PRIMAL

A Provocative Circus Inspired by the Animal Kingdom!

COMING SOON to THE FORGE

★★★★★ "Primal isn’t just a show; it’s an all-out, high-energy fever dream that’ll stick with you long after you leave." - The List

Primal is an invitation to question how we see bodies, gender, and desire — and to celebrate both our differences and the threads that connect us.

Created by the team behind Rouge, this electrifying production celebrates the weird, the wonderful, and the fabulously flawed — finding beauty in both our differences and what connects us.

With breathtaking acrobatics and aerials, sultry cabaret, laugh-out-loud moments, and a live soundtrack led by the voice of the incomparable Leather Lungs - a soaring force that has audiences raving long after the final note - this is circus that flips expectations with strength, vulnerability, and unapologetic joy.

Primal questions what would it look like to truly celebrate the human body — in all its strength, strangeness, and beauty, in a way that is by turns hilarious, provocative, awe inspiring and deeply human.

Best Overall Circus & Physical Theatre Show Winner, Adelaide Fringe Festival, 2026

“The sexiest circus cabaret performance of the year” – The Advertiser 2025

Thanks so much to the following organisations for supporting Primal in its earliest developments and preview seasons: CircArts Geelong, Nexus, Flying Fruit Fly Circus, Lighthouse Theatre, Portland Arts Centre, the Adelaide Fringe Fund and Arts Unlimited,