Circus comedy for kids: Don’t Mess with the Dummies.
MELBOURNE FRINGE FESTIVAL
KIDS
Lions and Tigers and Dummies, OH MY! ★★★★
Don’t Mess With the Dummies, Wonderland Spiegeltent, until September 27
The audience interaction runs strong in this rambunctious rollick through circus acrobatics and slapstick comedy.
The all-female trio from Dummies Corp engages its audience before the show even begins, fleecing fairy floss from a willing few in the audience in a performance-long pursuit of snacks.
Cast members burst onto stage from behind the plastic foliage moments later and don't slow down for the next hour.
It's a camping expedition of few words. In fact, the Dummies seem to use more bananas than words.
There's trapeze, acrobatics, hula hoops, juggling, regular surprises and at one stage a spot of particularly inventive sleeping-bag puppetry.
It's a dizzying display of sweaty enthusiasm that at times looks more hilariously hen's night than high culture.
Fresh back from the Edinburgh Festival, the Dummies' show appeals to all ages and produces belly laughs all round.
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