Party Ghost

Animal-42

“If Edward Scissorhands were a circus show, it would be Party Ghost. Playful, provocative, camp and macabre – an outstanding production from a boldly original new company.”
Richard Watts,
3RRR/ArtsHub

Animal-33

“A cacophony of dismembered limbs, ghosts that range from the ludicrous to the downright disturbing, this show is next level messed up and twice as amusing. It’s great to see performers having a play with form and character, especially when they are as talented as these two.”

Nadia Jade, Fringefeed

Animal-62

“This is an experiment in circus that thoroughly works.”
Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Out In Perth

Animal-62

Green Room Award Winner Best Circus Production 2020

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Do we celebrate our “deathday” in the afterlife as we do our birthday in the land of the living?
‘Party Ghost’ is a ghoulish exploration of the postmortem mystery through a comedic pop-cultural lens. Part circus and part seance, this show is made from the limbs of drag queens, the blood of acrobats and the tears of misunderstood clowns.

Featuring macabre circus darlings Jarred Dewey (Circa, Circus Oz) and Olivia Porter (Circus Oz, La Soirée), the show centres around a twisted narrative of perpetual birthday purgatory and ghostly identity crisis. As sidesplittingly hilarious and downright weird as it is physically astonishing, this show sees two of Australia’s most sought after company acrobats behind the wheel of their own show for the first time. Stylistically different from anything else out there, fans of high-level circus and dark comedy will find ‘Party Ghost’ refreshing, jaw-dropping, and
hauntingly hilarious.

Green Room Award Winner

Best Circus Production 2020

Credits

  • Jarred Dewey – Co-creator, performer
  • Olivia Porter – Co-creator, performer
  • Nicci Wilks – Co-creator, Director

Seasons

  • Melbourne International Comedy Festival
  • Perth Fringe World Festival
  • Adelaide Fringe Festival 2023
  • Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023
  • Sweden 2023
  • Darwin Festival 2024
  • Townsville 2024
  • Sydney 2024