Cirkopolis – Cirque Eloize

Overview

There's more to the 1920s than glitter and opulence. Montreal's Cirque Éloize, a troupe known for its circus and dance performances, are telling a lesser-known tale of a time that also hallmarked the monotony of mass-production lines and grey industrial drone.

Inspired by Fritz Lang's seminal 1927 film, Metropolis, and no doubt others in the same vein such as Terry Gilliam's Brazil, Cirkopolis tells a tale of rebellion against this forbidding landscape. Set within an opulent art-deco backdrop and a quintessential original jazzy soundtrack, the performance sees 12 acrobats and multidisciplinary artists strive in a quest for freedom and individuality in gravity-defying acts and contortionist movement.

After touring across Europe and the US, Cirkopolis is finally coming to Sydney these school holidays. There have been rave reviews of the show so far, and it won the Drama Desk Award for Best Unique Theatrical Experience earlier in the year. Certainly no ordinary circus.