Australia’s National Youth Circus, The Flying Fruit Fly Circus has announced the return of their annual Borderville Summer Festival, launching a thrilling 2024 program.
Taking place across three consecutive weekends from 3 – 20 December, the Borderville Summer Festival will celebrate ten years since their inception with this years program bringing vibrant circus and cabaret to the border towns of Albury/Wodonga.
Borderville Summer Festival
- When: Tuesday 3 – Friday 20 December
- Where: Multiple locations across Albury-Wodonga
Borderville Summer Festival Program
Swing Style
- Tuesday 3 December
- Borderville Theatre
Synthotronica’s School Disco
- Thursday 5 December
- Borderville Theatre
FLOP
- Friday 6-7 December
- Borderville Theatre
Circus Arts Showcase
- Saturday 7 December
- Borderville Theatre
Mirrored
- Thursday 12 – Saturday 14 December
- Gateway Village Amphitheatre
Live & Famous
- Monday 16 – Friday 20 December
- Borderville Theatre
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Presented by Australia’s National Youth Circus, Fruit Fly Circus, who are based in Albury/Wodonga and beloved around the world, Borderville Summer Festival is a culmination of the shows and skills developed by students and alumni across the year.
This years program brings together circus and cabaret across award-winning touring shows and debuts.
Mirrored
At the heart of the festivities is a major new outdoor work Mirrored featuring more than 60 young acrobats created and directed by the Borderville Theatre Company-in Residence Casus Creations. This award-winning company was co-founded by Flying Fruit Fly Circus alumni Jesse Scott and Lachlan McAulay, alongside Natano Fa’anana. Mirrored is a spectacular free event in Wodonga’s Gateway Island Amphitheatre inspired by the mesmerising symmetry of MC Escher’s art. It plays with mirrored images and visual trickery, offering striking visuals that will captivate your imagination.
Live & Famous
Live & Famous is the 2024 Grad Show. Direct from a season in The Famous Spiegeltent at Carriageworks in Sydney, this magical cabaret cocktail is great entertainment for all the family. Packed full of tricks, flips and fun, marvel at mesmerising aerial acts and dare devil acrobatics. Experience the 2024 graduates of the world famous Flying Fruit Fly Circus before they fly the coop!
FLOP
FLOP is written and performed by 2023 Fruit Fly Graduate Arthur Hull. Since graduating, Arthur made it all the way to Adam Lambert’s Top 3 on The Voice Australia, and won the two main awards at the Australian National Busking Championships. This is his solo debut – a funny, engaging love letter to musical theatre failures. On its premiere at the Melbourne Fringe Festival in October, FLOP received glowing reviews and a Judge’s Pick.
Synthotronica’s School Disco
Synthotronica’s School Disco is a funky all ages evening of irresistibly danceable fat beats and fatter synths to live baritone sax and percussion by the alter ego of circus composer extraordinaire Ania Reynolds. Guaranteed to get everyone moving and grooving.
Swing Style
Elsewhere in Borderville our Night Flies ensemble will turn the Borderville Theatre into their very own Jazz & Blues club for one night only of Swing Style, and the extraordinary energy of the public program’s and our Circus Arts kids will fill the training floor at Fruities HQ over four special shows.
The Borderville Summer Festival is set to be a spectacular showcase of circus disciplines with death-defying tricks and jaw-dropping skills.
The full Borderville Summer Festival program can be found here.
