I don't normally watch this show, but a friend of mine is supposed to be on it tonight. He's with the OmniCircus, and their act will have knives and robots and skeletons. Apparently there was a near-death incident at one of their practices due to a lack of fail-safes on the robots; I'm not sure what happens at the actual show.
The guy who runs the Circus is crazy and really personally invested in the project. He may have a meltdown, or a battle-shriek of triumph.
My friend is Chris. He may be playing bass guitar. It promises to be very strange.