*** Competition Closed ***
*** Congratulations to Maylis Campbell ***
*** Thank you to everyone who entered ***
Before I go on, check out this preview video from the show. It looks so cool - I cannot wait to see it:
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Traces features 5 young artists fresh out of circus school, all in their early twenties, mixing classic acrobatics with such street forms as skateboard, basketball, and parcours. The result is an intimate circus experience (à la Cirque du Soleil) yet with a more urban flavor, as these young artists explode onto the stage with a renewed dynamic energy.
The show takes place in a make-shift shelter, an unknown catastrophe waiting outside the doors of tarp and gaffer tape. The five characters constructed this clubhouse to live to the fullest what they believe could be their last moments, hoping to leave nothing unsaid or undone. In the face of this impending disaster they have determined that creation is the only antidote to destruction, and their brand of creation is the fleeting impulses and desires that extend through bodies and unfurl onto a stage - the stories told through music, song, dance, speech, illustration, and high-risk acrobatics.
They use every mode of expression available to them, hoping to leave a lasting mark… to leave their traces (you see!) as best they can. As they tell stories of their past, share with us their various personal strengths and weaknesses, the audience gets to know these five performers from every possible angle.
Traces will be in The Olympia Theatre, Dublin for 6 nights only, from 12th to 17th April. Tickets are available now from Ticketmaster from €28 including booking fee. However, you could see it for free…
Competition
If you want to be in with the chance of winning tickets for you and 3 of your friends to see the opening night of Traces on 12th April in The Olympia, leave a comment below. The winner will be selected on Saturday 3rd of April, giving you plenty of time to gather your friends together for this brilliant night out.
Ooh, would love to go (and that is the day after my birthday!). Thanks for offering these!
This looks like a beautiful project, can’t wait to see it!
Cool! Would love to go with the family
I’d love to go. seems like an amazing show!
I would looooove to see that
Sounds funky, I’ll throw my hat in the ring for that!
Oh I’d love this!
Am I allowed put my name in too?
Bngr
This looks great, would love to throw my name into the mix
Looks amazing!
Pretty please please pick me, i’d love to go along, it looks amazing and would you believe i’ve never ever been to the Olympia before!!
Hello, I’m writing to you from Belgium…my mother spotted an announcement about Traces in one of the national newspapers and told me about it. I’m bringing my three children back to Ireland after Easter and wanted to take them to a high quality cultural experience to stimulate their imagination and leave them with an unforgetable memory of this trip to Ireland. Traces is certainly tempting and so I hope we are the lucky ones. Undoubtedly, il va laisser des traces inoubliables dans leurs esprits …
You guys are twisted - literally. please give poor me tickets!
Would love to go to this….
Competition Closed.
Thank you to everyone who entered. The winner was picked out at random and I’m happy to say the prize is going to Maylis Campbell and her three kids. Well done Maylis - I will email you shortly.