In the middle of a studio floor, marked with tape into audience safe zones, Alexander Weibel Weibel is playing violin as we enter the space for Breaking Point.
CIRCUS DIARIES: ‘Vu’ by Sacékripa
A low coffee table sits before us, its woodgrain perpendicular to that of the boarded stage, laid with a glass mug diagonally sandwiched between an upright sugar cuboid in one corner and a bowl of fluffy pink and white marshmallows in the other.
CIRCUS DIARIES: ‘Vu’ by Sacékripa
A low coffee table sits before us, its woodgrain perpendicular to that of the boarded stage, laid with a glass mug diagonally sandwiched between an upright sugar cuboid in one corner and a bowl of fluffy pink and white marshmallows in the other.
‘A good introduction to Cirque’s signature style’: OVO – Royal Albert Hall
Cirque du Soleil have brought another of their spectacular shows to the Royal Albert Hall as they do every January, and this one is going to extend their stay by touring to several venues around the UK as the year goes on. Great news for those who live too far to have seen the Canadian entertainment giants in London, but I do wish they’d picked a stronger show to share than Ovo.
SANTA MADERA by Cie MPTA – London International Mime Festival
Compagnie MPTA are a regularly returning company to the London International Mime Festival with their forward-thinking and beautifully presented contemporary circus.
CIRCUS DIARIES: Any Port In A Storm
Dressing up boxes, jewels, and the English countryside are three of the prominent phrases that stick in my mind from the Giffords Circus website. And, as if by magic, they have all been brought to life in the quintessentially quaint circus pitch in the fields of Fennells Farm, and in the Elizabethan opulence that waits inside the bright white tent.
CIRCUS DIARIES: Circus Zyair
Circus Zyair was one of the first classic tenting companies I ever saw, back in 2014. I remember loving the show, and the review I wrote has been consistently one of the most visited pages of this site ever since. But now I wonder, ‘What if that was my inexperience with the form showing? If I saw the same production now would it still impress?’
CIRCUS DIARIES: May circus scoop
May’s circus forecast is here! Third time’s the charm, they say, let us know if we’ve got it right… what are we missing?
CIRCUS DIARIES: It’s Not Yet Midnight
The first time I saw Cie XY in their latest show, It’s Not Yet Midnight (or, as it was then, titled in its original French, Il N’est Pas Encore Minuit), I knew nothing of what to expect, except that there would be some hand-to-hand involved.
CIRCUS DIARIES: It’s Not Yet Midnight
The first time I saw Cie XY in their latest show, It’s Not Yet Midnight (or, as it was then, titled in its original French, Il N’est Pas Encore Minuit), I knew nothing of what to expect, except that there would be some hand-to-hand involved.
CIRCUS DIARIES: It’s Not Yet Midnight
The first time I saw Cie XY in their latest show, It’s Not Yet Midnight (or, as it was then, titled in its original French, Il N’est Pas Encore Minuit), I knew nothing of what to expect, except that there would be some hand-to-hand involved.
CIRCUS DIARIES: It’s Not Yet Midnight
The first time I saw Cie XY in their latest show, It’s Not Yet Midnight (or, as it was then, titled in its original French, Il N’est Pas Encore Minuit), I knew nothing of what to expect, except that there would be some hand-to-hand involved.
CIRCUS DIARIES: Romeo & Juliet by Omidaze
The promenade production is set, for the most part, in the backstage area of Ffwrnes, Carmarthenshire’s newly designated circus-theatre centre. We begin, however, in the foyer, where television screens play news footage of civil disobedience and violence, while a beige-clad body lightly moves above our heads; a detached, dreamlike observer to the realities of anger and strife below.
CIRCUS DIARIES: Anyday
Max likes birds. Max really likes birds. Max also likes setting the scene… really really well. Something Max doesn’t seem to like is risk. Unfortunately for this show.
CIRCUS DIARIES: March Circus News
This month we made a pilot for a monthly ‘What’s On’ guide for circus in the UK. Let us know what you think!
CIRCUS DIARIES: Betwixt & Between, by CirqOn The Seam
The show is an exploration of connection between the two women in an abstract world. I don’t know who they are, or why they’re here (I imagine some unspoken Godot), but I recognise the interplay between the two.
CIRCUS DIARIES: Effet Bekkrell, by Groupe Bekkrell
A punch of emotion smacks me in the gut. The power caught up in this hour of high octane clowning, body-rocking, strength and struggle is released, with a glint of water in my eyes. Effet Bekkrell is my kind of feminism.
CIRCUS DIARIES: Otus, by Company Oliveira & Bachtler
As I enter the darkened studio space, laid with a carefully picked out domino path of bare wooden blocks, a tilted table, and piles of wooden tiles, my eye is caught by sand trickling from the sky in a single persistent column made of movement and the spaces between.
CIRCUS DIARIES: Festival Circolo 2016
The biennial Dutch festival of international circus arts has had a rebrand this year, from the tongue twisting Circo Circolo to the plainer Festival Circolo. I am pleased to report, however, that the programme and atmosphere of the 10-day event retain their high quality, remaining for from plain.
CIRCUS DIARIES: Fidelis Fortibus, by Circus Ronaldo
‘Did you know this is a family circus?‘ I’m asked by my acrobat neighbour, as we take our seats on the wooden benches around the sawdust ring. I was aware that Belgian troupe, Circus Ronaldo, are made up of real family members, so I answer yes, missing the point of her question.