This year's acts demonstrate circus's capacity for topical introspection as well as clownishness " though its conservative approach to gender could use a shake-upThere has been an explosion in contemporary circus at Edinburgh in recent years. Circa have taken up residence every August for the past few years with a string of hits, including this year's Closer. The huge success of Knee Deep has seen Assembly putting on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:25AM on August 18, 2016