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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Anyone who has seen Circus Contraption's weird brand of gothic acrobatics over the past 10 years has suspected they could use some professional help. And now they finally have some. From a recent tour ...

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 ...

"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, ...

A Mexican trapeze artist has had to be rushed to hospital after falling from a circus contraption known as the Pendulum of Death. Video captured by audience members at the Jumbo Circus show in ...

I have to admit, those white-faced circus freaks were always a little scary. Word among the carnies was that the troupe at Circus Contraption was particularly macabre. But the 13-performer, ...

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 ...