My!Laika (France)
Popcorn Machine
UK Premiere
Southbank Centre's Purcell Room
Sat 12 > Tue 15 Jan
Sat, Mon, Tue 7.45pm Sun 4pm
After-show discussion: Mon 14 Jan
Runs 55 mins / no interval
Book online >
£16
Tel: 0844 875 0073
'A Dadaist cabaret of meticulously orchestrated chaos. Loco, loco, loco!'
El Pais
My!Laika’s world is apocalyptic, an electric landscape where a surprising present coexists with an unknown past. There’s humour, bold acrobatics, a well-played Chopin waltz – even a popcorn volcano amongst other delights in this hour of surprising circus theatre, in which three charismatic women and one man live out a series of implausible scenes. Frank Zappa, Jacky Chan, Kurt Schwitters and The Ramones were inspirational in creating this fast-moving collage of bizarre and entertaining events which fuse circus discipline and rich imagination, a winner at the prestigious Jeunes Talents Cirque Awards in 2010.
Performers: Eva Ordoñez-Benedetto (Argentina), Philine Dahlmann (Germany), Elske van Gelder (Holland), Salvatore Frasca (Italy).
Age guidance: 7+
Production : Les Thérèses
Co-production: Transversales-Scène Conventionnée de Verdun; Circ que o !; Jeunes Talents Cirque Europe 2009-2010; Envie d’Agir; Mirabilia Prize 2011; Région Midi-Pyrénées
This visit to London is supported by Institut français
photos: Freddy Tornberg, David Froemter, Marco Salzotto
