Cirque Alfonse, “Tabarnak”, at the Hangar at Subtopia.

Cirque Alfonse is a family circus from Quebec. Not the kind that is aimed at families, which mostly seems to mean silly clowns, but a circus that is a family.

Tabarnak was quirky, down-to-earth back-country circus. The scene design featured bare, undecorated timber frames and a colourful church window. The artists were dressed in loose gray trousers and long, loose white shirts.

There were various different kinds of acts, and also random entertaining things-between-acts. (Step dancing. Rhythmic whip cracking.) But their best numbers were strength acrobatics: climbing on top of each other. This was all accompanied by live music, written by/for the troupe.

I enjoyed this a lot.

Image from the web site of Cirque Alfonse.