MAYBE ITS ONLY US

By Flipside Circus and The Good Room

Images by Creative Futures Photography

GALLERY

Maybe It’s Only Us throws audiences into the aftermath of a failed music festival—where the party is over, a threat is looming, and survival feels uncertain. Intense and anarchic, this collaboration from Flipside Circus and The Good Room transforms the Brisbane Circus Centre into a sprawling circus apparatus. Blurring the line between performance and environment.

Combining daring physicality, promenade staging, and raw honesty, the work channels the lived experiences of young people to capture a generation navigating chaos and searching for connection. Grounded in verbatim stories, it’s Lord of the Flies meets Fyre Festival. Maybe It’s Only Us is part survival story, part fever dream—a visceral journey through collapse and resilience. Urgent, powerful, and unflinchingly alive, it reimagines circus as a space where vulnerability, rebellion, and hope collide.

A person standing on a platform in front of a large container with a red geometric design, with the sky in the background and two lights on tall poles illuminating the scene at dusk or nighttime.
A person wearing a red vest and sunglasses standing with arms crossed near a wall at night, with a dark cloudy sky and lightning in the background.
People watching a circus performance inside a shipping container, which is lit with blue and purple lights, in an outdoor setting at night.
Circus performers practicing balancing act with two performers walking on a tightrope while a group of performers below reaches up, and a musician playing drums on stage.
Two aerialists performing on silks and one on a tightrope, with a live drummer playing in the background, inside a circus tent
A circus performance with aerial performers suspended from the ceiling and a drummer on stage under blue lighting.
Colorful bouquet of pink feathery and elongated floral decorations in a glass vase on green grass with a person in a blue hoodie in the background.
Group of women in orange shirts standing outdoors at night, holding illuminated light sticks in the air, participating in an event or demonstration.
Disassembled bleacher seats with decorations and scattered plastic and foil materials on the floor, in a dark indoor setting.
An elderly man with gray hair speaking into a microphone at an outdoor event during the evening, surrounded by a small group of people and decorative pink feathers.
Aerial silk performers practicing on hanging red fabrics in a dimly lit indoor arena. Musicians playing drums are visible on a stage below.
Circus training or rehearsal scene with children practicing acrobatics, some balancing on tightropes, below a group of kids reaching upward, and a musician playing drums on stage.
Two performers are hanging from wires on an indoor stage, with a large digital screen displaying fiery abstract visuals behind them.
Group of women participating in a dance or cheerleading stunt, holding up a young girl in a pink shirt and yellow shorts on their shoulders against a rooftop backdrop at night.
A circus performance inside a shipping container with two performers, one standing and the other upside down, illuminated with purple and yellow lighting outside a wooden building at night. A sign advertising the Flipside Circus is visible.
Aerial silk performers practicing indoors, with a live drummer in the foreground, on a stage with red lighting and industrial-style walls.
A group of children practicing yoga on the ground with their arms raised, while a performer walks on a tightrope with a balancing pole above them, as stage crew members look on in a theater setting.
Four women in workout clothes hanging upside down from a metal bar, illuminated by blue lighting against a metallic wall.
A performer jumps from a platform high above a group of children, with visible sparks or confetti falling. The scene is lit with blue and purple stage lights.

REVIEW

Creative Futures

“The closing act of the whole show is a visual feast.”

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