GO/NO GO Circus

November 1st 2024 7:30pm - 8:45pm

November 2nd 2024 7:30pm - 8:45pm

Circus meets the space race in the untold true story of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees!

GO/NO GO fuses circus and theatre to dynamically reimagine the lives of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees – thirteen barrier-breaking women who in 1961 took on the same gruelling tests as the famed Mercury 7 astronauts. They wanted to prove that women too had the right stuff. Once they passed those hurdles – with flying colours – all they had to do was convince NASA they even had a right to be considered. Then the real challenge started.

When NASA first debated which professions might be best suited to space flight an idea was floated: how about the circus? Acrobats aerialists and daredevils – they’d be perfectly suited to working in extreme conditions! Then of course came test pilots and the circus world’s connection to space ended before it began. Until now!

GO/NO GO is high-energy circus-theatre for lovers of adventure space science and anyone who has ever wanted to go to the moon.

Buy tickets here! https://gasworks.org.au/whats-on/go-no-go-2/

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Gasworks Theatre, 1-35 Graham St, Albert Park VIC 3206, Melbourne, Australia