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The Great Gizmo is a one-man circus out of Melbourne: juggling, magic, unicycling, clowning and ringmaster patter, all from the same performer. Ten chairs balanced on the chin is the headline trick. The ride of fear is the one people talk about afterwards, with a volunteer perched on his shoulders while he unicycles, steering by the curls of his moustache. He's worked the Melbourne Moomba Festival, the Australian Open and the Melbourne Formula 1 Grand Prix, plus festivals overseas. There's a science-flavoured show too, The Great Gizmo Invents a Gizmo, built for Scienceworks Melbourne.