A crowd watch a busker juggling fire on a unicycle. The performance was in the Re:Start mall
Tonight Christchurch's Bread & Circus Buskers festival is swinging into action, and its promising to lure the biggest crowds to the central city since pre-earthquake times. But organisers admit the festival hasn't escaped its dire financial past, despite new management and a rebrand as the Bread and Circus Festival last year. And it it will still be running at a loss until about 2022. Katie Todd reports.
A busker gets members of the public to hold his unicycle. The performance was in the Re:Start mall.
An image featuring a man in a suit with accessories made from pink straws, and reads, "Win with All Right and Buskers!" The image advertises a social media competition for a family weekend away in Hanmer, which was entered by posting something with the tags '@allrightnz' and '@worldbuskersfestival'. All Right? posted the image on their Facebook page on 17 January 2014 at 3:52pm.
A member of the public holds a juggling torch as the busker climbs onto his unicycle. The performance was in the Re:Start mall.
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A busker gets members of the public to hold his unicycle while he holds a juggling torch. The performance was in the Re:Start mall.
A busker gets a member of the public to hold a juggling torch as he runs towards his unicycle. The performance was in the Re:Start mall.
A crowd watch a busker perform on a unicycle. A member of the public throws juggling tools to him. The performance was in the Re:Start mall.
A busker gets a member of the public to throw a juggling torch to him as he rides his unicycle. The performance was in the Re:Start mall.
Aspects of Christchurch life after the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, modelled on acts performed at the Buskers' Festival being held in Christchurch. Include `Silt walking'through liquefaction; 'Orange zone', representing the paralysis of homeowners whose properties were classified as 'orange', or of undecided status; 'Jugglers "Marryatt" and "Red Zone"': the Christchurch CEO, Tony Marryatt, juggles with money, his large pay rise, while the red-zoned householder juggles with unattractive options; 'The boy [CBD] with red tape all over him', referring to the cordon which was strangling the Central Business District; the columnist Joe Bennett with his dog, refusing to move from his house in Lyttelton, a cause celebre of resistance to the earthquake authorities in those days. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).