LE NOIR Brings Electrifying Cirque Experience to Adelaide Festival Centre, Now thru May 1

This month, the Adelaide Festival Centre invites you to enter the captivating world of Le Noir! A truly unique and electrifying theatrical experience, Le Noir features 20 of the greatest circus performers on the planet, all of whom are award winning athletes and many stars of previous Cirque Du Soleil shows.

World class acrobats, specialty acts and comedians are the centre piece of this cutting edge production that will enthrall audiences as they are taken on a spell-binding journey.

Direct from a sold out world tour and for the first time ever, see the Festival Theatre transformed to seat audiences around a custom-built stage, offering a spectacular 360 degree view of the performance and bringing the heart pounding action closer than ever before.

Producer, Simon Painter said, "The original concept behind Le Noir was to take the very best of the best cirque performers in the world and rather than create a production in a huge auditorium or arena, produce an intimate style show where the audience is literally inches from the action on stage. Part of the concept is to make the audience experience the show rather than just watch it and a number of sophisticated special effects are employed to make this possible."

Le Noir though intimate still stays true to the Cirque ideals of creating a jaw dropping spectacle and features incredible displays of balance, contortion, stamina, aerial artistry and death defying acts such as the Colombian Wheel of Death. Cited as one of the most complex circus stunts in the world, this sees two acrobats perform high-risk feats atop and inside a pair of spinning wheels rotating high above the stage.

Le Noir also features Chilly and Fly an incredible duo with almost super human spatial awareness that allows them to traverse the boundaries of light -- hand to hand, feet to feet.

This production is surreal, beautiful, seductive and at times hilariously risqué as it explores emotions through colours as the cast transform from beautiful and pure white, through to the passion of red and finally culminating with the darkness of Le Noir.

Adelaide Festival Centre CEO and Artistic Director Douglas Gautier says, "Adelaide Festival Centre is excited to be able to bring this first class show blending theatre and circus to Adelaide. We continue to work with commercial producers to ensure South Australians are able to see shows like Le Noir which simply would not come without the Festival Centre's support. And South Australian audiences continue to show their support - we are punching well above our weight in terms of audience attendances for these big shows. 600,000 tickets have been sold to these big shows at the Festival Centre over the last five years. "

Le Noir is fast paced, extremely funny and above all entertaining. Never before have Australian audiences seen a cast of this calibre, up close and personal - it is not to be missed!

DETAILS:

LE NOIR
22 APRIL - 2 MAY
Venue Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre
Cost Tues & Wed Evening - Premium Stage Table $99, Gold Stage Seat $89, A Reserve $79, B Reserve $69
All other performances - Premium Stage Table $109, Gold Stage Seat $99, A Reserve $89, B Reserve $79
Suitable Ages 12+ Partial Nudity Parental Discretion Required
Bookings BASS 131 246 or online at bass.net.au
Further information and performance times, visit adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au