Ah, the smell of greasepaint, the gentle squeak of a perfectly round rubber nose, the blast of brass, the thump-ah of a stand-up bass, the roar of a tuba, the disquieting nerve-pluck of a saw making ...

“Are You Smarter Than a Fifth?”: The likes of Keith Richards, Ozzy Osbourne, Rick James and Slash compete against bottles of distilled spirits. Who will get the geography question right, the Oz or the ...

For the past few years, Circus Contraption has led the art-vaudeville charge, and signs indicate they’re getting even better. Their new show, Circus Contraption’s Grand American Traveling Dime Museum, ...

Circus Contraption’s Show to End All Shows will be just that—after 10 years, the 16 members of America’s best cirque noir are pulling up stakes and going their separate ways. “It’s a result of too ...

Someone has turned on the lights at Circus Contraption -- at least for a moment. The troupe that is best known for its sinister style of acrobatics (think the Flying Wallendas tumbling into Edvard ...

If you've ever been to the spring Moisture Festival at Hale's Palladium or its naughtier burlesque counterpart at ACT Theatre, then you've seen Circus Contraption in all its glory. This group presents ...

A fantastic and demented evening of entertainment. The production celebrates the company s 10th anniversary, and they ve outdone themselves for the occasion. Perfectly mixing music, traditional circus ...

A Circus Contraption rehearsal is unlike any other I’ve been to. Not that I was expecting company warm-ups or a director giving blocking notes to this collection of clowns, acrobats, jugglers, ...

Via Nancy Guppy from Seattle Channel’s Art Zone: Two of the people that died in the tragic shootings on May 30th were musicians Drew Keriakedes and Joe Albanese who performed with Circus Contraption.