When a professional tightrope walker is forced to compete against an amateur aerialist to be the circus’s new star highwire performer, will her bells and whistles and tricks of the trade win out over her rival’s no-frills, natural talent?
Synopsis: As the circus Ringmaster is announcing that the Maestro, Czar of the highwire, is passing the balance bar to his protégé, Katia, as his successor, an unexpected amateur tightrope walker, Ariel Flyer, bursts into the big top and challenges Katia to compete for the right to be the new star of the show.
Credits:
Co-written and produced by Charlie Heath Shaw and Camille Thomson
Sound engineered by Camille Thomson
Cast
Eliane Morel as Katia Kisonichki
Grace Stamnas Ariel Flyer
Stefo Nantsoau as the Maestro
Louis Henbest as the Ringmaster
Music
Opening music -
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus Band - Full Album - Original LP (From YouTube)
Katia's music -
Russian Circus Music (Found on YouTube, no credits)
Ariel's music -
The Second Waltz | Shostakovich | Classic Music | Accordion Cover - played by Kai Zhong (YouTube)
CHARACTERS
THE RINGMASTER: Male, 50s, circus ringmaster, booming voice
THE MAESTRO: Male, 70s, Czar of the highwire and former star circus performer; he is retiring and has trained Katia as his replacement. He is a Russian gypsy with a thick accent
KATIA KISONICHKI: Female, 30s, tightrope walker and aerialist, the Maestro’s protégé, Russian accent
ARIEL FLYER: Female, late teens/early 20s, tightrope walker and aerialist, Australian, youthful and exuberant
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