Performed by Ania
Reynolds, Bec Matthews, Spenser Inwood, Vince Van Berkel, Carl Polke, Dale
Woodbridge, Hazel Bock, Jez Davies, Kai Johnson-Peady, Mark Sheppard, Mason
West and Stevee Mills
His Majesty’s Theatre
October 28 - 31, 2013
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| Mark Sheppard |
I remember tagging
along with Melbourne’s Soapbox Circus, and especially their funny, sport-mad
strongman Greig (who later abandoned first names in favour of the initials HG
and went on to bigger things), on a tour of Perth pubs and campuses with
the Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band in the mid-1970s. One of them taught me to juggle (only three
balls, very badly).
Soapbox Circus went
on to bigger things too, merging with Adelaide’s New Ensemble Circus to form
Circus Oz in 1977. Now, 35 years later, an Australian Living Treasure – if
circuses were awarded that honorific – they’re back in Perth, as energetic,
committed and exuberant as ever.
