BREMERTON — For an exciting, artistic and thrilling performance, go on down to the Admiral Theatre Oct. 17 and watch a Steampunk-inspired circus show unfold before your very eyes.
Cirque Mechanics Pedal Punk, described on their website as an “acrobatic whirlwind where cycling is the escape from a technology-obsessed society,” will perform twice, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., at the theatre. Tickets are $10, plus a processing fee, for the 2 p.m. show, and $20-$54, plus a processing fee, for the evening performance.
This show reinvents the American circus in timber, steel and ingenuity. It features a cast of 10 performers, utilizing bicycles, trampolines and acrobatics to dazzle audiences.
“We like to keep the shows fresh and have new acts coming through,” said Nate Murphy, public relations director for the Admiral Theatre. “It looks like a pretty fun set up that they have. (I’m) just looking forward to the show.”
Murphy said that last season at the theatre had 19 of its 21 shows sell out, “the greatest number of sellout shows that we had in the Admiral’s 18-year history.” He added that Pedal Punk’s two shows are “on track to do the same.”
The show features a “wacky bike shop mechanic” who interacts with cyclists and bikes, according to the website. The mechanic “repairs more than broken pieces. He creates wondrous machines and inspires the cyclist in all of us to become a Pedal Punk.”
Cirque Mechanic’s founder and creative director, Chris Lashua, has spent most of his career on a BMX bike or inside a German Wheel, which allows acrobats to do gymnastics inside a giant wheel. Lashua founded the circus in 2004 after working with the Circus Center of San Francisco on a show called Birdhouse Factory.
“The synergy between man and machine, the hallmark of Cirque Mechanics, is magnificently exposed in Pedal Punk,” the website states.
So if you’re looking for what the New York Times called an “exceptional, evocative, eye-catching and grossly entertaining” show, go to www.admiraltheatre.org/events/pedalpunk2 to buy your tickets. To learn more about Pedal Punks, and other Cirque Mechanics shows, visit www.cirquemechanics.com.
