A Simple Space

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Seven acrobats push their physical limits without reserve; this performance is simultaneously raw, frantic and delicate. Supported by driving live percussion and presented so intimately that you can feel the heat, hear every breath, and be immersed in every moment.

A Simple Space evokes real responses in audiences, something visceral rather than cerebral. Instead of fine-tuning the performance with makeup, lighting and contrived theatrical overlay, the cast have deliberately gone the opposite way. The audience is brought in close to surround the stripped back stage. In that space the acrobats are pushed to the physical limit, breaking down their usual guards and introducing the reality of failure and weakness. With nothing left to hide behind personal narratives come through naturally. This honesty is the essence behind A Simple Space.

It leaves the audience exhilarated, full of life, and different from the way they were when they walked into the space.
Theatre Scene
Stripped back and raw… an awe-inspiring display of strength, skill and creativity.
The Advertiser
Cirque du Soleil with a fistful of grit.
UK Express
A total triumph.
The Guardian

Credits

Directors: Triton Tunis-Mitchell, Jascha Boyce, Lachlan Binns, Jacob Randell, Martin Schreiber

Composer: Elliot Zoerner – Find the soundtrack here

Current Ensemble: Alyssa Moore, Annalise Moore, Axel Osborne, Jackson Manson, Jacob Randell, Kevin Beverley, Lachlan Harper, Nick Martyn

Show Information

Show Duration: 60 minutes

Minimum stage size: 4 m wide x 6.5 m deep with 6 m overhead clearance. (Audience wraps around front and sides)

Complete description, touring budget, and technical specifications supplied on request.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council.

Reviews

Touring History

  • 2013
    Edinburgh Fringe Festival - Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 2013
    Adelaide Fringe Festival - Adelaide, Australia
  • 2013
    Tasmanian Circus Festival - Tasmanian, Australia
  • 2014
    Freespace Festival - Hong Kong
  • 2014
    HiSeoul Festival - Seoul, South Korea
  • 2014
    BALTOPPEN Live - Ballerup, Denmark
  • 2014
    Edinburgh Fringe Festival - Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 2014
    Montreal Completement Cirque - Montreal, Canada
  • 2014
    Udderbelly festival - London, UK
  • 2014
    SPOLETO Festival - Charleston, USA
  • 2014
    Ruhrfestspiele - Recklinghausen, Germany
  • 2014
    Harare International Festival of Arts - Harare, Zimbabwe
  • 2014
    HOOPLA Festival - Sydney, Australia
  • 2014
    Adelaide Fringe Festival - Adelaide, Australia
  • 2015
    TRAFO - Budapest, Hungary
  • 2015
    Fabrik - Potsdam, Germany
  • 2015
    Nolia city Konferens - Piteå, Sweden
  • 2015
    Folkets Hus - Umeå, Sweden
  • 2015
    Storsjöteatern - Östersund, Sweden
  • 2015
    Karlshamns Stadsteater - Karlshamns, Sweden
  • 2015
    Södra Teatern - Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2015
    Linköping Konsert & Kongress - Linköping, Sweden
  • 2015
    Eskilstuna Teater - Eskilstuna, Sweden
  • 2015
    Skövde Kulturhus - Skövde, Sweden
  • 2015
    Falköpings Stadsteater - Falköping, Sweden
  • 2015
    Malmö Live Konserthus - Malmö, Sweden
  • 2015
    Växjö Konserthus - Växjö, Sweden
  • 2015
    Stewart Theatre - Raleigh, NC, USA
  • 2015
    Lake Placid Centre for Performing Arts - Lake Placid, NY, USA
  • 2015
    Weis Centre for Performing Arts - Lewisburg, PA, USA
  • 2015
    Blackrock Centre for the Arts - Germantown, MD, USA
  • 2015
    Irvine Barclay Theatre - Irvine, CA, USA
  • 2015
    The Cultch - Vancouver, Canada
  • 2015
    Mullumbimby Circus Festival - Mullumbimby, Australia
  • 2015
    Charles Luney Auditorium - Christchurch, New Zealand
  • 2015
    Polo Circo - Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 2015
    Udderbelly Festival - London, UK
  • 2015
    TOHU - Montreal, Canada
  • 2015
    Fabrik - Potsdam, Germany
  • 2015
    Vara Konserthus - Vara, Sweden
  • 2015
    Stora Teatern - Gothenburg, Sweden
  • 2015
    Adelaide Fringe Festival - Adelaide, Australia
  • 2015
    Sydney Festival - Sydney, Australia
  • 2016
    Winterfest - Salzburg, Austria
  • 2016
    Centaur Theatre - Montreal, Canada
  • 2016
    Frostburg State University - Frostburg, MD, USA
  • 2016
    Mercyhurst University Erie - Erie, PA, USA
  • 2016
    August Wilson Theater Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • 2016
    Slippery Rock University - Slippery Rock, PA, USA
  • 2016
    Zoellner Arts Center - Bethlehem, PA, USA
  • 2016
    Shepherdstown University - Shepherdstown, WV, USA
  • 2016
    Blackrock Center For The Arts - Germantown, MD, USA
  • 2016
    Guarancini Performing Arts Center - Vineland, NJ, USA
  • 2016
    Modlin Center For The Arts - Richmond, VA, USA
  • 2016
    Ringling International Arts Festival - Sarasota, FL, USA
  • 2016
    Inside, Outside, Upside Down Circus Festival - Fayetteville, AR, USA
  • 2016
    Freudenhaus - Lustenau, Austria
  • 2016
    Theaterspektakel - Zurich, Switzerland
  • 2016
    Edinburgh Fringe Festival - Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 2016
    Galway International Arts Festival - Galway, Ireland
  • 2016
    Milton Keynes International Festival - Milton Keynes, England
  • 2016
    Tollwood Summer Festival - Munich, Germany
  • 2016
    Festival Des 7 - Collines, France
  • 2016
    Perplx Festival - Kortrijk, Belgium
  • 2016
    Glastonbury Festival - Glastonbury, England
  • 2016
    Xintiandi Fringe Festival - Shanghai, China
  • 2016
    Parque de la Reserva - Lima, Peru
  • 2016
    Polo Circo - Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 2016
    CENART - Mexico City, Mexico
  • 2016
    Australia now Festival - Sao Paolo, Brazil
  • 2016
    Adelaide Fringe Festival - Australia
  • 2016
    Udderbelly Festival - Hong Kong
  • 2017
    Cirque Noël - Graz, Austria
  • 2017
    Theaterhaus Stuttgart - Stuttgart, Germany
  • 2017
    MA Scene Nationale - Montbéliard, France
  • 2017
    Kulturzentrum Tollhaus - Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 2017
    Space Jean Paul Maurric - Le Revest-les-Eaux, France
  • 2017
    Cultuurhuis De Warande - Turnhout, Belgium
  • 2017
    Cultuurcentrum Zwaneberg - Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium
  • 2017
    De Spil Cultuurcentrum - Roeselare, Belgium
  • 2017
    Cultuurcentrum - Blankenberge, Belgium
  • 2017
    Cultureel Centrum Ter Vesten - Beveren, Belgium
  • 2017
    Theater op de Markt - Genk, Belgium
  • 2017
    Teatro Circo Price - Madrid, Spain
  • 2017
    Teatro Circo Murcia - Murcia, Spain
  • 2017
    EPIC du domaine d’O - Montpellier, France
  • 2017
    Capital Americana de la Cultura - Mérida, Mexico
  • 2017
    George Town Festival - George Town, Malaysia
  • 2017
    Autostadt Summer Festival - Wolfsburg, Germany
  • 2017
    Colours International Dance Festival - Stuttgart, Germany
  • 2017
    Les Nuits De Fourvière - Lyon, France
  • 2017
    Sibiu International Theatre Festival - Sibiu, Romania
  • 2017
    Circusfestival - Leuven, Belgium
  • 2018
    Tai Kwun – Centre for Heritage and Arts - Hong Kong
  • 2018
    Centre Culturel Mamer - Mamer, Luxembourg
  • 2018
    Théâtre du Vellein - Villefontaine, France
  • 2018
    Centre Charlie Chaplin - Vaulx en Velin, France
  • 2018
    Le Théâtre - Cusset, France
  • 2018
    Les Fuseaux - Saint Dizier, France
  • 2018
    Cité de la Musique et de la Danse - Soissons, France
  • 2018
    Centre Juliobona - Lillebonne, France
  • 2018
    Théâtre La Colonne - Miramas, France
  • 2018
    Théâtre de Nîmes - Nîmes, France
  • 2018
    Theatre de Grasse - Grasse, France
  • 2018
    La Closerie - Saumur, France
  • 2018
    La Filature - Mulhouse, France
  • 2018
    Le Pin Galant - Mérignac, France
  • 2018
    Lost Lands Festival - Melbourne, Australia
  • 2018
    Barangaroo Acrobat’s Academy - Sydney, Australia
  • 2018
    Bølgen Kulturhus - Bølgen, Norway
  • 2018
    Nøtterøy Kulturhus - Nøtterøy Norway
  • 2018
    Bærum Kulturhus - Sandvika, Norway
  • 2018
    New Circus Weekend - Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 2018
    Mikhail Chekhov Riga Russian Theatre - Riga, Latvia
  • 2018
    Wellington Arts & Sculpture Festival - Wellington, NSW, Australia
  • 2018
    Freedom Festival - Hull, UK
  • 2018
    Breckenridge Creative Arts - Breckenridge, Colorado, USA
  • 2018
    Theaters Tilburg - Tilburg, Netherlands
  • 2018
    Leidse Schouwburg - Leiden, Netherlands
  • 2018
    Schouwburg Ogterop - Meppel, Netherlands
  • 2018
    Theater De Veste - Delft, Netherlands
  • 2018
    Hardenberg, Netherlands
  • 2018
    De Oosterpoort - Groningen, Netherlands
  • 2018
    Schouwburg De Lawei - Drachten, Netherlands
  • 2018
    Stadsschouwburg Utrecht - Netherlands
  • 2018
    Leu Tempo Festival - Reunion Islands
  • 2018
    Parktheater - Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • 2018
    Theater aan de Parade - Hergotenbosch, Netherlands
  • 2018
    Circusstad - Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • 2018
    Accademia Teatro Dimitri - Versico, Switzerland
  • 2018
    Catapult Festival - Bathurst, Australia
  • 2018
    Adelaide Fringe Festival - Adelaide, Australia
  • 2018
    Fringe World - Perth, Australia
  • 2018
    Arts Centre Melbourne - Melbourne, Australia
  • 2019
    La Machinerie - Vénissieux, France
  • 2019
    Salle Camille Saint Saëns - Courbevoie, France
  • 2019
    La lanterne - Rambouillet, France
  • 2019
    Théâtre du Parc - Andrézieux Bouthéon, France
  • 2019
    La 2deuche - Lempdes, France
  • 2019
    Espace 1789 X2 - Saint Ouen, France
  • 2019
    Théâtre - Rungis, France
  • 2019
    Salle André Malraux - Sarcelles, France
  • 2019
    De Grote Post cultural center - Oostende, Belgium
  • 2019
    Cultuurcentrum Ter Dilft - Bornem, Belgium
  • 2019
    Westrand - Theater Hall - Dilbeek, Belgium
  • 2019
    Reithalle Basel - Basel, Switzerland
  • 2019
    The Playhouse | Theater hall - Helmond, Belgium
  • 2019
    CC Diest - Diest, Belgium
  • 2019
    UiT in Vlaanderen - Waregem, Belgium
  • 2019
    Wilminktheater - Enschede, Netherlands
  • 2019
    Léon Curral Hall - Great Hall - Sallanches, France
  • 2019
    Key City Theatre - Cranbrook, BC, Canada
  • 2019
    Theater De Spiegel - Zwolle, Netherlands
  • 2019
    House Of Culture - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  • 2019
    Art Space for Kids - Shanghai, China
  • 2019
    Ulsan Promenade Festival - Seoul, South Korea
  • 2019
    IPAC - Singapore
  • 2019
    Cirk Aalst - Aalst, Belgium
  • 2019
    Freudenhaus - Lustenau, Germany
  • 2019
    Sziget Festival - Budapest, Hungary
  • 2019
    Theaterhaus - Stuttgart, Germany
  • 2019
    La Strada Graz - Graz, Austria
  • 2019
    Festival Vaudeville Rendez-Vous - Guimarães, Portugal
  • 2019
    Festival Vaudeville Rendez-Vous - Barcelos, Portugal
  • 2019
    Olala Festival - Lienz, Austria
  • 2019
    Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris - Mexico City
  • 2019
    Cirk-UFF - Trutnov, Czech Republic
  • 2019
    Festival Cultural De Mayo - Guadalajara, Mexico
  • 2019
    LAVA - Valladolid, Spain
  • 2019
    Norfolk & Norwich Festival - Norwich UK
  • 2019
    Underbelly Festival Southbank - London, UK
  • 2019
    Capitol Center for the Arts - Concord, NH, USA
  • 2019
    New Victory Theatre - New York, NY, USA
  • 2019
    Quick Center for the Arts - Fairfield, CT, USA
  • 2019
    Stockbridge Theatre - Derry, NH, USA
  • 2019
    IPAY Showcase - Philadelphia PA, USA
  • 2019
    Booth Playhouse - Charlotte NC, USA
  • 2019
    Diana Wortham Theatre - Asheville, NC, USA
  • 2019
    UGA Performing Arts Center - Athens, GA, USA
  • 2020
    Womadelaide - Adelaide, Australia
  • 2020
    Adelaide Fringe - Adelaide, Australia
  • 2020
    Harbourfront Theatre - Summerside, PE, Canada
  • 2020
    Perth Fringe - Perth, Australia
  • 2021
    Alte Reithalle - Aarau, Germany
  • 2021
    Fabrik - Potsdam, Germany
  • 2021
    Jatka 78 - Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2021
    Theaterhaus - Stuttgart, Germany
  • 2021
    Festspielhaus - St.Pölten, Austria
  • 2021
    Queen's Theatre - Adelaide, Australia
  • 2022
    La Rampe Ponatiere - Échirolles, France
  • 2022
    TANDEM National Scene - Arras, France
  • 2022
    Saint-Genis-Pouilly, France
  • 2022
    Espace Saint-Exupéry - Franconville, France
  • 2022
    Tollhaus - Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 2022
    Burra Town Hall - Burra, Australia
  • 2022
    Keith War Memorial Sports Centre - Keith, Australia
  • 2022
    Harmony Day Wish Festival - Naracoorte, Australia
  • 2022
    Mount Gambier Showgrounds - Mount Gambier, Australia
  • 2022
    Grand Quevilly, France
  • 2022
    Tollhaus - Karlsruhe, Germany
  • June 11 - 12
    The Reykjavik City Theatre - Reykjavík, Iceland
  • July 15
    Alicante, Spain
  • July 29 - 31
    Internationales Straßentheaterfestival - Ludwigshafen, Germany
  • August 10 - 13
    Festival Cirque au Sommet - Crans-Montana, Switzerland
  • September 3 - 4
    Superbloom Festival - Munich, Germany
  • November 17 - 18
    Alt Reithalle - Aarau, Switzerland
  • November 20
    Maison des Arts et de la Culture - Epinay-sous-Sénart, France
  • November 22
    Sémaphore - Cébazat, France
  • November 24
    C³ - Le Cube - Douvres-la-Délivrande, France
  • November 26 - 27
    Equinoxe - Chateauroux, France
  • November 29
    Centre culturel l'Orangerie - Roissy-en-France, France
  • November 30
    Théâtre de l'hôtel de ville - Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou, France
  • December 2 - 3
    Salle Jacques Brel - Beauvais, France
  • December 5 - 6
    Espace Lino Ventura - Garges-lès-Gonesse, France
  • December 7
    Espace Jacques Brel - Gonesse, France
  • December 8
    Espace Germinal - Fosses, France
  • December 9 - 10
    Le Figuier Blanc - Argenteuil, France
  • December 13 - 14
    Le Théâtre, scène nationale de Mâcon - Mâcon, France
  • December 15 - 16
    Théâtre de Villefranche - Villefranche-sur-Saône, France
  • December 18
    Espace Michel Croz – EMC2 - Chamonix, France
  • January 3 - 10
    Chamäleon Theatre - Berlin, Germany
  • February 25 - 28
    FOCASA Circus Festival - Tianan, Taiwan
  • April 11
    Brigham Young University, Harris Fine Arts Center - Provo, UT
  • April 14
    Holland Center at Omaha PAC - Omaha, NE
  • April 15
    Luther College: Center for Faith and Life, Main Hall - Decorah, IA
  • April 18 - 21
    Comstock Community Auditorium - Kalamazoo, MI
  • April 26 - 27
    The Music Center at Strathmore - North Bethesda, MD
  • April 28 - 29
    Halbritter Center for the Performing Arts - Huntingdon, PA
  • May 5
    ALOFT Circus Arts - Chicago, IL
  • May 6
    Overture Center for the Arts - Madison, WI
  • May 11 - 14
    Ottawa Childrens Festival - Ottawa, ON
  • May 20 - 26
    Harbourfront Centre - Toronto, Canada
  • May 30 - June 4
    Vancouver International Children's Festival - Vancouver, Canada
  • August 10 - 12
    Darwin Festival - Darwin, Australia
  • October 3 - December 9
    Venues TBD - China
  • October 4 - 22
    1862 Theatre - Shanghai, China
  • October 26 - 29
    Lingping Grand Theater - Hangzhou, China
  • November 3 - 19
    Wuhan Shopping Mall - Wuhan, China
  • November 24 - December 3
    Meixihu Grand Theatre - Chang Shai Shi, China
  • December 6 - 9
    Harbin, China
  • December 12 - 31
    La Villette - Paris, France
  • March 29
    Balkan Cinema - Belgrade, Serbia
  • April 2
    L'Art Déco - Troyes, France
  • April 4
    Théâtre André-Malraux - Rueil Malmaison, France
  • April 5
    ESPACE 93 - Clichy sous Bois, France
  • April 8
    Le Dôme Théâtre - Albertville, France
  • April 9
    Théâtre des collines - Annecy, France
  • April 10 - 12
    Le Train-Théâtre - Valence, France
  • April 13
    Alpilium - Saint Remy, France
  • April 16
    Théâtre de la Fleuriaye - Carquefou, France
  • April 17
    Quai des Rêves - Lamballe, France
  • April 19 - 20
    Théâtre LE FORUM - Fréjus, France
  • April 23
    Théâtre Alexandre Dumas - Saint Germain en Laye
  • April 24
    Centre des bords de Marne - Le Perreux sur Marne, France
  • April 26 - 27
    Equilibre - Fribourg, Switzerland
  • April 28
    Théâtre de Beausobre - Morges, Switzerland
  • July 28
    Theater Festival Isny - Isny, Gremany
  • July 30
    Kulturufer - Großes Zelt - Friedrichshafen, Germany
  • September 6 - 8
    FiraTàrrega - Tàrrega, Spain
  • September 23
    Sandnes Kulturhus - Sandnes, Norway
  • September 24
    Festiviteten - Haugesund, Norway
  • September 26
    Ullensaker Kulturhus - Ullensaker, Norway
  • September 28
    Nøtterøy Kulturhus - Nøtterøy, Norway
  • October 1
    Storsjöteatern - Östersund, Sweden
  • October 2
    Scene Sundsvall - Sundsvall, Sweden
  • October 4 - 5
    Stora Teatern - Gothenburg, Sweden
  • October 6
    Kulturhuset SPIRA - Jönköping, Sweden
  • November 5 - 9
    Sydney Carriageworks - Sydney, Australia
  • November 10
    Le Carreau - Forbach, France
  • November 16
    L'Embarcadère - Roubaix, France
  • November 17
    L'Embarcadère - Boulogne-Sur-Mer, France
  • November 19 - 23
    Theatre Royal - Hobart, Australia
  • November 21
    Espace James Chambaud - Lons, France
  • November 22 - 23
    Le Pôle - Théâtre de Gascogne - Saint-Pierre-du-Mont
  • November 26
    La Cométe - Hesingue, France
  • November 28 - 30
    Les Tanzmatten - Sélestat, France
  • November 29
    Point d'Eau - Ostwald, France
  • December 3
    Espace Malraux - Joue-Les-Tours, France
  • December 6
    L'Envolée - Les Chapelles Bourbon, France
  • December 8
    Theâtre Municipal - Coutances, France
  • December 10
    Le Rive Gauche - Saint Etienne De Rouvray, France
  • December 11
    Espace Philippe Auguste - Vernon, France
  • December 13
    L'Arc - Scène Nationale Le Creusot - Le Creusot, France
  • December 14
    Espace culturel L'Atrium - Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, France
  • December 15
    L'Arande - Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, France
  • December 17
    Salle Ravel - Levallois-Perret, France
  • December 19
    Theater Simone Signoret - Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France
  • May 21
    Port Theatre - Nainamo, Canada
  • May 22
    Kay Meek Arts Centre - West Vancouver, Canada
  • May 27
    Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre - Vernon, Canada