Street Performance World Championship 2013

Last year I blogged about the SPWC 2012. I mentioned what a great day (or two if you like) it is and that "Cirque No Problem" (whom we didn't see) had won. Well we went back in to Merrion Square again this year and again the weather was extremely kind.

Our favourite act (Mario - Queen of the Circus) was not present this year unfortunately.

We made a point of seeing Cirque No Problem and it is easy to see why they won last year. They are absolutely brilliant. We would have voted for them if we could (the winner from the previous year is not in the competition).

The other acts we saw were:

• Alakazam
• Senmaru
• Nigel Blackstorm
• The Chairmen (briefly)

I think Senmaru (whom we had seen a few years previously) is incredibly talented but I suspect that because he makes the (almost) impossible seem easy (and because he says "very easy" at the end of each piece!) that people do not realise just how impressive his act is.

Congratulations to Laya Healthcare for sponsoring such a great event.

Here is a clip of them performing "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in last year's competition (we watched this from a better angle this year but unfortunately we didn't video it):