From September 4–25, Brisbane Festival will present The Spiegeltent in King George Square. The 9.00 Show will see a series of provocative and dangerously contemporary physical performances for the world premiere of Cantina by Strut & Fret Production House. The inhabitants of Cantina find refuge in this late night world of sex, sweat and tequila. In the seediest of drinking holes, torn between the past, present and future, Cantina explores the rapture and torture of desire, and the tension between harsh reality and escapist fantasy. The Spiegeltent’s mirrored round will be transformed for Cantina with a tightrope strung across an open fire and people sleeping on a bed of forks. As the performance unfolds the line between passion and violence is never quite clear. For more details and ticket bookings, visit Brisbane Festival online.
