He responds by climbing out of the bag, stark naked, and calmly walking off the stage. She connects and his face is smeared with white cream. Article content Andrei Kalamkarov/Cirque AlfonseĪt the end of the night a woman is called out of the audience and tosses cream pies in the face of the tall, skinny actor with a shaved head who’s suspended in what looks like a bright red punching bag. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. I think the message is something to do with escaping life’s normal boundaries and some kind of commentary on old-style circuses. I’m utterly bewildered and entirely amused. There also are the aforementioned burly guys in tight black Speedos live on stage this time waving twirly bits of cloth around like they’re in a rhythmic gymnastics competition. Video screens on the side of the theatre show close-ups of buzzing bees and waving purple flowers, as well as naked guys popping up (so to speak) in a field. There was hula hoop juggling and golf club balancing and a guinea pig on the shaved head of a tall, skinny guy. The show begins with four burly guys on roller skates, pulling each other around the stage by NHL-playoff-style beards. But it’s all a prelude for something called the Barbu Foire Electro Trad, presented by a group called Cirque Alfonse.
The festivals I’ve seen so far have been great.
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