Rouge, a ‘Circus for Grownups’, is a glorious night of escapism and joy. The tone is more cheeky than sultry, with the burlesque elements full of fun, and the male performers eagerly becoming the butt of jokes and laughter.
‘Burlesque & circus are a match made in heaven’: ROUGE – Underbelly Festival
Promising ‘a decadent and astonishing blend of sensational acrobatics, soaring aerial trapeze, operatic cabaret and tongue in cheek burlesque’, Rouge transfers to London straight off the back of its UK premiere for Underbelly at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
‘Fierce, unapologetic, thought-provoking & radical’: EVERYTHING I SEE I SWALLOW – Edinburgh Fringe
Fierce, unapologetic, thought-provoking and radical, Everything I See I Swallow may not the circus show you wanted, but it’s the circus show you needed.
‘People need to take notice’: ALONG – Edinburgh Fringe
The rhythms of TS Crew’s bounding, twisting, spinning bodies in Along are timed to perfection with the music, whether boy-band synchronised or splitting into physical polyphony.
‘Fascinating, funny & surprising’: XOXO MOONGIRL – Edinburgh Fringe
Overall xoxo moongirl is fascinating, funny, and surprising. It held my attention throughout.
CAMDEN FRINGE NEWS: Clowns rebuild the world in Fools of the Apocalypse
What would happen if the world ended and the only two people left to rebuild it were a pair of clowns? Scram Collective’s new Camden Fringe show Fools of the Apocalypse offers the answer. Time to book your tickets!
‘Filled with naughtiness & playfulness’: LITTLE DEATH CLUB – Underbelly Festival ★★★★★
If ever a cabaret show was more sexy, bold and as inclusive as Little Death Club is then I have yet to discover it.
‘It is about embracing difference at a time when we are being told to fear it’: Bernie Dieter brings Little Death Club to the Underbelly Festival
Bernie Dieter chatted to LLLC’s Emma Clarendon about Little Death Club, performing as part of the Underbelly Festival.
‘A kind of seductive circus of misfits’: LITTLE DEATH CLUB – Underbelly Festival
Little Death Club is a cabaret of the late night variety, a kind of seductive circus of misfits and certainly not for the prudish.
‘Anywhere you look something incredible is happening’: Lydia Harper stars in Cirque du Soleil’s Toruk – The First Flight
The acrobat chatted to Emma Clarendon about starring in Cirque du Soleil’s TORUK – The First Flight, playing at the o2 Arena from the 26 to 30 June 2019.
‘It’s weird, it’s fun, it’s moving’: THE PENGUIN & I – Bristol
Striking new British circus companies have been few and far between over recent years, so it’s a relief to be able to add a new group to my must-watch list. The Penguin & I is one of those rare shows that I’d be happy to see again.
‘A gorgeous, good-natured hour-long confection’: HOTEL PARADISO – Touring
Here’s to indicative handstands, meaningful cartwheels, benign defiance of common prudence, here’s to Lost In Translation Circus’ Hotel Paradiso.
‘Filled with awe-inspiring acrobatics’: A SIMPLE SPACE – Underbelly Festival ★★★★
Overall, A Simple Space celebrates the best of circus in a simple, stylish and contemporary way that is thoroughly engaging to watch from beginning to end.
‘Sure to delight fans of both dance & circus’: SIGMA – Touring in Canada
Sigma is a cross-cultural integration of dance and circus that pushes the classical and the contemporary together into a wonderful production that is sure to delight fans of both artforms.
‘Thrilled my senses with beauty’: LIQUID SKY – Bristol
I want to rejoin the communal rites of turning our heads to the sky and moving our bodies subtly to the beating soundscape. Liquid Sky thrilled my senses with beauty. I want more of that please.
GALLERY: Take a look at these awesome images of groundbreaking Goze-inspired show, Flight Paths
If your day is lacking a little awe, take a look at these production images from Flight Paths. The gallery of images depicting the show which fuses circus with narrative, music and the performers’ personal stories is awesome. Explore the gallery then book your tickets for this touring show!
‘New show with an old world feel’: CIRQUE ÉLOIZE’S HOTEL – Toronto
Celebrating their 25th year entertaining audiences with their own brand of circus, Montreal-based Cirque Éloize presents Hotel, a new show with an old world feel.
GALLERY: Peek into the rehearsal room for aerial show, Flight Paths
You would probably expect to find crash mats, silks and a host of technical-looking people in the rehearsal room for new show Flight Paths, which combines aerial performance, music, narrative and creative audio description, but a very cute dozing dog? Take a look at what went on in the creation of the show in our gallery
‘There’s no artifice here’: NO SHOW – Soho Theatre ★★★★
No Show is no usual circus act – the strength and skill are there, in spades, but not so much the glitz and glamour.
NEWS: Yellow Earth & Extant combine to create new production inspired by Japanese Goze, Flight Paths
Aerial, music, narrative and creative audio description will combine in Flight Paths, the new production from Yellow Earth and Extant that embarks on a UK tour this spring. The ground-breaking production features a cast of four blind performers weaving together their own stories.