Most circus shows have nonsensical plots – more a theme than anything – but London’s beloved Revel Puck is this Christmas debuting an an intriging ‘adaptation’ of the venerable illustrator Quentin Blake’s wordless 1998 book Clown, about a toy (what else) clown who is thrown away by its owner and must find a new home. Obviously what we’ll largely be getting will be some cool acrobatics, but modelling them on the book’s plot is a very nice and indeed charming idea.
The 55-minute show will play a Christmas season in Walthamshow in repertoire with the company’s older show Fête du Puck, a two-hour affair that’s described as ‘a foot-stampingly audacious celebration of the past, present, and future of circus’. There will be multiple performances of both shows daily – see the company’s website for exact details.
