Hanussen - The Palace of Burlesque
Previously ‘Berlin Burlesque’
The story of ‘Hanussen’s Palace of Burlesque’ is based on Erik Jan Hanussen, a mentalist and variety theatre owner in Berlin who parallels Hitler's rise. He was a lover of women and the casbah.
Complete with their own catwalk, and dynamic set, this show utilises multi-media to convey a mood for the time in which Hanussen lived.
Set in the tranquil environment of a tree, this piece of theatre’s muse is nature herself.
With live earthy music accompanying the circus feats, this is something all the family can enjoy.
Flagship show for the Loons. This production has played to over 15,000 people nationally in NZ and in the UK, including numerous Arts Festivals.
With five years of refinement behind it, this is a stunning piece of theatre not to be missed.
Currently New Zealand’s only internationally touring circus theatre company, The Loons produces new and revamped works unlike any you’ve seen before.
With their combination of skills and talents, combined with sound and lighting The Loons create an environment to immerse yourself in to be entertained from from the moment you arrive.
This company is the epitome of those doing something because they not only love it, but they are very very good at it.
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The Loonatics cabaret is comedic variety at it’s broadest. Random skit-comedy is dominant in this ever changing variety of act brought to you by an assorted mix of Loons.
Music, acts of bravery, strength, magic, contortion, fire, clowning, danger and the surreal are all in the mix.
Complete with their own theme song, they are bound to make you smile.
Circus, dance, music and drama collide. The result is Pinteresque-world that combines the exuberance of madness with the exhaustion of reality.
Visually breathtaking, it melds desolate romanticism with zany comic zest. Happy Home Road is circus for a new century.
Three one act plays directed by Mike Friend.
Tom Trevella’s ‘Stuck up the Alley’, David Ladderman’s ‘Battle of the Bastards’ and Sophie Ewert’s ‘The Butcher’s Daughter’.
Each actor brings their own style of story-telling and mixes it with their own unique skills.
A show just for kids!
This is a show that kids love with colour, comedy and action to keep them captivated as soon at the chaos begins.
So much to look at, it is truly a visual feast but still has poignant messages about manners and life that kids pick up on immediately.
