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Australia’s daredevil travelling show, Hudson’s Circus, opened with dramatic flair on Thursday, June 30, drawing in families and other circus-lovers from Dubbo and beyond to enjoy the spectacle of their two-hour show.
The initial acts were mild and comedy-focused to keep the younger audience entertained while the major acts prepared backstage. The clowns had plenty of energy to go around, making sure everyone was engaged and ready for the next round of acts, entertaining with impressive rounds of juggling – one guy even juggled hats!
Trained ponies and camels followed, then more clown acts that had me giggling.
As the audience warmed up, the show moved on, with acrobats in dazzling glitter and sparkles, all flexing their flexibility on the not-so-flexible.
Let’s just say, you’d have to have incredibly demonic strength to pull off what they could do as effectively as they did in the air and on the ground.
The more memorable acts for me were the motorbike globe, contortionist, the two dancers who perform the change-of-clothes thing – I just couldn't figure out the trick behind that one no matter how hard I looked – the flaming hula hoop up in the air, and the big finish with the flying trapeze.
I enjoyed the show, and I could tell a lot of the kids and parents were having a blast too.
