Machine de Cirque Show

The “Machine de Cirque Show” was launched in 2016, and had great success at once, with enthusiasm from both audiences and critics, and not just in the Canadian circus world. It has been performed over 600 times in the United States, Japan, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Romania, USA, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Sweden, Spain and Canada.

The play imagines that only five men on Earth have survived the apocalypse and struggle to save themselves and find other survivors. They are helped in this difficult task by an incredible machine... However, they are particularly prone to getting into dangerous situations and dreaming up disturbing solutions. In the course of their adventures they appear bizarre, nostalgic, very comical: they amaze the public by handling in an unusual and skilful way various props such as the bascule, juggling clubs, a drum kit and even towels... and by showing how it is possible to be in the world without other people or computers around!

MACHINE DE CIRQUE SHOW

A Machine de Cirque production
Director, co-writer and original idea: Vincent Dubé
Co-writers, co-directors:
Yohann Trépanier, Raphaël Dubé, Maxim Laurin, Ugo Dario, Frédéric Lebrasseur
Music: Frédéric Lebrasseur
Circus Artists: Raphaël Dubé, Guillaume Larouche, Thibault Macé, Elias Larsson
Musician: Frederic Lebrasseur
Artistic advisors : Patrick Ouellet, Harold Rhéaume. Martin Genest
Scenography advisors: Josée Bergeron-Proulx and Julie Lévesque, Amélie Trépanier
Costume Designer : Sébastien Dionne
Lighting Designer : Bruno Matte
Sound Design : René Talbot
Mechanical Engineer : David St-Onge
Technical Direction: Patrice Guertin
A special thanks to Machine de Cirque’s board members for their constant involvement which
made the creation of this show possible.
With the support of Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) / Entente de développement
culturel intervenue entre le ministère de la Culture et des Communications et la Ville de Québec