Crown Perth
Until August 18
Don’t listen to a
word they say. Empire is not, as its publicity implies, a burlesque, or a strip
show. Rather it’s a thrilling, agile, contemporary circus, immaculately staged
and precariously gripping for every one of its 90 minutes.
It’s also as fine a gathering
of talent, both on its tiny stage and behind the scenes, as you’re ever likely
to find.
Two acts in
particular deliver that magic that lifts you out of your seat. Degefa spinning
and throwing the diminutive, explosive Alemu with his feet was simply
incredible, and the long, delicate performance by Bilgin of the hypnotic
Sanddorn Balance act, thirteen palm fronds and a single feather suspended in
the air like the skeleton of an ancient bird, closes this humdinger of a show
with audacious grace and impossible beauty.
Link here to the complete review in The West Australian
