Welcome to the third installment of the Quick Fact blog series! These posts are meant to give you a bite-size overview of performances you’ll find in the 2014 Festival season. Each post in the series will include the who, what, when, where, and why. We’ll even throw in some images, videos, and staff recommendations to sweeten the deal. Enjoy!

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WHO

Gravity & Other Myths | A Simple Space

WHAT

Seven Australian acrobats and one live musician perform breathtaking physical feats in the intimate Emmett Robinson Theatre at College of Charleston.

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May 23 at 3:30 & 8:00pm
May 24 at 8:00pm
May 25 at 2:00 & 8:00pm
May 26 at 2:00pm
May 27 at 3:30 & 8:00pm

WHERE

Emmett Robinson Theatre at College of Charleston

WHY

Nouveau circus has been one of the Festival’s best-selling genres in recent years—no doubt because of the astonishment audiences feel when they see what the human body is capable of combined with the transcendent beauty with which these feats are achieved—all cast in a playful atmosphere. What a trifecta! A Simple Space is creative and raw, not relying on equipment or the accoutrements of a circus tent, but physicality and showmanship to create an unforgettable experience.

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Tasha Gandy, Director of Finance

For A Simple Space, the traditional seating arrangement for the Emmett Robinson Theater has been turned on its head.  The Robinson is a small, intimate theater on the College of Charleston campus and normally seats a little over 300.  But that wasn’t intimate enough for the physical wizards of A Simple Space.  They wanted the audience members to be able to reach out and touch the action, so the stage has been arranged to bring about half the seats up on stage with the acrobats.

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Tickets to A Simple Space and all other Festival performances are available online at spoletousa.org, over the phone at 843.579.3100, or through your mobile device.

Photo credits, top to bottom: Steve Ullathorne/Gravity & Other Myths, courtesy of Gravity & Other Myths, Andy Phillipson/www.livewireimage.com.