

“Everybody loves a good high-energy juggler, hand-to-hand traditional acrobatics and aerial acts. The safeguard of the machine is Lucy Darling, who pops out to fix it.”Īmid this storyline, you’ll be dazzled by classic and cutting-edge circus acts. The Guardian of Time usually turns a key to start the Christmas season, “but he’s a little too sad this year. “During the pandemic, we felt isolated from each other, so we wanted to tell a story about what happens when it doesn’t feel like Christmas,” Hendrix said. The fabulous Darling character uses her glitz, glamour and holiday spirit to lead audiences on a magical time-travel narrative that she invented during the pandemic. That old Hollywood aesthetic is slowly going out of our culture and I’m obsessed with it.” “I created it based on my inspiration from old-time movies, so Mae West, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eartha Kitt - people like that I thought were really fabulous. “The character is a magical character I’ve been performing for about five years,” performer Carisa Hendrix told WTOP. Now, performer Carisa Hendrix brings the Darling character to “A Magical Cirque Christmas,” at National Theatre from Dec. Legendary magician David Copperfield called Lucy Darling “a true original - hilarious and delightful. WTOP's Jason Fraley previews 'A Magical Cirque Christmas' at National Theatre (Part 1) Business & Finance Click to expand menu.
