Founded in Cape Town, Zip Zap Circus has developed its own social circus school, using circus arts as a tool for inclusion, empowerment, and social transformation. Alongside their show Moya, the company offers a workshop for children and their parents to discover their fun and accessible approach to circus, focused on connection, cooperation, and respect for differences.
The workshop is open to children aged 8 and up, accompanied by one or more adults.
Juggling Workshop
The Award
Dear audience, you’re attending the Awards ceremony, no more and no less, compared to which the Palms, Césars, Lions, Ours and Oscars look like cheap trophies. Virtuoso circus performers, the nine members of the Back Pocket company serve as masters of ceremony, prizewinners and magnificent losers in this show evoking a cinema gala. Except that the glitz soon gives way to manifest jealousies, and the glamorous smiles are supplanted by the most rewarding low blows. The awards ceremony goes out of control, the humour fizzes like champagne, and the red carpet then becomes the stage for high-flying acrobatic prowess!
Fair Play
As unstoppable as Usain Bolt in the 100 metres, two men who are complete opposites, but driven by the same desire to show off their muscles and reach Olympic heights, will have the audience shaking with laughter. On the programme: warm-up, boxing, swimming and a range of other sports performed according to the rules … of the clowning art! Patrice Thibaud and Philippe Leygnac borrow from the best of Buster Keaton and Laurel and Hardy to combine music, mime and running gags. Between rivalry and hits below the belt, these two sporty cocks of the walk offer a show whose audacity, eccentricity and comedy know no boundaries.
Frederick
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Eng Famill vu Feldmais wunnt an enger Mauer, no bei engem Bauerenhaff. De Bauer ass geplënnert, an d’Scheier ass eidel. Et gëtt Hierscht, an d’Mais musse Provisioune fir de Wanter maachen. Se schaffen all mat, just de Frederick net. Aplaz Fruucht, Mais, Nëss a Friichten am Lach an der Mauer unzeheefen, sëtzt de Frederick do an dreemt. „Firwat schaffs du näischt?” froen di aner Mais. „Ma ech schaffen dach!” seet de Frederick. Hie sammelt Faarwen, Sonn, Musek a schéi Wierder fir déi laang Wanterowenter. Hie gëtt zu engem, deen aus dem Näischt Freed a Schéines erbäi zaubere kann… Hien ass e richtegen Artist!
Theatre workshop for parents and children
Around the play Frederick, we’re offering a playful workshop filled with games and theatrical improvisation. This session is designed to spark children’s creativity and introduce them to the world of theatre in a fun and engaging way.
This workshop is offered as part of “P’tits brunchs du théâtre”: before or after a young-audience show, our team offers you to have a brunch with your kids and take part in activities as a family.
Show at 11:00 and 15:00 AM
Brunch at 12:00 PM
Workshop 1:00–2:30 PM
To register, please send an email to: reservation.theatre@villeesch.lu
In your message, please include:
– the number of participants (children and adults)
– the age(s) of the child(ren)
– whether you’d like to book the brunch + workshop or just the workshop
Please note: You must have booked tickets for the show in order to reserve a spot for the workshop.
Le p’tit brunch du théâtre
The Escher Theater invites you to our “p’tits brunchs”! Before or after a show for young audiences at the Ariston, our team welcomes you and your little ones to enjoy a family-friendly brunch followed by a creative workshop.
Show at 11:00 or 15:00 AM – Frederick
Brunch at 12:00 PM
Workshop 1:00–2:30 PM
To register, please send an email to: reservation.theatre@villeesch.lu
In your message, let us know:
– the number of participants (adults and children)
– the age(s) of the child(ren)
– whether you would also like to attend the workshop
Please note: You must have booked tickets for the show in order to reserve a spot for the brunch.
Picture © Patrick Galbats
Moya
Aerial straps, trapeze, Cyr wheel, juggling and somersaults: ten artists from South Africa let loose in a display of liberating, acrobatic and colourful élan. Moya celebrates the footwork of two dances full of life and hope, performed in protest against apartheid: gumboot, inherited from the slaves who beat their rubber boots in the mines, and pantsula, a kind of house dance born in the black ghettos of Johannesburg. On a world tour, the Zip Zap company puts its boots back on and twirls, with an insane energy, between contemporary circus and South African melting pot.
Adieu Mochi
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Ce soir encore, les parents tardent à revenir. La Grande doit s’occuper de la Petite. Pas grave, se dit-elle : elle sait comment faire, elle est responsable, elle est grande ! La Petite ne l’entend pas de cette oreille. Avec Mochi, son ami imaginaire, elle a d’autres plans en tête… Dans ce joyeux bazar, les chamailleries laissent vite place au rire et à la poésie : la Grande quittera son costume de “parent bis” autoritaire, et les deux soeurs gagneront, progressivement, en complicité. Spectacle clownesque et musical, Adieu Mochi fait ressurgir les sensations, joueuses et innocentes, venues de ce territoire sacré qui se nomme Enfance.
La Louve
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Dans un village enneigé, la petite Lucie tombe gravement malade. Une louve qui rôde près des habitations lui a jeté un sortilège. Sa louvette a été enlevée par un villageois pour en faire un manteau. Qu’on lui rende sa fille, sinon Lucie mourra… Revêtant la peau de loup, Romane, orpheline du village, décide de se faire passer pour la louvette afin de déjouer le malédiction et sauver son amie. Mais plus elle grogne, renifle et bondit, plus Romane est fascinée par la majestueuse louve… Jusqu’où l’emmènera son subterfuge ? Quel est cet appel de la forêt que la petite éprouve soudain ? La Louve est une fable sur l’amitié, la parentalité, la métamorphose, le rapport des humains aux espèces sauvages et au vivant.
Le p’tit brunch du théâtre
The Escher Theater invites you to our “p’tits brunchs”! Before or after a show for young audiences at the Ariston, our team welcomes you and your little ones to enjoy a family-friendly brunch followed by a creative workshop.
Show at 11:00 AM – La Louve
Brunch at 12:00 PM
Workshop 1:00–2:30 PM
To register, please send an email to: reservation.theatre@villeesch.lu
In your message, let us know:
– the number of participants (adults and children)
– the age(s) of the child(ren)
– whether you would also like to attend the workshop
Please note: You must have booked tickets for the show in order to reserve a spot for the brunch.