Cirque Du Ciel - Shanghai
From: Wednesday, 20th June 2012
To: Thursday, 21 June 2012
Our Review: 
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Synopsis
The highly awaited, internationally acclaimed production of 'Shanghai' by Cirque Du Ciel comes to the UK this year- for the very first time!
Our Review:
21 June 2012
And it would have been a two-star rating I’m afraid, but the exceptionally skilled performers are the stars in a messily conceived show. You may be expecting something dazzling (particularly if you are thinking Cirque du Soleil…), but this was not it: music too loud; background videos a distraction and badly photographed; far too much faffing about with actions and gestures which seem to serve no purpose whatsoever. Not to mention a puzzling story line, each act linked by a young lady with a toy box, running around apparently in as much confusion as the audience.
It’s a bare stage with an incredibly energetic drummer in one corner, props and equipment brought on for each showcase, from hats to hoops. But…seen one circus, seen them all: the juggling; the diabolo, the tumbling; the balancing; the shimmying up ropes or poles or huge swathes of material.
Interspersed with an accomplished, acrobatic ballet which seemed fitting, there was another scene which...
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Stephen Leatherland (Producer)
Guy Caron (Director)
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