http://www.cirqueberzerk.com/
Opening night was last night, and by all accounts, it was pretty awesome.
Quote:
It would be P.T. Barnum’s worst nightmare.
If he weren’t so dead.
It’s been called everything from "a circus on acid" to "French burlesque meets Sweeney Todd." Cirque Berzerk's unique flavor of adult psychedelic vaudevillian tomfoolery returns to the Los Angeles State Historic Park. Performances run Thursday, June 18th through Sunday, July 5th, 2009.
Born at Burning Man in 2005 and named one of “L.A.’s 10 Weirdest Events of 2008” by the Los Angeles Times, Cirque Berzerk has tickled the collective innards of L.A. and beyond with a psychotically-tinged sultry show filled with sinewy, breathtaking acrobatics, sensual aerialists, gothic stilt walkers, fetishy burlesque dancers, voluptuous contortionists and a host of punk rock clowns, none of whom know how to make cute balloon animals for the kiddies. "Wholesome family fun" it ain't.
To see why Cirque Berzerk should-in our humble opinion-top your things to do list, feel free to kick around the site for awhile. Get to know us better. We’re glad you’re here. With that said, and without further adieu, welcome and enjoy the show.
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Because they've grown so much outside of Burning Man in the last year and a half, I don't think they're going to make it to the playa this year. Which is a bummer, because they're really, really awesome and its the only place I get to see them.
Thursdays through Sundays until July 5. Prolly a good idea to browse through the website to decide if its the type of thing you'd want to take your kids to. I don't think there's anything TOO crazy for kids, but it is decidedly NOT a kid oriented circus. I'd probably wear something outrageous to the performance, were I to go to one, but YMMV.
ETA link to awesome pictures from last night's show:
http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoasts...irque-berzerk/
