
Cirque Berserk
★★★★☆ Runaway success:
Suitably high tempo and jaw-dropping, Cirque Berserk bring the thrills of the circus to the theatre in a pacy, thoroughly entertaining show.
Cirkopolis
✭✭✭✩✩ Scintillating skills:
Breathtaking stunts and athletic grace are certainly in evidence in Cirkopolis at the Festival Theatre. However, the show that contains them is not always so convincing.
Welcome My Son
Circus skills as theatre for Frankenstein tale:
When Phil Hardie injured his ankle in January, it put paid to the Spotted Stripes Circus performance of his new show Welcome my Son at Manipulate, but this week the circus specialist is premiering the show in Summerhall.
Cirque Berserk
✭✭✭✭✩ Skills and thrills
Breathtaking to the last, Cirque Berserk delivers the circus thrills of the big top on the theatre stage for three nights only at the Edinburgh Playhouse.
Scotch and Soda
✭✭✭✩✩ Deliciously disreputable:
There’s a full-on skuzzy vibe to Scotch and Soda, this year’s music and circus act in the St Andrews Square Spiegeltent as part of Edinburgh’s Christmas.
EdFringe day 4 – Wild adventures in Circus Land
Family day on the fringe with Andy and Mike’s… Tick Tock Time Machine followed by a trip to the circus with the thrilling Wheel of Death.
Dance/Circus Review – Traces
* * * * Festival Theatre Review by Thom Dibdin Gritty and witty, Canadian outfit Les 7 Doigts de la Main arrive at the Festival Theatre with a piece of circus-dance that wears its contemporary urban credentials loud on its sleeves.
