(Pic: Orlando Vargas is set to thrill the crowds)Rock Circus is one of the biggest and most challenging shows that The Barnyard Theatres have ever undertaken and it’s just opened at the Gateway venue
Featuring an extended stage and intricate set, Rock Circus is a show like no other where the ring master and local funny-man, Clinton Philander, introduces a live band, six decades of rock music, aerial acrobatics, and an array of circus performers.
Rock Circus sees the interior of The Barnyard Theatre at Gateway take on a circus theme and the atmosphere is mystic and electric. The three tables in the middle front of the theatre have been removed to allow for the extended stage above which the aerial acts, without doubt one of the highlights of the show, take place.
The show features the internationally acclaimed spellbinding aerial acts of Orlando Vargas and Natalie Roberts, who bring audiences a mesmerizing variety of silk and rope sequences. In 2004 Capetonian Natalie Roberts was invited by Cirque du Soleil to perform at the opening of the Oxfam International Youth Parliament in Sydney, Australia, in collaboration with artists from Chile, France, Canada and Australia. This is where she met Orlando Vargas from the Circo del Mundo group from Chile, who later followed her back to South Africa. In January 2006, this couple began to work together, and have been seen performing locally in Zip Zap Circus and Madame Zingara Theatre Of Dreams. They have been performing for The Barnyard Theatres and travelling the country in Rock Circus since it started its run in 2008.
Expect back-to-back rock numbers such as I Want To Break Free, Bat Outta Hell, Satisfaction, Like A Virgin, You Give Love A Bad Name, Purple Haze and My Sharona.
Joining Clinton Philander on vocals are Steph Botha and Yvette Barnard, backed by Andy Murray (guitar), Raymond Verster (keyboards), Rixi Roman (bass guitar) and Colin Heaney (drums). Joining Orlando and Natalie with the circus revelry are Shannon Webster with an aerial lyra act, as well as Marco Vargas and Exequiel Silva with juggling and fire-eating displays.
Rock Circus runs from April 20 April to May 30. Tickets R120 pp Wednesdays to Saturdays (R85 discounted specials Tuesday nights and Sunday matinees). Bookings and enquiries through The Barnyard Theatre on 031 566 3045, e-mail gateway@barnyardtheatres.co.za or visit www.barnyardtheatres.co.za for more information.
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