Friday, 26 August 2022

THEATRE REVIEW: Cirque Alfonse: Animal - Underbelly's Circus Hub On The Meadows (The Lafayette), Edinburgh.


French company, Cirque Alfonse, have created a hillbilly comedy nightmare of all things farm and farmyard related. A large company of musicans / singers / dancers / circus performers, had been assembled, ranging from grandpa - actually the oldest circus performer I have ever seen! - to bringing on the company's children and babes-in-arms at the end. This was a truly family affair, and it was both highly humorous and very entertaining, although it is quite unlike anything I have ever seen before.

During this one hour show we were treated to European style clowning, dancing with buckets of maize, balancing on a huge tractor tyre, body contortions and balancing, juggling with picks and rakes, and a death-defying routine with extremely large cowbells, to mention just a few. Add to that some tap dancing, yodelling, folk rock music, and a whole load of plastic chickens, and that is your show!

Professional, slick, clever, very funny, and undoubtedly unique. 

Reviewer - Matthew Dougall
on - 25.8.22

1 comment:

  1. No t impressed with that show what so ever. Would not suggest to go see it. Was very disappointed with it. It would have been ok to pay $25 for it but not $80.

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