
Gravity-Defying Acrobats & Singer in Adelaide Fringe
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Gravity and Other Myths The Mirror at Adelaide Fringe: A High-Energy Acrobatic Spectacle
This podcast episode explores the hit show The Mirror, featuring eight acrobats and a singer, who deliver a thrilling performance that blends stunning physical feats with a commentary on our digital age. The production showcases superhuman strength and grace, with routines that include human towers, arches, and walkways, as well as breakdancing and skin-to-skin lifts. The singer, Megan Drury, adds powerful vocals to the mix, even while being tossed around or balanced on moving bodies. The use of technology, such as onstage radios, glowing lights, and LED screens, enhances the performance and ties into the theme of instant gratification from our devices. This Best Circus Award winner proves that contemporary circus can captivate audiences in the digital age.
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Adelaide News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! — Gravity-Defying Acrobats & Singer in Adelaide Fringe. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
It's February 28th in Adelaide, let's get into the news. Gravity and other myths brought their hit show, The Mirror to the Adelaide Fringe, featuring eight top acrobats and one singer in a high energy performance. The production mixes stunning physical feats, with a look at how instant gratification from our devices affects our attention to live entertainment. It's all about delivering shocks of joy and surprise, through flips, stacks, and bends that showcase superhuman strength and grace. The show builds vignettes around acrobatics and dance, including fluid moves and even some breakdancing. Performers create human towers, arches and walkways, blending power with smooth transitions. A standout routine uses the song Sway, where the base of a tall stack adds fancy footwork without missing a step. Audiences leave buzzing from the raw athleticism and close up thrills, like skin-to-skin lifts and gravity-defying tosses. Reviewer Georgian Asmer calls it a fresh take on circus that honors talent over gimmicks,
perfect for anyone craving wonder in a fast-paced world. Live music amps up the energy with punchy beats, dramatic covers of hits like toxic and ain't no sunshine, and haunting notes. Singer Megan Drury holds strong vocals even as she's tossed around or balanced on moving bodies, keeping everything seamless. The clever use of tech ties into the theme, with on-stage radios, glowing lights, and LED screens showing live camera feeds, including selfie stick. Shots during wild routines. This best circus award winner from the 2025 Adelaide Fringe proves contemporary circus can captivate in the digital age. Support for this D&N episode comes from our sponsor. Some people meditate, I just lay down and press play. So L-I-SOLY-PILLOW.com.
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