For the first time since its inception in 1991, Pune-based Rambo Circus went online last week, to encouraging applause from the young and old alike across the world
“I received so many messages saying ‘I miss you’; paintings, cards and phone calls from children across India. I didn’t know so many children knew me. I called my son in Kerala and began to cry,” says Biju Pushkaran, a clown with Rambo Circus. He is overwhelmed by the response to their maiden online show ‘Life in a Circus: Save the Circus’ that was held on September 25.
Last week, in an innovation triggered by the pandemic, Rambo Circus went virtual. A month before this digital show, a fully made-up Biju, complete with a bulbous red nose and wig of golden hair, performed in an empty big top for the first time along with 30 other artistes in a one-hour scripted and directed show.
‘Life is a Circus’,…