Age Recommendation
Recommended for ages 12+.
Circa
What Will Have Been
Announcement
Due to popular demand, new seats just released for Friday night and Saturday night!
Playhouse, QPAC
13 - 17 Mar 2024
$59 - $69
A transaction fee of $7.20 applies.
Discounts Available
Schools
1 hour 5 minutes
(no interval, subject to change without notice)
What Will Have Been
EXPERIENCE A NEW LEVEL OF CIRCUS MASTERY - AS MOVING AS IT IS THRILLING.
From the creators of Humans 2.0, Peepshow and Wolfgang’s Magic Musical Circus, one of the world’s leading performance companies Circa is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a special hometown premiere of their international hit What Will Have Been.
Fresh from a sold-out three-month tour of France and a smash hit season in Avignon Festival, What Will Have Been is the most challenging show in Circa’s repertoire for their performers.
Three acrobats and one violinist perform live on a bare stage, drawing audiences into an astoundingly rich world of pure muscularity and strength, and serenaded with the haunting melodies of Bach and Vivaldi mixed with a contemporary playlist. Where beauty meets ferocity, expect to leave this performance feeling breathless.
Directed and sound designed by Yaron Lifschitz with violin performed by Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s Rebecca Seymor, it features two of Circa’s most experienced ensemble members Daniel O’Brien and Kimberly Rossi with recent recruit, the indomitable Zac Stephens.
Described as “a work of immense power” (★★★★★ The Public Reviews) and "utterly captivating” (Daily Review), don’t miss this strictly limited season.
“The mighty Circa.” (Lyn Gardner, The Guardian)
Circa Contemporary Circus is one of the world’s leading performance companies. Since 2004, from its base in Brisbane, Circa has toured the world – performing in more than 40 countries to over 1.5 million people. Circa’s works have been greeted with standing ovations, rave reviews and sold-out houses across six continents.
A work of immense power ... masterly re-defining.
- The Public Reviews, UK
Circa is spare of costume, prop and space. Rather, it focuses on circus as an essential human art, exploring the physical and emotional possibilities of acrobatic physicality.
- The Edge, USA
... an evocative narrative of physical and emotional resonance.
- Arts and Ideas, USA
... as breathtaking as ever ... you could have heard a pin drop.
- Norwich Evening News, UK
What Will Have Been is circus at its purist and most thrilling ... utterly captivating.
- Daily Review, AUS
Together, the artists of Circa make brutality and delicacy coexist.
- L'OEIL D'OLIVIER
It is an immersion in beauty, a moment of pure acrobatic grace.
- Le Journal Du Spectacle Vivant
... A marvel of circus.
- Critical Zone
Important Information
Accessibility at QPAC
For wheelchair users, Companion Card holders or those requiring assistance, dedicated seating options are available, and bookings can be made through our Call Centre by calling 136 246. You can also find information on access and accessibility .
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Presented by QPAC and Circa
A Norfolk and Norwich Festival commission.
Circa acknowledges the assistance of the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
Circa is based in Meanjin (Brisbane) on the lands of the Jagera and Turrbal people. We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the many lands on which we create and perform. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Always was. Always will be.
Cast and Creatives
Yaron Lifschitz and the Circa Ensemble
Created by
Yaron Lifschitz
Director
Jason Organ
Technical Director and Co-Lighting Designer
Richard Clarke
Co-Lighting Designer
Libby McDonnell
Costume Design
Rebecca Seymour (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)
Violinist
