The Mirror

The Australian company Gravity & Other Myths performs from 22 to 31 October, Tuesday to Sunday, at the Teatro Circo Price, a contemporary circus show that uses the body, risk and spectacle to speak about who we are, how we look at ourselves and how we want to be seen.

Through a precise, energetic and surprising stage language, the production combines high-risk physical feats with live music, acid humour and the use of modern technologies. The result is a staging as hypnotic as it is unsettling, designed to provoke wonder and, at the same time, uncomfortable questions.

And indeed, this proposal goes beyond physical virtuosity to become an experience of reflection on identity and on the image we project to the world. The work revolves around a central idea: the mirror as a metaphor for self-image. What do we show when we believe we are being watched? Which parts of ourselves do we hide in order to fit in or to please?

Directed by the creative duo Ekrem Pheonix and Darcy Grant, winners of the Helpmann Award, the evening pushes the capacities of the human body to the limit in a succession of numbers that combine beauty and eccentricity. Thus, the acrobatics work not only as a demonstration of skill, but as an emotional language that connects with the human, the vulnerable and the contradictory.

Gravity & Other Myths, founded in Australia in 2009, has established itself as one of the most important contemporary circus companies on the international scene. Its work is characterised by an honest and direct approach, technical precision and a carefully crafted dramaturgy that challenges the boundaries of the genre. Titles such as A Simple Space, Backbone and Out of Chaos (awarded the Helpmann Award for Best Physical Theatre) underpin its career.

Approximate duration: 80 minutes Recommended age: 15 years and over