On second viewing, Echo lacks the magic of its Montreal debut, but it’s a must-see for fans of Cirque
Echo's clown duo Double Trouble perform a pair of routines in the Cirque du Soleil production that are comically elegant in their simplicity.Toronto to Aug. 4; then Gatineau from Aug. 16 to Sept. 22; and Vancouver from Oct. 9 to Dec. 15, Cirque du Soleil’s first brand-new big-top show since the pandemic, made a resounding impact on me in its world premiere in Montreal’s Old Port last summer.
The star is still the cube by the great British designer Es Devlin, whose ingenious morphing theatre sets I’ve long admired; Devlin was originally supposed to directDevlin’s all-white cube – a couple storeys tall – waits on the stage like a present waiting to be unwrapped as you take your seat. For its first trick, Devlin’s cube becomes a screen for swirling projections of underwater scenes, while humanoid animals in crumpled white costumes perform an aerial dance around and on it; the cube moves toward the audience and rotates as this airborne ballet takes place .
There’s more to be unboxed in the second act, which begins with a slow slackwire act that actually takes place inside the cube – to the sombre, suspenseful sound of enjoyable orchestral pop that sometimes veers into Sigur Ros territory, played by a band of six vocalists/instrumentalists wearing horns on their heads.has become less impressive: There were previously two performers balancing on wires – and there was fire inside the cube with them.
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