Ten Thousand Hours

The world’s second leading contemporary circus company also hails from Australia and has appeared at the festival on several occasions: Gravity & Other Myths, or GOM for short, embodies its motto in its name and, with every new production, comes a step closer to realising the dream of defying gravity. “Ten Thousand Hours” playfully reminds the audience that behind breathtaking acrobatics lies not magic, but countless hours of hard work. The show is a tongue-in-cheek and perfectly choreographed ode to the long road to precision, offering inspiring insights into those ten thousand hours between rehearsal and perfection, until stumbling and wavering lead to success.

We are offering a “Down Under Special” for this event: if you purchase one ticket each for the “Eternity” and “Ten Thousand Hours” events, you will receive a 10% discount on the total price of both tickets. Please note that this discount cannot be combined with other offers.

Director: Lachlan Binns
Associate Director: Darcy Grant
Set & Lighting Designer: Chris Petredis
Assistant Designer: Max Mackenzie
Composer: Nick Martyn, Shenzo Gregorio
Costume Designer: Olivia Zanchetta
Production Manager: Martin Schreiber
Creative Producer: Jascha Boyce
Ensemble: Jacob Randell, Alyssa Moore, Kevin Beverley, Lachlan Harper, Annalise Moore, Andre Augustus, Axl Osborne, Shani Stephens

Gravity & Other Myths is supported as an organization by Arts South Australia.
Ten Thousand Hours has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.
Commissioned by Chamäleon Berlin, La Strada, Graz and Gluttony, Adelaide.
The Ten Thousand Hours creative development was supported by the Adelaide Festival Centre.