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  • What’s On
  • 2024
  • What Will Have Been
What Will Have Been
  • Circus and Physical
  • Classical Music

circawhatwillhavebeen24 What Will Have Been QPAC , Circa Circus and Physical, Classical Music Circa What Will Have Been

13 - 17 Mar 2024
Playhouse
  • Due to popular demand, new seats just released for Friday night and Saturday night!

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$59 - $69 *
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1 hour 5 minutes
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Overview

EXPERIENCE A NEW LEVEL OF CIRCUS MASTERY - AS MOVING AS IT IS THRILLING.

From the creators of Humans 2.0, Peepshow and Wolfgang’s Magical Musical Circus, one of the world’s leading performance companies Circa is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a special hometown premiere of their international hit What Will Have Been.

Fresh from a sold-out three-month tour of France and a smash hit season in Avignon Festival, What Will Have Been is the most challenging show in Circa’s repertoire for their performers.

Three acrobats and one violinist perform live on a bare stage, drawing audiences into an astoundingly rich world of pure muscularity and strength, and serenaded with the haunting melodies of Bach and Vivaldi mixed with a contemporary rock and electronica playlist. Where beauty meets ferocity, expect to leave this performance feeling breathless.

Directed and sound designed by Yaron Lifschitz with violin performed by Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s Rebecca Seymour, it features two of Circa’s most experienced ensemble members Daniel O’Brien and Kimberley Rossi with recent recruit, the indomitable Zac Stephens.

Described as “a work of immense power” (★★★★★ The Public Reviews) and "utterly captivating” (Daily Review), don’t miss this strictly limited season.

What Will Have Been Program

  • Download the What Will Have Been program here [PDF 2MB]

About Circa

“The mighty Circa.” (Lyn Gardner, The Guardian)   

Circa Contemporary Circus is one of the world’s leading performance companies. Since 2004, from its base in Brisbane, Circa has toured the world – performing in more than 40 countries to over 1.5 million people. Circa’s works have been greeted with standing ovations, rave reviews and sold-out houses across six continents.    

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Age Recommendation

Recommended for ages 12+. 

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  • ★★★★★
    A work of immense power ... masterly re-defining.
    The Public Reviews, UK
  • Circa is spare of costume, prop and space. Rather, it focuses on circus as an essential human art, exploring the physical and emotional possibilities of acrobatic physicality.
    The Edge, USA
  • ... an evocative narrative of physical and emotional resonance.
    Arts and Ideas, USA
  • ... as breathtaking as ever ... you could have heard a pin drop.
    Norwich Evening News, UK
  • ★★★★
    What Will Have Been is circus at its purist and most thrilling ... utterly captivating.
    Daily Review, AUS
  • Together, the artists of Circa make brutality and delicacy coexist.
    L'OEIL D'OLIVIER
  • It is an immersion in beauty, a moment of pure acrobatic grace.
    Le Journal Du Spectacle Vivant
  • ... a marvel of circus.
    Critical Zone

Gallery

Gallery

  • What Will Have Been – Photo credit: Andy Phillipson
  • What Will Have Been – Photo credit: Andy Phillipson
  • What Will Have Been – Photo credit: Andy Phillipson
  • What Will Have Been – Photo credit: Andy Phillipson
  • What Will Have Been – Photo credit: Andy Phillipson
  • What Will Have Been – Photo credit: Andy Phillipson
  • What Will Have Been – Photo credit: Jamie Williams
  • What Will Have Been – Photo credit: Steady Jenny Photography
  • What Will Have Been – Photo credit: Steady Jenny Photography
  • What Will Have Been – Photo credit: Steady Jenny Photography
  • What Will Have Been – Photo credit: Steady Jenny Photography
  • What Will Have Been – Photo credit: Andy Phillipson

Cast and Creatives

  • Created by Yaron Lifschitz and the Circa Ensemble
  • Director Yaron Lifschitz
  • Technical Director and Co-Lighting Designer Jason Organ
  • Co-Lighting Designer Richard Clarke
  • Costume Design Libby McDonnell
  • Violinist Rebecca Seymour (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)

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