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.
Stripped back and raw… an awe-inspiring display of strength, skill and creativity.
Cirque du Soleil with a fistful of grit.
A total triumph.
Credits
Directors: Triton Tunis-Mitchell, Jascha Boyce, Lachlan Binns, Jacob Randell, Martin Schreiber
Composer: Elliot Zoerner – Find the soundtrack here
Current Ensemble: Andre Augustus, Annalise Moore, Chris Carlos, Benton Adams-Walker, Josh Strachan, Shani Stephens, Yuk AFela, Will Meager
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
Reviews of A Simple SpaceTouring History
- 2013Tasmanian Circus Festival - Tasmanian, Australia
- 2013Adelaide Fringe Festival - Adelaide, Australia
- 2013Edinburgh Fringe Festival - Edinburgh, Scotland
- 2014Adelaide Fringe Festival - Adelaide, Australia
- 2014HOOPLA Festival - Sydney, Australia
- 2014Harare International Festival of Arts - Harare, Zimbabwe
- 2014Ruhrfestspiele - Recklinghausen, Germany
- 2014SPOLETO Festival - Charleston, USA
- 2014Udderbelly festival - London, UK
- 2014Montreal Completement Cirque - Montreal, Canada
- 2014Edinburgh Fringe Festival - Edinburgh, Scotland
- 2014BALTOPPEN Live - Ballerup, Denmark
- 2014HiSeoul Festival - Seoul, South Korea
- 2014Freespace Festival - Hong Kong
- 2015Sydney Festival - Sydney, Australia
- 2015Adelaide Fringe Festival - Adelaide, Australia
- 2015Stora Teatern - Gothenburg, Sweden
- 2015Vara Konserthus - Vara, Sweden
- 2015Fabrik - Potsdam, Germany
- 2015TOHU - Montreal, Canada
- 2015Polo Circo - Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2015Charles Luney Auditorium - Christchurch, New Zealand
- 2015Mullumbimby Circus Festival - Mullumbimby, Australia
- 2015Udderbelly Festival - London, UK
- 2015The Cultch - Vancouver, Canada
- 2015Blackrock Centre for the Arts - Germantown, MD, USA
- 2015Weis Centre for Performing Arts - Lewisburg, PA, USA
- 2015Irvine Barclay Theatre - Irvine, CA, USA
- 2015Lake Placid Centre for Performing Arts - Lake Placid, NY, USA
- 2015Stewart Theatre - Raleigh, NC, USA
- 2015Växjö Konserthus - Växjö, Sweden
- 2015Malmö Live Konserthus - Malmö, Sweden
- 2015Falköpings Stadsteater - Falköping, Sweden
- 2015Skövde Kulturhus - Skövde, Sweden
- 2015Eskilstuna Teater - Eskilstuna, Sweden
- 2015Linköping Konsert & Kongress - Linköping, Sweden
- 2015Södra Teatern - Stockholm, Sweden
- 2015Karlshamns Stadsteater - Karlshamns, Sweden
- 2015Storsjöteatern - Östersund, Sweden
- 2015Folkets Hus - Umeå, Sweden
- 2015Nolia city Konferens - Piteå, Sweden
- 2015Fabrik - Potsdam, Germany
- 2015TRAFO - Budapest, Hungary
- 2016Udderbelly Festival - Hong Kong
- 2016Adelaide Fringe Festival - Australia
- 2016Australia now Festival - Sao Paolo, Brazil
- 2016CENART - Mexico City, Mexico
- 2016Polo Circo - Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2016Parque de la Reserva - Lima, Peru
- 2016Xintiandi Fringe Festival - Shanghai, China
- 2016Glastonbury Festival - Glastonbury, England
- 2016Perplx Festival - Kortrijk, Belgium
- 2016Festival Des 7 - Collines, France
- 2016Tollwood Summer Festival - Munich, Germany
- 2016Milton Keynes International Festival - Milton Keynes, England
- 2016Galway International Arts Festival - Galway, Ireland
- 2016Edinburgh Fringe Festival - Edinburgh, Scotland
- 2016Theaterspektakel - Zurich, Switzerland
- 2016Freudenhaus - Lustenau, Austria
- 2016Inside, Outside, Upside Down Circus Festival - Fayetteville, AR, USA
- 2016Ringling International Arts Festival - Sarasota, FL, USA
- 2016Modlin Center For The Arts - Richmond, VA, USA
- 2016Guarancini Performing Arts Center - Vineland, NJ, USA
- 2016Blackrock Center For The Arts - Germantown, MD, USA
- 2016Shepherdstown University - Shepherdstown, WV, USA
- 2016Zoellner Arts Center - Bethlehem, PA, USA
- 2016Slippery Rock University - Slippery Rock, PA, USA
- 2016August Wilson Theater Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- 2016Mercyhurst University Erie - Erie, PA, USA
- 2016Frostburg State University - Frostburg, MD, USA
- 2016Centaur Theatre - Montreal, Canada
- 2016Winterfest - Salzburg, Austria
- 2017Circusfestival - Leuven, Belgium
- 2017Sibiu International Theatre Festival - Sibiu, Romania
- 2017Les Nuits De Fourvière - Lyon, France
- 2017Colours International Dance Festival - Stuttgart, Germany
- 2017Autostadt Summer Festival - Wolfsburg, Germany
- 2017George Town Festival - George Town, Malaysia
- 2017Capital Americana de la Cultura - Mérida, Mexico
- 2017EPIC du domaine d’O - Montpellier, France
- 2017Teatro Circo Murcia - Murcia, Spain
- 2017Teatro Circo Price - Madrid, Spain
- 2017Theater op de Markt - Genk, Belgium
- 2017Cultureel Centrum Ter Vesten - Beveren, Belgium
- 2017Cultuurcentrum - Blankenberge, Belgium
- 2017De Spil Cultuurcentrum - Roeselare, Belgium
- 2017Cultuurcentrum Zwaneberg - Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium
- 2017Cultuurhuis De Warande - Turnhout, Belgium
- 2017Space Jean Paul Maurric - Le Revest-les-Eaux, France
- 2017Kulturzentrum Tollhaus - Karlsruhe, Germany
- 2017MA Scene Nationale - Montbéliard, France
- 2017Theaterhaus Stuttgart - Stuttgart, Germany
- 2017Cirque Noël - Graz, Austria
- 2018Arts Centre Melbourne - Melbourne, Australia
- 2018Fringe World - Perth, Australia
- 2018Adelaide Fringe Festival - Adelaide, Australia
- 2018Catapult Festival - Bathurst, Australia
- 2018Accademia Teatro Dimitri - Versico, Switzerland
- 2018Circusstad - Rotterdam, Netherlands
- 2018Theater aan de Parade - Hergotenbosch, Netherlands
- 2018Parktheater - Eindhoven, Netherlands
- 2018Leu Tempo Festival - Reunion Islands
- 2018Stadsschouwburg Utrecht - Netherlands
- 2018Schouwburg De Lawei - Drachten, Netherlands
- 2018De Oosterpoort - Groningen, Netherlands
- 2018Hardenberg, Netherlands
- 2018Theater De Veste - Delft, Netherlands
- 2018Schouwburg Ogterop - Meppel, Netherlands
- 2018Leidse Schouwburg - Leiden, Netherlands
- 2018Theaters Tilburg - Tilburg, Netherlands
- 2018Breckenridge Creative Arts - Breckenridge, Colorado, USA
- 2018Freedom Festival - Hull, UK
- 2018Wellington Arts & Sculpture Festival - Wellington, NSW, Australia
- 2018Mikhail Chekhov Riga Russian Theatre - Riga, Latvia
- 2018New Circus Weekend - Vilnius, Lithuania
- 2018Bærum Kulturhus - Sandvika, Norway
- 2018Nøtterøy Kulturhus - Nøtterøy Norway
- 2018Bølgen Kulturhus - Bølgen, Norway
- 2018Barangaroo Acrobat’s Academy - Sydney, Australia
- 2018Lost Lands Festival - Melbourne, Australia
- 2018Le Pin Galant - Mérignac, France
- 2018La Filature - Mulhouse, France
- 2018La Closerie - Saumur, France
- 2018Theatre de Grasse - Grasse, France
- 2018Théâtre de Nîmes - Nîmes, France
- 2018Théâtre La Colonne - Miramas, France
- 2018Centre Juliobona - Lillebonne, France
- 2018Cité de la Musique et de la Danse - Soissons, France
- 2018Les Fuseaux - Saint Dizier, France
- 2018Le Théâtre - Cusset, France
- 2018Centre Charlie Chaplin - Vaulx en Velin, France
- 2018Théâtre du Vellein - Villefontaine, France
- 2018Centre Culturel Mamer - Mamer, Luxembourg
- 2018Tai Kwun – Centre for Heritage and Arts - Hong Kong
- 2019UGA Performing Arts Center - Athens, GA, USA
- 2019Diana Wortham Theatre - Asheville, NC, USA
- 2019Booth Playhouse - Charlotte NC, USA
- 2019IPAY Showcase - Philadelphia PA, USA
- 2019Stockbridge Theatre - Derry, NH, USA
- 2019Quick Center for the Arts - Fairfield, CT, USA
- 2019New Victory Theatre - New York, NY, USA
- 2019Capitol Center for the Arts - Concord, NH, USA
- 2019Underbelly Festival Southbank - London, UK
- 2019Norfolk & Norwich Festival - Norwich UK
- 2019LAVA - Valladolid, Spain
- 2019Festival Cultural De Mayo - Guadalajara, Mexico
- 2019Cirk-UFF - Trutnov, Czech Republic
- 2019Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris - Mexico City
- 2019Olala Festival - Lienz, Austria
- 2019Festival Vaudeville Rendez-Vous - Barcelos, Portugal
- 2019Festival Vaudeville Rendez-Vous - Guimarães, Portugal
- 2019La Strada Graz - Graz, Austria
- 2019Theaterhaus - Stuttgart, Germany
- 2019Sziget Festival - Budapest, Hungary
- 2019Freudenhaus - Lustenau, Germany
- 2019Cirk Aalst - Aalst, Belgium
- 2019IPAC - Singapore
- 2019Ulsan Promenade Festival - Seoul, South Korea
- 2019Art Space for Kids - Shanghai, China
- 2019House Of Culture - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- 2019Theater De Spiegel - Zwolle, Netherlands
- 2019Key City Theatre - Cranbrook, BC, Canada
- 2019Léon Curral Hall - Great Hall - Sallanches, France
- 2019Wilminktheater - Enschede, Netherlands
- 2019UiT in Vlaanderen - Waregem, Belgium
- 2019CC Diest - Diest, Belgium
- 2019The Playhouse | Theater hall - Helmond, Belgium
- 2019Reithalle Basel - Basel, Switzerland
- 2019Westrand - Theater Hall - Dilbeek, Belgium
- 2019Cultuurcentrum Ter Dilft - Bornem, Belgium
- 2019De Grote Post cultural center - Oostende, Belgium
- 2019Salle André Malraux - Sarcelles, France
- 2019Théâtre - Rungis, France
- 2019Espace 1789 X2 - Saint Ouen, France
- 2019La 2deuche - Lempdes, France
- 2019Théâtre du Parc - Andrézieux Bouthéon, France
- 2019La lanterne - Rambouillet, France
- 2019Salle Camille Saint Saëns - Courbevoie, France
- 2019La Machinerie - Vénissieux, France
- 2020Perth Fringe - Perth, Australia
- 2020Harbourfront Theatre - Summerside, PE, Canada
- 2020Adelaide Fringe - Adelaide, Australia
- 2020Womadelaide - Adelaide, Australia
- 2021Queen's Theatre - Adelaide, Australia
- 2021Festspielhaus - St.Pölten, Austria
- 2021Theaterhaus - Stuttgart, Germany
- 2021Jatka 78 - Prague, Czech Republic
- 2021Fabrik - Potsdam, Germany
- 2021Alte Reithalle - Aarau, Germany
- 2022Tollhaus - Karlsruhe, Germany
- 2022Grand Quevilly, France
- 2022Mount Gambier Showgrounds - Mount Gambier, Australia
- 2022Harmony Day Wish Festival - Naracoorte, Australia
- 2022Keith War Memorial Sports Centre - Keith, Australia
- 2022Burra Town Hall - Burra, Australia
- 2022Tollhaus - Karlsruhe, Germany
- 2022Espace Saint-Exupéry - Franconville, France
- 2022Saint-Genis-Pouilly, France
- 2022TANDEM National Scene - Arras, France
- 2022La Rampe Ponatiere - Échirolles, France
- November 20 - December 18France national tour - France
- September 3 - 4Superbloom Festival - Munich, Germany
- July 29 - 31Internationales Straßentheaterfestival - Ludwigshafen, Germany
- August 10 - 13Festival Cirque au Sommet - Crans-Montana, Switzerland
- November 17 - 18Alt Reithalle - Aarau, Switzerland
- July 15Alicante, Spain
- June 11 - 12The Reykjavik City Theatre - Reykjavík, Iceland