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Cirque Surreal - Urban Circus Ltd
5 gold bats

16 08 07 - At the core of this enjoyable show are masters of their 
respective acts and the aerial work of the Cirque Surreal Voyager 
show has to be witnessed in close-up to be believed. There are no 
safety nets and the aerialists are truly death defying swooping like
conjoined phantasms in what will make you believe in aerial ballet!
There is also an amazing aerial contortionist and in part two an 
amazing double rotating wheel of death. Though this last may look
like something you may see in a hamster cage, it weighs half a ton
and carries the nimble and breathtakingly agile Bulgarians, Nikolay
Kakralolev and Konstadin Popov, rotating acrobatically upon its
axis! All of the acts feature superhuman, beyond Olympic quality
acts and acrobatics in impeccable costumes. Its a show where each 
act tops the last and if you blink you will miss something important.
Its a big production with the highest values throughout which will 
appeal to children and adults alike. There is good continuity between
acts and always something going on in the ring between visual and 
dramatic high points. The surreal intentions of the show, its 
internationalist theme and carnival costumes may all clamour for
critical attention but this would be a distraction from lauding the
unbelievable skills of its circus stars.

By John Vassallo