Miss Martel stands in the set of Big Top Academy.

Miss Martel is in her forties, with long slightly wavy red hair and wears a red striped buttoned-down sweater and a blue headscarf.

She says HELLO EVERYBODY.
AT BIG TOP ACADEMY, WE PRIZE
INNOVATIVE STUDENTS WHO COME UP
WITH INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCES,
ALWAYS, AFTER MONTHS OF
SUPERVISED TRAINING WITH
TEACHERS LIKE ME SO KIDS GET
INSPIRED BY THEIR SKILLS
AND CREATIVITY BUT BE SAFE.
DON’T TRY ANY OF THIS
WITHOUT PROPER CIRCUS COACHING.
ENJOY THE SHOW.

Maxwell is in his mid-teens, with short wavy light brown hair and wears a gray polo T-shirt.

Max says HI.
I’M MAX AND THIS IS OUR
PERFORMANCE IN THE REFLECTIONS
OF THE PAST SHOWCASE.

The Big Top Academy logo appears with the caption “Big Top Performance.”

Max says THE THEME OF THIS SHOWCASE
WAS ALL ABOUT CELEBRATING THE
HISTORY OF BTA BUT IT MEANT
SOMETHING EXTRA SPECIAL TO ME.
NICHOLAS AND I DECIDED TO DO A
HAND TO HAND ROUTINE THAT OUR
DADS HAD PERFORMED BACK WHEN
THEY WERE STUDENTS AT THIS
SCHOOL.
WE WANTED TO MAKE IT SPECIAL
BUT IT WASN’T EASY FOR ME.
I WAS WORRIED MY DAD WAS ALWAYS
GONNA BE A VILLAIN AND IT’S HARD
TO WANT TO FOLLOW IN THE
FOOTSTEPS OF SOMEONE LIKE THAT
BUT NICHOLAS AND I WORKED
THROUGH IT AND MY DAD WAS THERE
TO SEE THE WHOLE THING.
EVEN THOUGH I NEW MAYBE HE’D
NEVER GET BETTER, I WAS HAPPY I
COULD SHOW HIM HOW I FEEL.

At the showcase, the BTA athletes perform different circus disciplines, juggling with clubs and hoops, balancing on balls, and riding the unicycle.

(APPLAUSE)

(APPLAUSE)

As the MC, Ella says HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE 50TH
ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION OF BIG TOP ACADEMY.

Celeste says WE ARE PROUD OF OUR HISTORY
WHICH ALL STARTED A LONG TIME
AGO AS A
TRAVELING STREET CIRCUS.
(APPLAUSE)

The athletes do their performances individually.

Celeste says FROM IT’S HUMBLE BEGINNINGS,
VIOLETTA FIRTH BUILT AN
INSTITUTION WHERE KIDS COULD
EXPRESS THEMSELVES AS AMAZING
CIRCUS ARTISTS.

April climbs up the silks as another athlete breakdances.

(APPLAUSE)

April does her drop trick.

Everyone is stunned.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

Ella says THAT WAS...GREAT.

She looks at Celeste.

Celeste says NOW TO CELEBRATE TWO OF OUR
ILLUSTRIOUS ALUMNI WE PRESENT A
NEW TAKE ON A FAMOUS ZOLTA RAINE
ROUTINE.

Nicholas and Max do their gymnastics routine with a chair.

(APPLAUSE)

In the audience, Nicky and Sir Rayne clap.

Max says IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE LEARN
FROM THE PAST SO THAT WE DON’T
REPEAT THE SAME MISTAKES IN THE
FUTURE AND IN THIS SHOWCASE WE
DID OUR PART TO END THE
ZOLTA-RAINE RIVALRY ONCE AND FOR
ALL.
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE SHOW.