Innovative documentary circus 

With SCUSE, Canadian filmmaker Frédérique Cournoyer Lessard brings a new form of circus to the Netherlands: ‘cirque documentary’ – documentary circus. 

In this highly original performance, Frédérique presents six autobiographical scenes. Personal stories, interviews, archive photos, and film clips are combined with innovative acrobatics in a high aerial ring. 

Frédérique takes the audience back to fragments from his childhood and shows how they shaped his ideas about femininity and sexuality. This raises questions about the consequences of a binary upbringing that subtly but consistently distinguishes between boys and girls.

SCUSE demonstrates that contemporary circus can be not only spectacular but also impressively tell a story about current social issues. The performance moves the audience, leaves no one unmoved, and resonates long afterward. 

SCUSE is the winner of the Prix du CALQ (Québec) for best circus work 2025.

Scuse will be played in English in Rotterdam.

Combi tickets: a complete Friday night out

Maak er een compleet vrijdagavondje uit van in Maaspodium met een speciaal combiticket. Combineer Scuse met de circvusvoorstelling FOOD en beleef twee voorstellingen op één avond. FOOD, is een verontrustend lekkere circuservaring die blijft hangen, lang nadat het laatste hapje genomen is.

Program – Friday, May 1 (Maaspodium)
19.00 – 19.55 uur: FOOD
20.30 – 21.35 uur: Scuse

👉 Klik hieronder om een combiticket aan te schaffen.
(€20 – New Generation / € 30 – Standaard)