SQUARING THE WHEEL

...how to complicate simple things....



Audiences are in for a treat when quirkologist Jens Altheimer arrives with his kooky contraptions in tow. His cleverly crafted, award-winning show Squaring the Wheel wows children aged 5+ and appeals to every adult’s child within.
Squaring the Wheel combines circus, clowning, strange mechanisms and contraptions, puppetry, magic and music into an unusual thingamabobbish theatre extravaganza. Household items will never seem the same again as Squaring the Wheel demonstrates new and fun uses for everyday objects! Unpredictable, funny, touching, highly visual and occasionally out of control, it is a clever theatre adventure for the whole family in thinking out of the box.
Squaring the Wheel invites audiences to stay after the performance for an interactive demonstration of how the machines work. It’s a great time to be inspired to make something of your own or with your friends when you get home.


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Unreservedly the best kids show and/or education show I have ever been to. SCARED WEIRD LITTLE GUYS meets CIRCUS meets ILLUSIONIST meets SCIENTIST. Funny, enthralling, engaging for children and adults alike…I know my children will not forget their experience or the understandings gained. Exceptional! Thank you so much.
Sanawaka Nyree Inoke, Ipswich



award





Squaring the Wheel was the 2013 winner of the Adelaide Fringe Award


"Best Production for Children".


Yes !!!



touring



By mid 2016, Squaring the Wheel has had about 310 public performances, including seasons at the Sydney Festival 2014, Capital E National Arts Festival in Wellington 2015, Nelson Arts Festival 2015, Tauranga International Arts Festival, Wairarapa Arts Festival, ZigueZague International Arts Festival in La Valetta, Malta, La Mama Melbourne, Artscentre Adelaide, Ipswich Art Gallery

........and lots of extensive touring throughout Victoria, Queensland and WA.



tech



Squaring the Wheel can be toured with a post-show demonstration, "How do Contraptions works", an entertaining and interactive introduction into some physics behind the kinetic world.


"Felix gave you 1000 out of 10. He's really into kinetic sculptures & mechanical things
so he was in heaven. Beautiful show. We'll spread the word."
Astro Pillo, Adelaide





Jens ALTHEIMER