How important is the comedic element in what you do
on the social media sites looking for local circus collectives in the Exeter area. I got in touch with a few of them and we worked out Because the whole thing is very visually based, some parts where they could collaborate, by there’s a lot of slapstick in the performances, emailing them audio from our previous gigs to but equally, there’s a lot of daredevil moments discover which parts of the show could work with people doing some really mad things best for their styles. Once they’d decided what but always with that quirky edge to it that they were going to work with, it meant they compliments it brilliantly and gives it an could practice independently leading up to it – original spirit. do a quick rehearsal on the day and then bring their own vibe onto the stage that night. How much is planned and how much is improvised within a night. I’d say about 50 / 50 nowadays. We have a very open mic philosophy with the live performances and part of what we’re about is leaving a lot of room for improvisation both musically and theatrically. Another huge aspect of what we do is to integrate local performers into each show, so while you always have a core crew, each town – each night has different collaborators on board. We did this one gig in Exeter where I sat down