What's On

Tender is the queer circus cabaret that will leave you aching for more.

What is it to be Tender? Is it gentle and affectionate or sensitive and aching? Featuring an all-queer cast, Tender probes this question to uncover and explore relationships, power play, desire, and sexuality with flips, aerial tricks, high kicks, hair whips and musical quips.

Strap on in as Tender creates a dynamic play space that bridges the floor and air by merging aerial and ground disciplines along with live, original music to disassemble gender constructs and dismantle binaries.

At the heart of it, Tender is a joyous celebration of queer community, connectedness, vulnerability and, of course, tenderness.

Accompanied by a lush, dark, grinding soundtrack, Tender includes original music by Sydney’s Bicon queen, The Voice finalist and ARIA dance chart climbing Penelope.

Watch as we disassemble gender constructs and dismantle binaries to form kaleidoscopic multitudes.

With a cast made up of entirely local Sydney artists that also includes:

Missy – High flying, genre defying performer with stylistic versatility.
J Twist – Gender distorting whilst body contorting; creator of shapes that you didn’t think were possible with the human body.
Kenn – Movements rooted with the intention of honouring the joy of the feminine & masculine energy that exists within them.
And Boys² Chris Barnett and Mitch Wnek:

Chris – Softening strength into smooth and sensual flows, a creative all-rounder both in the air and out.
Mitch – Sassy and strong, meshing masculine and feminine energy into a performance spanning dance, floor acrobatics and aerial apparatus.
With multiple sell-out shows under their belt – this is one not to be missed.

Presented by Cirque X.