360 Allstars is a show all about rotation: everything spins, whether it’s the wheels of a BMX, a basketball balanced on one finger or B-boy revolving on his head. It’s like a family-friendly festival show featuring some of the cooler acts on Britain’s Got Talent, with much whooping. The vibe is seven lads having a laugh, DIY style, even though they’ve clearly been drilling these skills obsessively for years.
The disciplines on show come from street culture but you can immediately see the parallels with more traditional circus acts. Basketball freestyler Trickstar catches a ball on the back on his neck and rolls it down his arm; BMX flatlander Péter Söre balances on his bike’s stunt pegs, spinning on one wheel like a unicyclist. Dancers B-boy Chris and B-boy Daz show off acrobatic prowess, battling it out with a full complement of windmills, flares, headspins and freezes.
The setup and the format is fairly basic, held together by drummer Mikey Sorbello, his sticks full of colour and power, and beatboxer Ball-Zee, who doesn’t need anything more than a mic. It’s wildly impressive, the way he wraps his chops around the sounds of a full drum kit, and a rack of synths too. Breakneck beats ricochet around the big top and our plastic seats shake with vibrating bass.
They have a game go at joining up the acts – juggling basketballs while balancing on handlebars – and play a bit with anticipation, expectation and some basic narrative shtick: the stuff that turns tricks into theatre. But mostly this show gets by on likable knockabout energy and high-volume beats and bass. It’s a fun, all-ages hour.
At London Wonderground until 15 August.
