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TRAVEL LOG
The Orphan Circus
has just recently returned
home from a whirlwind tour. The
small carnival caravan of Mr.
Issimo toured Europe from top to
bottom. From the end of
August to the end of November, the
new show of Les Sages Fous
gave 30 performances in 15
cities, covering 10 countries:
Croatia, Germany, France,
Switzerland, Slovenia, Sardinia,
Poland, Sweden, Finland, and the
Netherlands.
The little circus of misfits
trekked its Court of Miracles,
inhabited by puppets-born-strange,
into each city. It set up its
scrap yard of lost objects in the
most extraordinary places: a
German castle surrounded by cold
mists of the North Sea, an
abandoned gas factory in Sweden, a
wooden Elizabethan theater on the
banks of a lake in Switzerland,
the inner courtyard of a ducal
palace in Sardinia under the
stars, and in a granary converted
into a theater in Finland.
 
Under the leadership of its
fictitious boss, the valiant team
of traveling players lived
the most rampant adventures. From
France, where they had to
calm spectators at the door
who were fighting tooth and nail
for the last tickets; to Germany,
where they slept in the magical
workshop of a small puppet
theater; to Sardinia, where they
were fed for a week by gypsies; to
the Baltic Sea, that they crossed
on a cargo ferry. Their
culinary adventures included being
introduced to the mysteries of
Swiss fondue, eating dried
reindeer in Finland, and tasting
regional specialties (such as
sausages of jellied clotted blood)
without flinching.
The show has received resounding
applause from each audience it
met. The Orphan Circus's
adventures are not over: in
2013 the show will be performing
in Europe again, and also in New
York City and Calgary. The show
regularly receives on-the-spot
invitations when it
performs: Bulgaria, the
Czech Republic, Denmark, and
Siberia (!) are but a few of the
countries on tap in the next few
years.
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