Presented by A Good Catch & Cluster Arts

Winner: Total Theatre & Jacksons Lane Award for Best Circus – Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Winner: Best Circus Adelaide Fringe 2019
Winner: Best Circus Melbourne Fringe 2018

“the least showy and most breathtaking” ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
The 730 Review

“a unique piece of artistic work” ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Sam About Town

“a multi-faceted gem of a spectacle” ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ½
Edinburgh Festivals Magazine

After an award-winning season at Edinburgh Fringe Casting Off is coming to Uppsala for one night only. An all women, cross-generational show that challenges the conventions of circus andsubverts expectations.

Casting off stereotypes, three generations of dynamic women tumble, talk, fly, and balance precariously; where the personal is political, the furious is funny, and the acrobatics are downright dangerous. A disarming, hilarious show about living on the edge and talking about it.

Self-directed, hand-knitted, and honouring the life events that get in the way of work, Casting Off isa theatrical circus experience that celebrates thoughtful, strong, and resilient individuals. A joyous accumulation of moments that shine a light on women relating to each other in playful, fruitful relationships. Flipping, climbing and flying to a soundscape ofthe many disparate texts (lists, poems, conversations, melodies, arguments and biographies) that embody each day. Casting Off is nonnarrative circus with words that’s easier done than said.

Melbourne based company A Good Catch formed in 2017 with the aim to experiment with circus. They seek to nurture their own creative voice with a feminist tone and a pro-active attitude, re-inventing the collective approach to devised performance. The three extraordinary women at theheart of Casting Off are; Debra Batton (60), Sharon Gruenert (42) and Spenser Inwood (30).

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Reviews

★★★★★
Sam About Town - Jane Durbridge – Mar 13 2019
“This is a unique piece of artistic work and well worth the dive into something you’ve never seen before.”

★★★★★
The 730 Review - Emily Campion – Aug 9 2018
“This is the least showy and most breath - taking.”

★★★★½
Edinburgh Festivals Magazine - Morgan Laing – Aug 2018
“Casting Off has just about everything you could hope for. It is laugh-out-loud funny. It is motivational. It is intelligent. And, with mind-blowing trapeze stunts, it is testament to what the human body can do.”

★★★★½
Weekend Notes - Tema – March 2018
“the true meaning of what it's like to be fierce, formidable, and feisty as heck.”

★★★★
Fest Mag - Donal Hutera – Aug 2018
“an unpretentious and thoroughly engaging serving of intergenerational feminist circus that’s deservedly shortlisted for a Total Theatre Award”