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Huge Hungarian success at the world’s biggest circus festival!
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A Hungarian group called Recirquel absolutely impressed the critics at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. They keep getting 5-star reviews and are deemed to have the best show out of thousands of spectacles at the prestigious circus festival – reports szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu.
The show mesmerising everyone
The group’s show is called My Land that has sold out all tickets ever since the premiere happened on the 1st of August. All of the reviews have been very favourable, calling the show a “masterpiece” that has a “spectacular visual world, a brilliant production” and showcases
“the best ever technical solutions put on stage at the Fringe”.
The show was directed by Bence Vági who combined contemporary dance with circus moves and the theatre. In Edinburgh, it can be seen until the 26th of August while the Hungarian premiere will take place in October during CAFe Budapest.
Photo: facebook.com/Recirquel
My Land focuses on the roots of humanity and the unbreakable connection between humans and Mother Nature. It all takes place in a space full of various illusions. It is also Recirquel’s first production that only features artists from abroad. The Hungarian director Bence Vági invited 7 internationally acclaimed Ukrainian acrobats and
incorporated their journey, their stories – about tradition, freedom and love – when he created the show.
He said that “They really liked us at the Fringe last year as well but My Land‘s reception has surpassed all our expectations.” The founder-director explains that the atmosphere around them is often revolutionary, a standing ovation closes each show and almost all tickets have been sold out in advance, attracting the attention of critics and fellow acrobats.
Critics’opinion
A magazine called Voice wrote about the spectacle that it is an incredible show combining physical theatre, contemporary dance and circus techniques where “suddenly you just catch yourself falling into a swoon out of bliss”. A Scottish paper called The Scotsman emphasised the atmosphere of the show, noting how “every little movement is full of tension that forever keeps on escalating”.
