Review: BLIZZARD, a winter wonderland of contemporary circus at Southbank Centre

Blizzard by FLIP Fabrique at the Southbank Centre is a contemporary circus production which captures both the harshness and wonder of winter through a fusion of acrobatics, clowning, live music and physical theatre. Created by the Québec based company renowned for high level circus technique, Blizzard opens in a strikingly dark environment. Against sparse staging consisting of a piano, aerial cradle and trampo wall, distorted music hums beneath low atmospheric lighting that fractures into sharp golden isosceles shapes from above. Dry ice rolls across the stage as weather reports warning of freezing temperatures echo amongst the sounds of gale force winds. It immediately establishes an environment that feels hostile, isolated and stark.

_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Review-BLIZZARD-Southbank-Centre-20260528)._