Review: DIRTY TATTOOED CIRCUS BASTARDS

Many modern circus shows verge on egotistical with moody gazes and sultry stares. DIRTY TATTOOED CIRCUS BASTARDS is anything but conceited. It’s not even particularly clear whether Martin Mor and Logy Logan are circus trained. What results, however, is a highly enjoyable piss take with naturalistic banter, audience engagement, and denim shorts that are somehow both too tight and too loose at the same time.

Catering to an Australian crowd, beer, Bunnings and butts all make an appearance with laughs and averted gazes from the audience. Their repartee comes thick and fast, and there’s barely a moment that one or both of them aren’t in riots of laughter.

There isn’t a lot of technical work in this show, and nothing new in the circus world, save for the shattering finale. It is, however, a very enjoyable hour filled with laughs. These two clearly don’t take themselves too seriously which is refreshing for the genre.