AKE DIKHEA? • Missy Macabre –International Circus Sideshow · Performance & Talk
Performance by Missy Macabre
25.10.2024 ● 22:00 ● Grüner Salon
︎︎︎ Tickets 10€/5€ reduced
AKE DIKHEA? has a special show lined up for Friday night - Rebecca aka Missy Macabre will be performing a sample of her fakir circus art! Rebecca will perform a selection of dangerous and traditional fairground stunts such as the bed of nails and walking on broken glass. She will push the boundaries of the physical and guide the audience through her family’s history of Romani performers and boxers in British circuses and fairgrounds, exploring an often-overlooked narrative of Romani involvement in nomadic entertainment, fairgrounds and circuses that have had a profound influence on popular culture today.
There will be a Q&A after the show.
Rebecca has mixed English, Romani, and Showman heritage – her family previously were renowned circus proprietors, fairground boxers, and Showmen. Rebecca has been performing in variety shows and circuses professionally since 2006, she is one of the few international performers of dangerous stunts historically found in fairgrounds such as fire eating, bed of nails, and bathing in a bath of broken glass.
There will be a Q&A after the show.
Rebecca has mixed English, Romani, and Showman heritage – her family previously were renowned circus proprietors, fairground boxers, and Showmen. Rebecca has been performing in variety shows and circuses professionally since 2006, she is one of the few international performers of dangerous stunts historically found in fairgrounds such as fire eating, bed of nails, and bathing in a bath of broken glass.
This year's patron, Minister of Culture Claudia Roth, will open the festival with a video message. This is followed by greetings from the Artistic Director Hamze Bytyçi, Co-Curator Lisa Smith and as well as the director of the European Film Academy (EFA) Matthijs Wouter Knol.
After the screening, the film director Ádám Császi and the main protagonist Kristóf Horváth will be available for a talk with the audience.
Afterwards, we cordially invite the participating festival guests to exchange ideas, eat, drink and celebrate: because the evening will continue in the Grüner Salon with a Meet & Greet with the European Film Academy and an opening party with reception!