Circus of Horrors – at The Aberdeen Music Hall – Aberdeen, UK

Despite performing for 17 years now, the Circus of Horrors still packs out the Aberdeen Music Hall with an excited (and nervous!) crowd. As well as the usual fans who come back for more each year there are also punters who saw the troupe on Britain’s Got Talent.

As well as bringing in new people to see the show, BGT has given CoH excellent comedy ammunition – they take the piss very successfully!

As usual burlesque girls dance around the stage and men with bulging muscles join them, all with plenty of flesh showing. Dr Haze is a charismatic front man, belting out rock songs and leading the show. This tour’s theme is based around a ventriloquist and his dummy, set in 1920’s Berlin. The first half of the show tells the story of the ventriloquist intermingled with various acts.
Anastasia IV does some spectacular aerial displays, made even more amazing by hanging from her hair! Various contortionists strut their stuff all of which is very impressive. Hannibal is as freaky as ever, sword swallowing and being weird! A personal favourite is Denis Remineu who did a very wet act starting in a bath and ending hanging from a net!

In the second half things get even more bizarre with the doll taking on a life of its own. Fluorescent tubes are stuck in dodgy places, balls are thrown about the place, and men jump all over the stage hanging off each other with some fire thrown in for good measure. 

Alongside the gruesome (poking floating ribs and ladies twisting in half) there’s plenty of light relief, including Captain Dan the Dwarf amusing everyone - often with his privates!

A fantastically weird and wonderful show. Definitely a modern day freak show. Highly recommended!

 

 

-Sally Morrison-
Big Wheel Overseas Correspondent

 
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