Brain Fools: Balance

Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street, Exeter, EX4 3LS

Tel: 01392 667080

Brain Fools: Balance

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“Balance: Balancing Secrets. Juggling Trust.”

Two performers, two steel beer kegs, and a path of empty glass bottles.

In Balance, Brainfools transforms this vintage confinement into a breathtaking playground. Stripping away traditional circus apparatus, the duo utilises a landscape of "found objects": heavy industrial kegs, a rickety wooden plank, and fragile glass bottles.

Through a seamless fusion of fluid choreography and high-stakes partner acrobatics, they reclaim these items, transforming them from static stock into instruments of connection. What starts as a wary standoff melts into a high-energy game of risk and reliance.

Witness a visual feast of resilience as they toss heavy weights with effortless grace, climb shifting towers, and navigate a nerve-wracking path atop glass bottles. At its heart, Balance is a life-affirming story about how we support each other when the ground feels shaky—proving that even strangers can find equilibrium when the world tips over.

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Brain Fools: Balance (12 July 2026)
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Sunday19:00 - 19:55

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