Revoir les Étoiles/ To See the Stars Again is a major new creation from Circa, Australia’s leading contemporary circus company. Directed by Yaron Lifschitz and performed by twelve ensemble acrobats with a four-piece live band, the creation is staged on a vast field of hundreds of lightbulbs; a landscape that becomes both constellation and terrain.
The title is drawn from the final line of Dante’s Inferno: after traversing the darkest depths, the poet emerges to glimpse the stars once more. Here, that moment of re-emergence becomes circus: fragile, luminous, and searching. Bodies climb, tumble, and soar through ropes, poles, and aerial apparatus against the glowing expanse. Brecht wrote: “In dark times, will there also be singing? Yes, there will be singing about the dark times.” Circa rewrites Brecht with a hard-won ending. In this creation, there is not only singing about the dark-but singing toward the light.
ABOUT
World premiere Nuits de Fourvière Lyon, 2026
Performers 16
Duration 75-minute (no interval)
Reviews
“dazzling and generous” - COUP D’OEIL
“Songs become movement, and live music accompanies, carries, and amplifies the images unfolding before our eyes.” - COUP D’OEIL
“…Circa hypnotized the public.” - FRANCEINFO
“Punctuated by numerous acrobatic feats, this show… is most convincing for its astonishing moments of poetry.” - Télérama
“The Circa acrobats reach for the stars” - LE FIGARO
“Between live music, acrobatic feats performed without ostentation, and luminous composition, Circa transforms the amphitheatre into a suspended landscape. A journey that seems to follow, as in Dante, the path from darkness to the stars” – METROPOLITAIN
Acknowledgements
Revoir les Étoiles / To See the Stars Again is co-commissioned by Les Nuits de Fourvière.
Direction and Stage Design Yaron Lifschitz
Composer and Music Director Jethro Woodward
Lighting Designer Govin Ruben
Costume Designer Libby McDonnell
Design Collaborators Yaron Lifschitz, Libby McDonnell, Govin Ruben
International Representation
Antonin Coutouly / Kinetic Tour France
Wolfgang Hoffmann / Aurora Nova Worldwide booking & coordination
Danielle Kellie / Circa Australia & New Zealand
Yaron Lifschitz / Circa New creations & big dreams
Allen Moon / Moon Artists Management USA, Canada, Central & South America
Circa acknowledges the assistance of the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body and the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
Tour Dates
Past Dates
| Date | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 28th - 30th May 2026 | Lyon, France | Nuits de Fourvière |
| 5th - 7th June 2026 | Paris, France | Grand Palais |
| 12th - 13th June 2026 | Montpellier, France | Printemps des Comédiens |