Slava's Snowshow

Direct from a sold out season on Broadway ,SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW heads downunder and is undoubtedly the highlight of the 2009 Taranaki International Festival of the Arts. SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW will transform the TSB Theatre into a wintry wonderland.

Snowshow is the beauty of a single snowflake as it gently falls and lands on your shoulder. Snowshow is the sound of an adult laughing uncontrollably at nothing in particular. Snowshow is the joy of believing that anything is possible. Snowshow is the sadness of a wave goodbye from a train station platform. Snowshow is the realisation that life really is wonderful.

This lyrically beautiful theatrical experience melds the unbridled hilarity and unexpected poignancy of clowning with awe-inspiring imagery, whimsical music and amusement park thrills. This unforgettable event culminates in a blinding, heart-stopping snowstorm that engulfs the entire audience.

Since the late 1970s, Snowshow creator Slava Polunin has been hailed as Russia’s most famous clown, influenced by the great artists such as Chaplin, Marcel Marceau and Engibarov. His unique blend of imaginative visual theatre and alternative clowning became an overnight sensation in London in 1988, winning the Time Out Award and Olivier Award for ‘Best Entertainment’. Slava also toured the world with Cirque du Soleil’s acclaimed production of Alegria which continues to feature excerpts from Snowshow. During its two year run in New York, the show won the Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience.

Don’t miss the biggest snowstorm to hit Taranaki. This is a strictly limited season with strictly limited seats. Tickets are selling fast. If you are intending to go you must get your ticktets soon or run the risk of missing out.

“An unmistakably unique, unmissable comedy masterpiece…” The Independent

“SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW is to clowns what Cirque du Soleil is to circus” Variety magazine

“This is the single most beautiful thing I have ever seen in a theatre in my life” The New York Times

Created and staged by SLAVA. By arrangement with SLAVA and Gwenael Allen.

Event listed by Lisa McMullan

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