About the performance

With DETOUR, Bert & Fred want to return to their roots and love of street theater. It will be a circus theater performance that is closely intertwined with their lifestyle and suitable for the public space.

While the previous performance ‘8 years, 5 months, 4 weeks, 2 days’ mainly highlighted the relational side of the artist duo, DETOUR focuses on their lifestyle. The principles of the nomadic existence of circus artists will form the basis of the new performance. But there is no doubt that the specific relational interaction of such a traveler’s life will not be lacking.

With the arrival of Lieto as the third member of the circus family, that family bond has grown stronger. DETOUR shows in a way life as it is or a look behind the scenes. The line between performance and real life blurs. The spectator looks inside the life of the circus performer. In DETOUR, Bert & Fred start from a personal aesthetic: travelling together, living together, playing together, and all this together with their little son.