"The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless"
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
THE STEAMPUNK CIRCUS
'Steampunk' is often described as a subgenre of Science Fiction that incorporates aesthetic designs inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery and splices them with futuristic technology.
The Steampunk Circus, as its name suggests, is an alternative circus show that embraces the steampunk culture - mixing Victorian turn of the century sideshow and freak show acts such as sword swallowing , contortion, knife throwing, fire eating, the ladder of swords, and much more with popular steampunk fashion, culture, style, and art.
The Steampunk Circus takes inspiration from many different art forms; from the works of writers H. G. Wells, Scott Westerfeld and Jules Verne to films such as The Fabulous World of Baron Munchausen, The Wild Wild West, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Steamboy to name a few.
The live stage show has a range of creative 'inventions' adapted from modern day objects that have been custom made in a pseudo-Victorian mechanical steampunk style such as the 'Transsphenoidal Drill’ and the 'Steam Powered Chainsaw'.