The new Cirque du Soleil show in Calgary might get some audience members yearning for that the classic escape – ‘running away to join the circus’.
For some people in the city, it’s a dream that’s come true pretty close to home.
Members of Le Cirque de la Nuit circus troupe are teaming up with Calgary-based Jupiter Theatre to create a new show called The Time Machinist.
“It’s about this inventor who creates a time machine,” explained director Andrew G. Cooper. “So he’s bringing specimens from different points in history to show them off to the audience.”
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The show features scenes with dialogue, as well as a wide variety of circus feats.
“It’s kind of a hybrid between circus and theatre, so it’s something really new and different,” Cooper said.
In one of the circus feats, performer Joey Vedres moves around the stage with a large balloon pulled over his head.
“Inside the balloon, I can’t see anything,” Vedres said. “It’s a very niche performance art – you’ll see it here and there, but I don’t believe that there are many people even in Canada doing it right now.”
The Time Machinist runs from Friday, Sept. 8 through Sunday, Sept. 10 at the Grand Theatre in downtown Calgary. Additional information is available at Cirque Nuit
The performers are hoping to get a bit of a boost from the Cirque du Soleil show Kooza, running in Calgary until Oct 8.
“Having a big show like Cirque come in is amazing,” Cooper said. “It just generates more interest and it gets more people interested in the local circus scene.”
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