Cirque du Soleil's Varekai is in Sydney. they are still setting up at the moment but the grand chapiteau (big top) seems mostly up. it premieres next thursday (10th August). i went today and took a couple of pics. it's the first swirl tent in Australia (Saltimbanco & Alegria were white tents...
anyone here a Cirque fan? if so, i'd like to have a chat on ANYTHING Cirque. if you don't know anything about it but you're curious then take a look at this (you'll have to wait until about 1:16 until anything really exciting happens):
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Anyone here doing set design? if so, whic text are you using and how are you going so far? i'm using "Private Lives". i've done a few sketches but at the moment it's mostly research and looking at sets and stuff...
is anyone planning to go see Varekai? it's an awesome show! i'm a huge fan of the Cirque and have seen Alegria and Quidam. can't wait to see handbalancing in particular!