Machine de Cirque

Last night was a banner event: Michael and I went out to the theatre for a show! First time in over two years, and it was a blast. The event was "Machine de Cirque" and was performed by a 6-man group out of Canada. Fun note: they happened to be eating at the same restaurant as us two nights previously, when we went out for our first date night in ages!

The show was fantastic. We felt good about where we were seated, because we were alone in our theatre box. Clearly, the organizers had taking spacing seriously and had opened up more levels than normally they would in order to allow the audience to feel protected. But on to the show! It was a circus of acrobatics, and the effects were extraordinary. Having such a small stage really increased my anxiety in some of the segments: one of the performers was swooping and dancing and standing on the handlebars of a full-sized bicycle on this tiny space and I was just waiting for him to end in the laps of people in the front row! They had a trapeze and scaffolding with moving trolleys, a seesaw, and more. If you see them in your area, I recommend going! 

It was particularly thrilling to see them, because we actually had tickets to see their performance for March 2020, which was the first performance cancelled here because of the pandemic. Somehow, it felt like a sign of completion? Hard to describe, but it was just such a great evening.

And then we walked 70 meters home.

Love,

Alexandra