12 November 2007
Beautiful, Quirky, Strange And Sassy.
Humansect
Integrating circus skills, aerial spectacle, choreography, sounds and lights, HumanSect is a highly original circus / theatre show with a strong visual narrative and highly unusual concept.
As darkness descends eyes blink in the night. Stray beams of light flash a bejewelled ing. Exo-skeletal corseted humans metamorphasise into deadly night creatures, slithering and sullen as they move between the air, the land, and a murky subterranean world - unaware of the predators that lurk in the shadows…
Explore the intersection between human and insect behaviour through the eyes of a preying mantis, the apocryphal silk worm, the maternal black widow, the venomous arachnid and the ebullient moth - caught in a deadly trance as she is drawn to light and devoured.
" The intersection between human and insect behaviour is closer than we would like to imagine. "
The shows are characterised by a high level of skill and in terms of content, a fascination with what makes people tick.
" Our dark self is just below the skin, as close as the distance between pleasure and pain "
We combine circus skills; stilts, manipulation and especially trapeze and other aerial skills such as rope and trapeze with theatre, spectacle and dance. The work has been described as; beautiful, quirky, strange and sassy.
Set in rainforest, this extraordinary full length show culminates in a real rain storm. Bring your umbrella!
PREVIEW 'INSECT CABERET' Video ( 11.1 MB ) - ( REQUIRES QUICKTIME )
Refreshingly Uncondescending...
Fruit Juice
Taking a playful look at the relationships between three female characters whose personalities take on aspects of their preferred fruits; the sweet cherry, the crazy banana and the sharp, slightly bitter lime... Refreshingly uncondescending, this fun and original production delightfully blends trapeze with dance, sound and characterisation.
Watch 'Fruit Juice' Preview Video ( 6.73 MB ) - ( REQUIRES QUICKTIME )