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Rivalry and Revelry, at the Back of the Bar

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Les Zyrgomatik put cousinly competition in the spotlight at Montréal Complètement Cirque

by Megan Stewart
22.07.2011

It’s a Tuesday night in an empty bar. Two cousins, with nothing better to do and nowhere else to go, are seated at a table. One looks certifiably insane, with electric-shock hair, beady eyes, and a twitch, while the other is droopy and melancholic. They are lucky to have each other.

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Having the time of their lives, their whole lives

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Le Cirque Invisible, featuring wildly dynamic founders Victoria Chaplin and Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée, is yet another win for Montréal Complètement Cirque

by Megan Stewart
20.07.2011

For such a young festival, Montréal Complètement Cirque has been overwhelmingly successful in terms of this year’s programming, gathering together the most talented and innovative companies working in circus today. The ace up their sleeve this year is Le Cirque Invisible, a contemporary circus spectacular swathed in mystery, and created by two of the most [...]

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7 Doigts, Too Many Faces

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Les 7 doigts de la main’s Cabaret 2011 cracks under an identity crisis

by Shawn Katz
17.07.2011

Les 7 doigts de la main’s new Cabaret 2011 is a bizarre event, to say the least. Despite highly enjoyable moments and some frankly outstanding circus performances, the immense talents on display are ultimately betrayed by the show’s inescapable incoherence, which slices the performance right down the middle, into what are effectively two separate shows.

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Eat, Play, Love

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Ireland's Cirque de Légume reinvents the vegetable basket at Montréal Complètement Cirque

by Megan Stewart
16.07.2011

Leeks and chewed carrots are flying everywhere as the Horse of Spain gallops manically across the stage, finally collapsing into a twitching heap. The jockey looks upset. So she stands on top of him. “How about that?!” they proudly exclaim in unison, toppled over but with hands raised in perfect form.

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A Family Affair

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Le Chant du Dindon is circus for the whole family - even the pets

by Laura Freitag
15.07.2011

Some children have dreams of running away with the circus, while other children, of much better fortune, are born into it.  Rasposo is a family affair—they’re the company that produced Le Chant du Dindon or The Turkey Song.  Watching Le Chant du Dindon is much like entering into one family’s travelling circus act. 

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The Circus Goes Urban

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Australia’s Tom Tom Crew brings the bass to Montréal Complètement Cirque

by Shawn Katz
13.07.2011

This is not your father’s circus show; this one’s straight from the back alleys.  Australia’s hugely successful Tom Tom Crew, which first took the UK by storm at the 1997 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, has finally come to Montreal.

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Circus in the Bachelor Pad

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Patinoire tumbles and swerves into success at Montréal Complètement Cirque

by Laura Freitag
12.07.2011

Everyone knows him.  He’s your eccentric, offbeat bachelor brother, or uncle, or someone’s best friend.  He has delusions of grandeur, he subjects people to quirky jokes and bad magic tricks, and he often gets far too drunk at family gatherings.  His clothes are ill fitting or come from a completely different decade altogether. 

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A Marvelous Playpen of Wonders

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Australian troupe C!RCA launches the second edition of Montréal Complètement Cirque

by Shawn Katz
11.07.2011

The young performers in C!RCA’s Wunderkammer are a lot like a group of bohemian loft mates. They like undressing each other. They like standing on each other’s shoulders. They like swinging each other through the air and tossing one friend to the next, much like an afternoon game of beach volleyball. Okay, so they’re not [...]

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Giving Us the (Gags, Bits and) Business

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Lots of clowning around planned for expanded second edition of the Montréal Complètement Cirque festival

by Megan Stewart
07.07.2011

Break out your red noses and leave those lingering traces of childhood coulrophobia at home – it never did you any favours anyway. Ready or not, Montreal is about to get a little clown-crazy in the next two weeks for the second edition of Montréal Complètement Cirque.

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