Circus Oz

last night, we went to see circus oz. before i explain this, i just want to say that circus oz is similar to cirque du soleil. but amp it up a bit, decrease the cast size, and give everyone involved in it copious amounts of crack. i think that about sums it up.

john bought these tickets way way way in advance for us, as a surprise for me, so we even had front row seats. i don't know if i've ever had front row seats for anything. unless you consider showing up late for a movie premier and getting the front row as a good thing. or maybe when i was little and we went to french singers who came to cornwall. i think we always had front row then.

the show starts with a guy, who has a mullet wig, ripped plaid shirt and nasty shorts on, biking around the stage. suddenly the rest of the cast comes out one by one, or two by two, and get on it as well. in the end, all 12 people are standing on this guy and or this bike as they circle the ring. it was crazy. but that explains the nature of it a little.

there were some amazing things throughout the show, but i won't tell you about all of them. for one, i don't have that kind of memory, and two, it's just better to see it live. but i'll explain the pics a bit. at some points, i felt like john and i were more in awe at the ability for them to do some of these things without breaking something, then we were about them actually performing. forgive the quality of the pictures... it was a "no flash photography" event.

this one is 3 people on a pole, climbing it in any which way they can. one guy climbed up it facing down, the other held himself out to the side, etc.


this is the cast using a trapeze that was set up at the intermission. they were doing some pretty impressive stuff on it, in character as kids who just got out of school.


this girl could bend herself in the most ridiculous way. as a physio nerd, all i kept thinking was "don't break your pars interarticularis!" i know. mega nerd. but i swear, i was in pain just watching her bend. she finished off by getting inside the small "lemonade cart" that she was standing on for this trick. it was kind of creepy looking.


this picture was part of the finale. they light all sorts of things up and performed in the flames. a few flame throwers, a few fire eaters. a few girls doing hula hoop on fire, etc. it was a good way to end the show.


and this is us, at the intermission. yes, i know, we never take pictures like this... lol.


the plan for today is to go camping (or at the very least head out to the hills in the avon valley to do some hiking) look for that post sooner then later, hopefully with a picture of the ever elusive kangaroo. i'm still not so sure about them...

xo