	{"id":109832,"date":"2025-09-15T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballinatimes\/?p=109832"},"modified":"2025-09-10T23:22:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T13:22:43","slug":"saddle-up-for-spaghetti-western","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballinatimes\/living\/saddle-up-for-spaghetti-western\/","title":{"rendered":"Saddle up for Spaghetti Western"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SPAGHETTI Circus and Brunswick Picture House will premiere a new co-production next month.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by the award-winning, all-female troupe YUCK Circus, Spaghetti Western stars Mullumbimby&#8217;s Spaghetti Circus performance troupe in a fearless reimagining of the classic western.<\/p>\n<p>The spectacular is the major annual work for the circus troupe, promising a breathtaking, high-energy production that takes audiences on a wild ride through the Old West.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia Deguara from YUCK Circus said it had been an honour to direct the show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Spaghetti performance troupe is an incredible bunch of kind, talented, passionate teens ready to rock the Picture House stage,&#8221; Deguara said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With Spaghetti graduate Hannah Richards in our YUCK cast, it&#8217;s a privilege to be able to inspire the next generation of artists with a hometown perspective. You gotta see it to be it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_116447\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116447\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-116447\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/09\/picture_20250904_090_87033.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"390\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spaghetti Western runs at Brunswick Picture House from October 29 to November 9. 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