Created by Yaron Lifschitz with the Circa Ensemble

Directed by Yaron Lifschitz

Original Music by Ori Lichtik

Review by Mhairi Sime

Underbelly Circus Hub: Tickets

Yaron Lifschitz’s Circa brings audiences the most mesmerising hour at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Located in Underbelly’s iconic Circus Hub at the Meadows, the acrobats transport the audience from their everyday lives to the brink of what the human body is capable of.

Scored to tension-building music by composer Ori Lichtik and accompanied by Paul Jackson’s lighting design, the performance reaches new heights, quite literally. The performers create and break down towers of human bodies with intricate and breathtaking speed and agility. The simplicity of the setting, with audience members surrounding the performers, is a blank canvas on which the talented performers showcase their abilities.

While the whole show is captivating, the highlights of the performance are the aerial routines, where a singular acrobat captures the entire audience’s attention with the artistry and daring of their movements high above the crowd and ensures that everyone is on the edge of their seats.

Thankfully, the performance is interspersed with a few much-appreciated comedic moments, ensuring that the audience are able to take a breath and enjoy a laugh to break the ever-mounting tension. The acrobats, while serious and intense throughout most of the show, conveyed drama and humour through simple circus tricks and entertaining facial expressions and through their physicality with an entertaining and disjointed dance style. The group worked seamlessly together throughout the whole hour, achieving impressive feats and creating an unforgettable experience for the audience.

If what you are looking for at the Fringe is some heart-racing entertainment provided by incredibly talented performers, look no further than Circa: Humans 2.0.

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