Ah, the smell of greasepaint, the gentle squeak of a perfectly round rubber nose, the blast of brass, the thump-ah of a stand-up bass, the roar of a tuba, the disquieting nerve-pluck of a saw making ...

“Are You Smarter Than a Fifth?”: The likes of Keith Richards, Ozzy Osbourne, Rick James and Slash compete against bottles of distilled spirits. Who will get the geography question right, the Oz or the ...

Someone has turned on the lights at Circus Contraption -- at least for a moment. The troupe that is best known for its sinister style of acrobatics (think the Flying Wallendas tumbling into Edvard ...

If you've ever been to the spring Moisture Festival at Hale's Palladium or its naughtier burlesque counterpart at ACT Theatre, then you've seen Circus Contraption in all its glory. This group presents ...

A fantastic and demented evening of entertainment. The production celebrates the company s 10th anniversary, and they ve outdone themselves for the occasion. Perfectly mixing music, traditional circus ...

Via Nancy Guppy from Seattle Channel’s Art Zone: Two of the people that died in the tragic shootings on May 30th were musicians Drew Keriakedes and Joe Albanese who performed with Circus Contraption.

(EXTRAVAGANZA) After the smashing success of their first New York run, the inspired freaks of Circus Contraption—"Seattle's original one-ring circus"—are itching to return, hence this fundraiser, ...

Anyone who has seen Circus Contraption's weird brand of gothic acrobatics over the past 10 years has suspected they could use some professional help. And now they finally have some. From a recent tour ...

I have to admit, those white-faced circus freaks were always a little scary. Word among the carnies was that the troupe at Circus Contraption was particularly macabre. But the 13-performer, ...

No child in its right mind would run away to join the circus described in Sarah Hammond's Circus Tracks—a circus that "got its heart broke twice," according to Leelio (Megan Ahiers), a sideshow freak ...