Andrew’s wife, born in Kazakhstan, performs in Iris as a bungee acrobat. They met five years ago during a tour in Australia, and got married just one week before this interview. “My biggest thing was never to get involved with someone I worked with,” Andrew explains. “She came along and that changed, and it’s worked out great.”
Though now living in West Hollywood and Silver Lake apartments, the quartet say they’ve seen little of L.A., spending most of their time at the circus.
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In Cirque shows, after preparing individual acts largely in isolation, the entire company is thrown together for the first rehearsal. What happens then can be messy and frustrating for the performers. Cirque’s hothouse creation process sometimes generates resentments, largely over which acts get cut.
“When we created [the earlier show] Varekai, we said we’ll never do that again,” Andrew says. “The pain is the frustration, spending weeks and weeks on a particular scene; one day they say that’s not working, so it goes nowhere.”
Still, on Iris, the performers have been feud-free, the quartet agrees. “So far, this company has stayed respectful and supportive,” says Kevin, adding that given the Cirque process, “It’s rare.”
IRIS | Presented by Cirque du Soleil | Kodak Theatre, Hollywood & Highland, 6801 Hollywood Blvd.,
Hlywd. | Tues.-Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat., 2 & 8 p.m.; Sun., 1 & 6:30 p.m. | Through Dec. 31 | (877) 943-IRIS | cirquedusoleil.com/iris, kodaktheatre.com
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