Dixon Place co-presents the return of the acclaimed Atlas Circus Company with their newest full-length piece, LUCKY. Atlas Circus Company infuses the classic American circus art form with meaningful narrative, creating an ultimately hilarious and heartwarming theatrical experience. Told through acrobatic slapstick and inventive circus skills, LUCKY is the story of a man who can’t stop – literally – falling on his face. As this one hapless young man attempts to navigate the physical pitfalls of the hustle and bustle of city life, LUCKY must also attempt to find his way through the metaphorical challenges of discovering who he is and what he is meant to do. LUCKY will play six performances only – August 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 15th, and 16th at 7:30 PM – at Dixon Place (161A Chrystie Street).

For tickets and further information please visit www.dixonplace.org/performances/lucky/ or call 866-811-4111.

A man, asleep and blindfolded, is standing atop the shoulders of another man. He slowly begins to slump and the awake man cannot hold him any longer. The sleeping man careens toward the ground and miraculously stays asleep. Atlas Circus Company, a company that blends acrobatics, magic, dance and theatre, makes being hopelessly unlucky look good. Their delightfully interactive, slapstick-heavy new show Lucky, now at Dixon Place, is complete with zany antics and broad physical comedy and is perfect for kids and adults alike. Keeping with the grand clowning tradition of pratfalls, magic tricks, juggling and more, Lucky follows a hapless recent transplant to the Big Apple (the marvelous Henry Evans) as he tries to survive in the big city. Ironically, he is unlucky in everything; he can’t hold down a job for the life of him, and the woman (Avery Deutsch) from the cubicle next door he keeps a flirtation with continually eludes him. From picking up trash in the park, to working at a soulless office, to waitering at a restaurant, he literally keeps getting knocked down by his boss (Russell Norris). And, in the aforementioned sleeping sequence, a burglar (the Puckish Leo Abel) hilariously k …Read more