Circus 1903
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The producers of the world’s biggest magic show, The Illusionists have teamed up with the award winning puppeteers from War Horse to present a thrilling turn of the century circus spectacular.
The elephants featured in Circus 1903 are puppets, brought to life by the talented team at Significant Object (the award-winning puppeteers from War Horse). Circus 1903 is a very unique show in that it takes aspects of the traditional circus but puts a fresh, innovative and more humane spin on them. One of those new directions is using carefully constructed and realistic puppets in place of actual animals.
Sensational puppetry puts Elephants back in the ring as never seen before along with a huge cast of the most unique, amazing and dangerous circus acts from all four corners of the world, from strong men to contortionists, acrobats to musicians, knife throwers, high wire and much more!
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Circus 1903 takes you to the days of Barnum & Bailey with acts that take you beyond your imagination – The Greatest Show on Earth - only modernised.
Contortionists, acrobats, knife throwers, high-wire performers and a bicycle stuntman will transport you in time to the last century. The backdrop and costumes are all inline with what you would expect back in the day.
The glue for this show is the very sharp, dry humoured Ringmaster, Willy Whipsnade (David Williams). Throughout the evening Williams captivates the audience through his storytelling of how the circus evolved over the years which conjures a dreamy, romantic feeling of the past.
And what's a circus without animals? An ingenious addition to this show are life size elephant puppets from the puppeteers of 'War Horse' . These puppets are all but breathing!