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His jokey chat, provocative hip gyrations and dance moves were brilliantly funny

Australian Stage

Clarke McFarlane’s Mario Queen of the Circus offers a lesson in casting off the shackles of sexual pigeon-holing in a riotous tribute to his idol Freddie Mercury

London Theatre

He clearly loves the crowd, the feeling is mutual

Adelaide Messenger

An eccentric sense of humor and a playful bawdiness

The New York Times

Too silly for words and great fun!

The Australian

Funny, Sexy and talented

The Scotsman

Mario Queen of the Circus is our new spirit animal? He had us laughing, singing, dancing and even crowd surfed

Maximum Pop London

Amazing, fantastic, every move was right with the music

Sir Brian May

With Brian May in attendance on press night Mario Queen of the Circus? Freddy Mercury juggling act went down a storm

West End Frame

Star of the show, surely, is Mario, the world’s biggest Queen fan, whose juggling rendition of Another One Bites The Dust defies? belief

The Scotsman

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A born showman and expert in both circus artistry and comedy, Mario Queen of the Circus comes brimming with unbridled passion. The Latin lothario?s hilarious full-length show and irresistable variety numbers have wooed audiences all over the world. Mario?s unique mix of complex juggling tricks and universal sex appeal can only find release in the arena-rocking anthems of his favorite supergroup, Queen.
A gift for the gab, Mario mixes character comedy, circus spectacle and raucous audience participation turning even the most intimate venues into a rocking arena spectacle or uniting the largest of venues into an arm-waving excuse for a crowd-surf. Mario performs in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Portuguese with acts ranging in length from 5 minutes to 1 hour.
Here's a video of Mario performing his signature act to Another on Bites the Dust by Queen in the Olivier Award winning show La Soir?e.
Mario Live in Cape Town
Mario performs in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Portuguese with acts ranging in length from 5 minutes to 1 hour. Here is a 25 minute act filmed at the Cape Town Comedy Festival in South Africa: