Maybe It's Only Us

Maybe It’s Only Us throws audiences into the aftermath of a failed music festival—where the party is over, a threat is looming, and survival feels uncertain. Intense and anarchic, this collaboration from Flipside Circus and The Good Room transforms the Brisbane Circus Centre into a sprawling circus apparatus. Blurring the line between performance and environment.

Combining daring physicality, promenade staging, and raw honesty, the work channels the lived experiences of young people to capture a generation navigating chaos and searching for connection. Grounded in verbatim stories, it’s Lord of the Flies meets Fyre Festival. Maybe It’s Only Us is part survival story, part fever dream—a visceral journey through collapse and resilience. Urgent, powerful, and unflinchingly alive, it reimagines circus as a space where vulnerability, rebellion, and hope collide.

Recommended for ages 8+.

Cast and Creatives

Writers/Creators: Nathan Sibthorpe and Amy Ingram
Directors/Creators: Nathan Sibthorpe and Bridget Boyle
Dramaturg/Creator: Robert Kronk

Performers/Creators: Aurora Bennett-Godde, Callum Cornish, Cristina Gambley, Ella Ronquest-Ross, Gabriella Cini, Jesse Davies, Jedda Bell, Isabelle Kennedy, Isla Fletcher, Luke Whitefield, Rose Downey, Rowan Hargrave, Stephanie McGrath, Sophie Saunders, Talea Cubela, and Willow Thomas.

Rigging Designer/Creator: Alex Weckes-Huck
Sound Designer and Composer: Guy Webster
Production Designer: Adelaide Lukin
Lighting Designer: Christine Felmingham
Video Designer: Nathan Sibthorpe
Head Trainer: Jian Nie
Trainers: Alex Weckes-Huck, Manelaya Kaydos-Nitis, Aurora Bennett-Godde and Luke Whitefield
Production Manager: Gabriela Gallardo
Associate Producer and Stage Manager: Kelsey Booth
Technical Manager:  Freddy Komp

Accessibility and Show Warnings

Recommended for ages 8+.

This promenade performance moves through indoor and outdoor spaces with some uneven ground (grass/dirt). Audience will stand and move for most of the performance; limited seating will be available.

The performance is accessible for wheelchairs users or patrons with mobility requirements. Please indicate at time of booking if you have any mobility requirements.

The performance includes periods of darkness, low lighting, confined spaces, and use of smoke/haze (flashing lights TBC).

Performance proceeds in light rain, please bring a raincoat or umbrella. In wet weather, the show may be postponed or truncated. In the event the performance is postponed, make up performances will be available. 

Latecomers may not be admitted until there is a suitable break in the performance.

This project is assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body; the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland; Northshore Brisbane; and BMD.