Luminarium's glow-in-the-dark juggling lights up the Vancouver International Children’s Festival, May 27 to June 1

All-ages show by Cause & Effect Circus incorporates high-level skills, inventive lighting, and fun sound effects

By emily lyth

Luminarium. Photo by Alex Clarke

Vancouver International Children’s Festival presents Cause & Effect Circus’s Luminarium at the Revue Stage from May 27 to June 1

IF JUGGLING WASN’T impressive enough on its own, imagine the skill it must take to do it in the dark.

Vancouver-based company Cause & Effect Circus, which focuses on contemporary juggling techniques and theatrical storytelling, is sending up the entertainment form with a new show called Luminarium. Commissioned by the Vancouver International Children’s Festival, it’ll have its world premiere at the fest—and of particular note is the glow-in-the-dark juggling that’ll be incorporated, with three performers tossing luminescent clubs into the air (check it out in the trailer below). Despite the obvious coordination required to perform the act, they make it look effortless.

Cause & Effect Circus was founded in 2013 by artists Chris Murdoch and Yuki Ueda, who will star in Luminarium alongside Ryan Mellors. The company has toured everywhere from the Tini Tinou International Circus Festival in Cambodia to Formula One’s Singapore Grand Prix.

In Luminarium, the trio employs inventive lighting tricks and a variety of objects to craft a multisensory adventure for audiences of all ages. Expect illusions, high-level circus skills, and fun sound effects bringing it all together.

Catch the show, which is nearly sold out, on Granville Island at the Revue Stage from May 27 to June 1. There’s much more on offer at the fest, too, including I Wish I Was a Mountain’s jazz-infused slam poetry and a flurry of folded paper in Club Origami. 

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