Moscow Circus performers stranded at Yatala for 10 months amid COVID-19
One of the most famous circus troupes in the world has been marooned in southeast Queensland since the lockdown.
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The longest break of trapeze artist Tahlia Weber’s circus career was spent locked down at an industrial block in southeast Queensland, unable to perform or properly train.
The seventh-generation circus performer was one of the 50-strong Great Moscow Circus troupe who were forced into a 10-month hiatus, abandoning their 2020 tour to live at an industrial block at Yatala on the Gold Coast due to coronavirus restrictions.
Weber said she was one of the lucky ones. Others such as Ukrainian Gosha Mykhilenko were left away from their families and unable to perform.
Now after 10 months — and a scramble of all-day rehearsals — the Great Moscow Circus has returned, running from February 11-21 at Capalaba in the Redlands, behind the Capalaba Tavern on Old Cleveland Rd.
“We had about three days of rehearsals,” Weber said.
“It was a really hectic time … it’s a real privilege to be able to perform again.”
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