Teasers by name and teasers by nature,
Circus Trick Tease are one feature act at the infamous Gangster’s Ball
this September. Performer Shannon McGurgan let’s a few tricks out of the
bag. “One ‘trick teaser’ is Mr. Plonk picking up female audience
members,” snickers McGurgan, “continuing with a magician’s sleight of
hands.” Another is the love triangle, which takes a decidedly queer
twist on the traditional. And another yet again, is a narrative-driven
circus show – Gasp. McGurgan is a circus performer and
acrobat who trained the troupe in specialized acrobalance skills. He
started in gymnastics and moved professionally into circus beginning
with The Circus Arts School in Atlanta Georgia and culminating ten years
later as one of the first graduates from The National Institute of
Circus Arts in Melbourne.
”Malia has a background in ballet, much of
her career has been as a fire performer,” McGurgan explains, “including
training in Samoa and New Zealand in both art forms. Farhad grew up
doing gymnastics in his home country of Iran and wasn’t tied to any
formulaic structure so he performs amazing skills, freestanding
headstand on a bottle, a trick rarely done by Western trained
performers. Farhad has toured for a decade with circuses around the
world.
“Miss Tinkle and Mr. Plonk run the circus,
they are a couple too. It’s a typically dysfunctional relationship seen
in most marriages that have outlived their usefulness. Unfortunately,
they feel that need to stay together in order for the circus to survive,
a metaphor for soooooo many relationships perhaps. Miss Tinkle drinks
for solace, Mr. Plonk has the veneer of a “sensitive” man, but, his real
agenda, all the crying and fawning, is to get down your pants, any
pants, he’s not too fussed.”
See the Circus Trick Tease at The Gangsters Ball
in Sydney, Saturday 1 September at Metro Theatre, Melbourne on Saturday
8 September, Forum Theatre, and Brisbane Saturday 15, The Tivoli.
Paul Andrew
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