Craftsmanship confronting circus.
Sawdust Symphony is a circus performance in which Michael Zandl, David Eisele and Kolja Huneck combine their passion for crafting, fresh wood and object manipulation.
This piece talks about the human desire to create: the process from vision to construction, the tragedy of work and the relationship between tools and humans. Obsessed characters discover and transform their space and themselves to take the spectator into a unique DIY experience.
Sawdust Symphony is an intense dialogue between satisfaction, frustration and the smell of gasoline.
REVIEWS
"It’s like Looney Tunes meets Pina Bausch, the trio’s individual and collective obsessions played out with humour and despair amid the sensory pleasure of newly planed wood
shavings."
★★★★
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"Sawdust Symphony is slick, elegant and witty."
"They call it a symphony but for my money this has the scale of an opera."
"This is an incredibly unique production, made with incredible skill and love and it is definitely in my top ten shows of the Fringe. Ever."
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"It’s intense, yet the playful tone of the show frames it as wonderfully absurd."
"This is a mesmerising production that transforms the art of carpentry into a captivating spectacle, leaving both craftsmen and spectators in awe."
★★★★
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"Delightfully quirky."
"Sawdust Symphony has a strong circus element but is as philosophical as it is physical."
★★★★
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"Sawdust Symphony is that rarest of things at the Fringe - a show like no other. It’s hard to imagine anyone else dreaming up the concept, let alone having the skill and talent to execute it."
★★★★★
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"A breathtaking and balletic, lyrical tribute to carpentry."
"Sawdust Symphony is genuinely miraculous: it will spin you out into the world with a renewed childlike joy, the belief that anything might be possible. Not just for the DIY enthusiasts –
everyone deserves to see it."
★★★★★
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"Sawdust Symphony is unique; I have not seen anything like it on stage, in the circus ring or anywhere else. There were echoes of Dada, Samuel Beckett and even Alien but there were moments of breathtaking brilliance, inspired originality and astounding wit. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant."
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"The piece Sawdust Symphony is a sublime example of how visual, enchanting and meaningful contemporary circus theatre can be."
★★★★★
Annette Embrechts - de Volkskrant
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"The circus- and theatrical performance of the
trio is phenomenal,
stunning.
We want to see more of this world of magical illusions!"
KULTUR - Zeitschrift für Kultur und Gesellschaft
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"With their piece, the three circus artists symbolized the collaboration between people and nature. A symbiosis that couldn't be more beautiful!"
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"Sawdust Symphony is the proof that circus deserves
a prominent place in the theatres."
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"Sawdust Symphony was so alienating, bizarre, elusive and surprising that I won't soon forget it."