CIRCUS FACTORY
The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences’ Powerhouse Museum will explode over summer with Circus Factory, a program of spectacular proportions, featuring all the wonder of the circus with live performance, sideshow favourites, local and international exhibits and vintage toys and novelties.
From 20 December 2014 explorers of all ages will journey through a world of imagination and discovery, crafted in collaboration with renowned French scenographer Gérard Cholot and designer Alban Le Henry. Throughout the journey visitors will have the opportunity to test their skill and showmanship, be awed by feats of human creativity and wonder at rarities from near and distant shores.
A circus and carnival wonderland of this scale has never before been staged in Australia.
“To borrow a colourful phrase from one of the carnival posters in our collection, Circus Factory represents ‘a delightfully daring’ indication of the direction in which MAAS is heading,” said Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Director, Rose Hiscock.
“This exhibition is an immersive, hands-on experience for the whole family, glowing in neon, with a new discovery around every corner.”
Throughout the January and April holiday seasons, the Circus Factory arena will come alive, featuring a limited season of performances from the acclaimed Australian contemporary circus troupe, Circa. Shows will run for approximately 15 minutes, on the hour.
