Foto: Mats Bäcker

Wear It Like A Crown

Chaos and order are explored and risks are transformed into opportunities. A performance about choosing to proudly carry our failures, fears and shortcomings as a crown. Premiere 2010.

  • On a revolving stage, the circus performers move through a world of illusions, shadow play, knife throwing, acrobatics, juggling and drama.

    Six odd characters, feeling like they are the loneliest on earth, wrestle with their own dilemmas. Every character has his or her own way of trying to reach the others, through ping pong balls and suction cups, among other things.

    In Wear it like a crown, the director and circus director Tilde Björfors continues to examine the big questions in life in relation to the world of circus. This show has been created in an attempt to understand the chaotic order of the right cerebral hemisphere.

    Wear it like a crown is the final part in Cirkus Cirkör’s trilogy about the body. The first part, 99% unknown, took the audience on a journey inside the body among cells and neurons. Inside out follows the heart, and Wear it like a crown seeks order in the collisions between the left and right cerebral hemispheres.

En cirkusartist poserar med kastknivar
Två artister skjuter pingisbollar från munnarna
En cirkusartist jonglerar med stolar
En vitmålad cirkusartist håller en motorsåg
En cirkusartist jonglerar med motorsågar
En rödklädd akrobat sitter i en röd soffa
En vitklädd kvinna kramar två par skor
En cirkusartist jonglerar med motorsågar
En artist balanserar en boll med ett vinglas på i munnen
En cirkusartist kastar knivar
Två artister skjuter pingisbollar från munnarna
En cirkusartist svingar sig runt en kinesisk påle
En parakrobat balanserar en annan på en hand
En cirkusartist hänger uppåner från en kinesisk påle
En parakrobat kastar en annan i luften
En artist sitter i spagat med ett torn av hattar på huvudet
Ett ansikte projiceras stort på en vägg
En cirkusartist jonglerar med stolar
En artist snurrar en jongleringsring runt en sugpropp på huvudet
En cirkusartist svingar sig runt en kinesisk påle

Ensemble & Crew

Foto: Mats Bäcker

  • Ensemble


    Wizard of Wonder: Henrik Agger
    Miraculous and Supernatural: Louise Bjurholm
    Marvel of the Century: David Eriksson
    Nerves of Steel: Jesper Nikolajeff
    Wild, Weird and Wonderful: Fouzia "Fofo" Rakez
    Mistress of Mayhem: Manda Rydman, Anna Lagerkvist, Shannon Savage

  • Creative Team

    Concept and Direction: Tilde Björfors
    Music and lyrics: Rebekka Karijord
    Stage design: Ensemble and creators
    Costume design: Anna Bonnevier
    Hair and Make up design: Helena Andersson
    Lighting design: Ulf Englund
    Props /décor: Tomas Helsing
    Film and projections: Johan Bååth
    Dramaturgy: Camilla Damkjaer
    Choreography: Molly Saudek and Cilla Roos
    Director’s assistant: Hanna Reinius
    Circus rigging and construction: Ulf Poly Nylin and Anders Freudendahl
    Constructor /Tour planner / Sound technician: Joel Jedströ
    Sound design / lighting technician: Viktor Svälas
    Props / Theatre technician: Patric Martinsson
    Costume assistant: Rebecka Vestergren-Ahlin
    Props assistant: Sara Brobert
    Technical assistants from the University College of Film, Radio, Television: Petter Ekström and Joakim Ekström
    Marketing and PR: Pia Jarlöv and Viktor Wiström
    Photography: Mattias Edwall and Mats Bäcker
    Graphic design, poster and program: Anna Lindqvist
    Tour planning: Fanny Senocq-Ginsburg
    Technical production: Stefan Karlström
    Executive Artistic Producer: Lars Wassrin