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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Jim Kellar

Limbo hits the sweet spot with bravado, smiles and fire

The cast of Limbo The Return now playing in the Spiegeltent in Civic Park. Picture by Peter Lorimer

If they were serving Limbo juice at the bar at Limbo The Return, it would have been sold out on the first night. Everybody would want a taste of the sweet and nasty sauce that makes people dance to funky beats, eat fire and perform aerial stunts with ease.

The Limbo show that opened Wednesday night in Civic Park has a strongly original feel about it, steeped in burlesque and circus dust, yes, but driven by an original sound that alters the tempo, and drives a touch more intimacy between actors and audience.

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