Eye Candy - The Spectacular

Just as an experiment, guess what the world record is for ball juggling? Twelve? Thirteen? It’s twelve, but If I had told you thirteen would you have cared that much more? It seems that a lot of things today are impressive, but not a lot of things are surprising. For this reason it’s sometimes hard to sit down and enjoy some good old fashioned human spectacle. 

Matt Henry’s one-man juggling show might be the worthiest spectacle at this year’s Fringe. Henry is impressive, animated, fast talking. To say he endures the pressure of being before an audience with nothing but juggling tricks to bail him out is something of a something of a lie. There’s a sense of desperation in the way his show develops. Henry knows it’s a furious war for attention spans, and he’ll do anything to keep yours engaged. 

Ultimately, it’s a war he wins. Of course there are a couple drops, but Henry rolls with these, and keeps advancing on the front on inventiveness. Also, this has to be one of the most intricately constructed juggling finales I’ve ever seen.