Temal Productions is proud to present Chokepoint, the latest creation by Cambodian company Phare Circus, born in 2024. Ten circus artists join forces to create a hard-hitting, engaging show that boldly tackles a global scourge: plastic pollution.
In Cambodia, where plastic waste invades streets, rivers and rice paddies, Chokepoint transforms ecological urgency into acrobatic poetry. Juggling, Chinese masts, aerial hoops, acrobatics: circus disciplines become language to denounce a material that is both fascinating and destructive.
The artists perform in bright, oppressive recycled plastic costumes, embodying the seduction and alienation caused by this omnipresent material. As the show progresses, the scenography evolves towards a suffocated world, where bodies twist and deform, trapped in their own dependency.
Combining humor, physical power and poetry, Chokepoint asks the question: how far will we go before we reach the point of no return? It's a committed work that prompts us to think - and act.
A new circus, committed and necessary, to be discovered without delay.