For its 10th anniversary, Circus Contraption ditched its traditional cirque noir aesthetic for something brighter, but no less sinister. Gone is its usual American gothic of cobwebs, lace, and palette ...

Yes, Circus Contraption displays an impressive array of talent, discipline and ingenuity. But what makes the company unique is its style. It is naughty in an innocent way, nostalgic in a hip way, ...

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, ...

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 ...

Sari Breznau isn’t just one of Seattle’s most talented and unique singers. The lively young lady is also soon to be a zombie. And then there’s Circus Contraption, a sort of low-rent Cirque du Soleil, ...

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 ...

"There seems to be some sort of circus renaissance going on in Seattle," muses Evelyn Bittner. Bittner is well placed for such musings. Doctor of veterinary medicine by day, she is "Acrophelia, ...

No child in its right mind would run away to join the circus described in Sarah Hammond's Circus Tracks—a circus that "got its heart broke twice," according to Leelio (Megan Ahiers), a sideshow freak ...