Monday 29 August 2011

The Happiest Show On Earth

Can you buy happiness? Dr Smith says you can! Using the bluff and bluster of outrageously tacky salesmanship, orchestrated by a raft of smoke and mirror tricks, three intrepid performers of the medicine show tradition entice their young audience into buying into their bizarre claims regarding the happiness elixir.

Full of comedy, spectacle, circus, magic and music, “The Happiest Show on Earth” provides an entertaining "take" of the world of the "hard sell" using the traditions of ye old time medicine show. This is a perfect show for the 4 year old who wants everything.

In The Happiest Show on Earth, Dorrie will perform her new ventriloquist act for the first time. But first, Dr Smith has his Little Blue Bottle of Magic and he's here to show you what amazing things it can do.

We are treated to the skills and bravery of the acrobatic flea circus, the fearless accuracy of Dr Smith's sharp shooting act and the miraculous head-twisting manoeuvres of his brother, Zac. With the aid of the Happ-o-meter, Dr Smith shows us that his Little Bottle of Magic can even offer us the gift of good health and happiness

“The Happiest Show on Earth” is presented by the Patch Theatre Co. and will be performed at the Civic Theatre, Hunter Street, Newcastle, NSW Australia, on Wednesday 14 September at 6pm, Thursday 15 September at 10am & 12.30pm, and Friday 16 September 10am & 12.30pm. The show goes fore 50 minutes and has no interval

Tickets can be purchased at Civic Ticketek on (02) 4929 1977 or at http://www.civicprecinctnewcastle.com.au/ The cost: for Adult/Junior $25..

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