Scotch and Soda – Sydney Festival

Overview

Welcome to a world of vaudeville, grimy charm and breathtaking acrobatics. Sydney Festival's Scotch and Soda promises a raucous late-night circus event with a musical twist.

This unique and energetic performance will fuse together infectious tunes from The Crusty Suitcase Band and bawdy theatrics from Company 2. Centrestage are the performers from last year’s Cantina, as well as familiar faces (or perhaps bodies) from previous circus events Smoke & Mirrors, La Clique and Circa.

In Scotch and Soda, their expert circus skills and gravity-defying theatrics will be set against the rollicking soundscape of The Crusty Suitcase Band, an ensemble comprised purely of horns and drums that is irresistibly danceable. This dynamic collaboration will witness the performers working with and against the band’s ‘gyp hop’ musical stylings. There might even be a bit of role-reversal.

Their performances will take place at 10.30pm in the Circus Ronaldo Tent at the Festival Village. Its old world decor, reeking of decadence and debauchery, complements this crew of rowdy misfits.