Animal

At the Vancouver Playhouse

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The Cultch and the Vancouver International Children's Festival present Cirque Alfonse in Animal.

A high-energy circus party for all ages, Animal is the farm gone haywire!

With Animal, A Farm Story, Cirque Alfonse takes us on a journey of discovery through a series of slightly surreal farm fables served up with a touch of irreverence, impressive virtuosity and the company’s familiar comic touch. In this re-invented agricultural world, the farm is turned upside down!

A gentleman farmer has surrounded himself with some familiar but slightly outlandish creatures: the chickens have teeth, the ducks are slightly menacing, and the cows are kicking up a fuss. In this “farm fantasy”, the imagination conjures up stories from childhood, rural life proves to be both energetic and poetic and clichés are joyfully turned on their head.

Yet again, the clan of family and friends that make up Cirque Alfonse has favoured its multidisciplinary approach where circus, song, dance and theatre all come together, driven by original live music…an irresistible mix of trad and soul that the troupe calls ‘agricultural funk’!

Single tickets on sale August 2nd