(Of the Air): Firstly!

The Orbiting Human Circus

WNYC Studios and Night Vale Presents

Drama, Orbiting, Performing Arts, Comedy Fiction, Paris, Eiffel, Fiction, Arts, Julian, Human, Tower, Circus, Koster

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

This special edition of The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air) Season One is a co-presentation of WNYC Studios and Night Vale Presents. Welcome to the world of The Orbiting Human Circus: discover the surreally impossible radio show broadcast from the top of the Eiffel Tower, meet the lonely janitor who longs to become part of it, and settle in for the chilling tale of Goolsby and Rue. Starring John Cameron Mitchell as Mr. Cameron, Julian Koster as the Janitor, Drew Callander as the Narrator, and Susannah Flood at Laeticia. Written and created by Julian Koster. Co-directed by and developed with Ellie Heyman. Produced by Christy Gressman. Musical composition and arrangement by Thomas Hughes and songs by The Music Tapes, editing by Grant Stewart, sound design by Eric Sluyter, and recording engineering by Vincent Cacchione. For more information and full credits:www.wnycstudios.org/shows/orbitinghumancircuswww.orbitinghumancircus.com

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0:00.0	A co-presentation of WNYC Studios and Night Fail presents.
0:05.0	You are listening to the orbiting human circus of the air. The We zoom in on a small enclosed space, a dark womb-like space with walls of metal.
0:37.0	Where a small figure lies curled,
0:42.5	appropriately, in a fatal position,
0:46.0	waiting to emerge as if he would a main character
0:51.0	of a show about to be born.
0:55.0	Metaphorically, that is, he's fully grown.
0:59.0	Who is he?
1:00.0	Oh, my arm?
1:01.0	Well, you'll find out soon enough.
1:05.0	Where is he?
1:06.0	Well, it's pitch black, you can't see.
1:10.0	I can tell you this much. He's in a dark hiding place in one of the most famous
1:17.4	buildings in the world in terrace and it's a tower and he's hiding while nearby a large audience files
1:30.4	into a grand ball room to see the performance of a live radio variety show which is about to be broadcast.
1:40.0	Broadcasting from the top of the Eiffel Tower, you are listening to the orbiting human circus of the air.
1:48.0	But what is he doing?
1:52.0	Oh yes, he's pretending to be on that radio show.
1:59.0	He does this.
2:00.0	He does all the voices.
2:02.0	Right now he's pretending to be the
2:03.7	host John McCamramram much it's going to be a wonderful show tonight don't worry this
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