The old guy's name is Ronan lol.
Yeah that's odd that you saw so many mistakes, because they rarely happen.... I've never seen the Diabolo girls drop it in that part of their routine.... if they are going to drop it, it is usually when the girl does those really fast spins.... she usually does it again if she drops it. The advantage of all the music being live is that they can adapt if something out of the ordinary happens. I've also not seen the Russian Acrobats get that throw either....
The worst mistake we have had was one night when the German Wheel fell off the stage. No one was hurt or anything it was just a freak accident that couldn't have been prevented. Also I think the trapeze girl has fallen off once, but she has a safety wire.... some of them don't have wires, like the aerial hoops and the spanish webs.....
But mistakes very rarely happen.... most people go and the show is pretty perfect.
Tofu, did you go today or are you going next week? I was there today... as usual!! I was selling icecreams outside.
I'll be so sad when cirque leaves, it's a cool place to work!