A show billed as "a heart-stopping feat of physical daring" from the award-winning Flying Fruit Fly Circus will be live streamed from Sydney to budding young artists at Dubbo on Thursday.
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A total of nine communities in regional NSW and interstate will have access to the Stunt Lounge performance at the Sydney Opera House via digital platforms.
Circus West Dubbo is set to connect to the live digital experience, with organisers saying many of the venues involved were making a Sydney Opera House performance available to their communities for the first time.
The Flying Fruit Fly Circus signed a three-year partnership with the Sydney Opera House to be the circus-in-residence for the opera house's Children, Families and Creative Learning program.
They are embarking on making the art and performers accessible to audiences across the country, a move NSW Deputy Premier and Arts Minister Troy Grant welcomes.
"All Australians, no matter where they live, deserve to experience the best of the performing arts," he said.
"The streaming of Stunt Lounge, a show by young people for young people, achieves this by bringing the best of what youth circus artists have to offer to audiences around Australia, including my hometown of Dubbo.
"Building on the Opera House's successes with live streaming talks from All About Women last month, this opportunity extends the Flying Fruit Fly Circus and the Opera House's three-year partnership further to reach the nation."
Flying Fruit Fly Circus executive director Richard Hull said they were thrilled to offer the opportunity to so many other youth circuses.
"Our company is proudly based in Albury-Wodonga, so we understand the importance of making and taking art out of the cities and into regional and remote Australian communities," he said.
"It is an important part of our partnership with the Sydney Opera House that we use their extensive digital networks to make Stunt Lounge and other works available to our fellow artists and budding young circus performers across the country."