ODDACITY
BATS Theatre, The Dome, 1 Kent Tce, Wellington
07/03/2020 - 10/03/2020
Production Details
An award-winning, best-of spectacular of international comedy circus luminaries in a brilliantly odd night out! “★★★★★” – Times Colonist
“Show like no other show!” CBC. UK/Japan/Australia
“★★★★★” – Times Colonist
Be bedazzled by an award-winning, best-of spectacular with a cast of international luminaries performing stylish acts in the beautiful Heyday Dome. A celebration of the romantic art of circus comedy for the 21st century edited from 100 years of combined experience in over 50 countries and with more than 10,000 hours of stage time, so be enthralled by classic acts, irreverent routines and edgy music in one brilliantly odd night out!
“★★★★★ Sometimes it is easy to lose sight of what a fringe festival is all about, but this show is reaffirming. A breath of fresh air. Hilariously funny and technically brilliant. This show is possibly the cleverest, funniest and most well- crafted thing you will see this festival. DO GO and SEE IT!” – Melbourne Arts and Fashion, Australia
ODDACITY is the world premier by a brand-new locally based ensemble. Presented by Downunderground
Starring:
Vinyl Burns rocks into the big smoke with a road case full of circus tricks and rock ‘n’ roll licks. Having toured extensively across Europe and North America, he’s appearing in Aotearoa as a very special guest exhibiting glittering, escapist adventures with world-class diabolo juggling and a red-hot cigar box extravaganza . “Bloody amazing!” – Linda Topp (Topp Twins)
Trent Baumann flies direct from ten world tours with rave reviews from the Australian Circus Festival, the New York Burlesque Festival, and the Glastonbury Music Festival with the fantastic Plastic Bag Juggling feat. “Fastidious and Edgy” -Sydney Morning Herald
Sachie Mikawa lands all the way from the other small island nation of Japan, having created Fish Saw and Fancy Mud with her cross-cultural whimsy and world-class wilds, scoring original tunes and thrilling audiences with her Birthday Surprise spectacular. “Pitch Perfect Humor” – Seattle Gay Scene
And a lot more…
Best Circus ‘Winners’ -Melbourne & Adelaide Fringe
Most Original Comedy ‘Nominee’ -Edinburgh Fringe
Best Comedy ‘Nominee’ Just For Laughs Award -Montreal Fringe
Best Act ‘Winner’ -Landshut Festival, Germany
Iron Chicken ‘Winner’ -Bread & Circus, Christchurch World Buskers Festival Best International Theatre ‘Nominee’ -Amsterdam Fringe
“This is what a fringe show should look like!” – Showbill, Canada
BATS Dome
7 – 10 March 2020
9pm except Sunday at 8pm
Full Price $22
Group 6+ $20
Concession Price $17
Addict Cardholder $15
BOOK TICKETS
Accessibility
*Access to The Heyday Dome is via stairs, so please contact the BATS Box Office at least 24 hours in advance if you have accessibility requirements so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Read more about accessibility at BATS.
Theatre , Circus ,
Exhilarating then it stops
Review by Brett Adam 08th Mar 2020
The three performers of Oddacity (Vinyl Burns, Trent Baumann and Sachie Mikawa) are veterans of a number of international Festivals. This is abundantly evident from the moment they strut onstage, exuding confidence and professionalism that has the audience eating out of their hands from the first millisecond we see them.
What follows is an utterly entertaining circus of oddities peopled by larger than life characters and mesmerising personalities. Their energy is infectious and the audience is totally on board throughout. From Vinyl Burns’ amazing skills with his spinning diablo, Baumann’s hilarious (and I’m assuming therapeutic) use of a teapot to Mikawa’s character of Egg (who should have a show of her own!) these three vaudevillians clearly enjoy creating a relationship with us and taking us along for a wild ride through their “weird yet wonderful world”.
A series of individual acts of comedy, juggling and music, Oddacity is billed as a “best-of special”. Each individual act moves seamlessly into the next and we hardly have time to catch our breath before the next equally amazing trick or joke. However the individual pieces never really coalesce into a greater whole. The lack of any really structure or dramatic shape to the show means that when the piece ends it feels a little like we’ve been short changed.
The trio has created such a detailed and dynamic world of mayhem, performed at such a high level of skill and pace that when they come on stage for their bows it feels like the rollercoaster we’ve been on has suddenly stopped halfway down an exhilarating drop. We’re left hanging not really believing that the ride is over so quickly. They seem to have taken to heart the old adage ‘leave your audience wanting more’.
This is really the only criticism of a truly brilliant example of what makes for a great (almost perfect) fringe show.
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