187 stories by "Katharine Kavanagh"
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…
'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…
2016 marks the 500th anniversary since the death of medieval Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch. His vivid and visionary vistas, where fantasy landscapes are peopled with with earthy human chara…
Juggling Trajectories is the first book to be published by Gandini Juggling's imprint, Gandini Press, and is an interesting and rich retrospective of 25 years as a company, packaged as a hef…
Impresario Gerry Cottle has one of the most recognisable names in British circus and family entertainment, thanks to an extensive touring career over half a century, regular television appea…
The Circus Studies reader from Routledge is the first of its kind, combining academic essays from a global collection of scholars into one English language volume. The result is a rich and d…
The first full length theatrical show from roller-skating and aerial duo Bella Kinetica is a scrapbook of animated sound clips, a series of vintage moments that chart aspects of a lifelong f…
The current incarnation of Citrus Arts' Ceirw " Savage Hart is a gothic fairytale of fading glories, told through narrative dance that draws on classical ballet, folk, and aerial languages.
The special preview of He Ain't Heavy from Grania Pickard and her newly formed company, Oddly Moving Circus Theatre, was accompanied an invitation to a group of local writers and circus enth…
Wild West inspired acts have been a feature of circus since William Cody's Buffalo Bill show took off across the States in the late 1800s. Trick riding, so often associated with cowboys and …
What is your relationship to rules? Inside The Machine, you may discover that your freedoms and compliance are not as clear cut as you imagined. The latest show from Collectif and then… is…
Zombies, super-strength and test-tube potions are the order of the day in Elixir, from the Australian team of Head First Acrobats (HFA). Or, more correctly, the order of the night " the prog…
The seminal juggling extravaganza Water on Mars has been around in a variety of live and videoed incarnations since 2012, but the 'waterboy' dream-team of Patrik Elmnert, Tony Pezzo and Wes …
In their native Australia, the effects of climate change are currently felt more keenly than here in Europe, and the politics surrounding the issue are more prominent.
The latest production from Compagnie du Hanneton is a theatrical wonder that builds on their reputation for exquisite spectacle. James Thiérrée has genius of both skill and imagination, an…
Like pieces of beautiful flotsam, we are washed through Casus' latest production, Driftwood, where human encounters, collisions, and partings are subject to the implacable tide of time and c…
In 2013, Circa won a Total Theatre 'Significant Contribution' Award at Edinburgh Fringe, for pushing the boundaries of what 21st Century circus can look like. Their offering this year, Close…
The Underbelly's Circus Hub on the Meadows in Edinburgh's Fringe seems to be the perfect venue for a children's show. Bright colours surround the two venues (one big top, one Spiegeltent thi…
Joli Vyann draw from both circus and dance vocabularies to create an indicative style that is neither one nor the other, but a nuanced hybrid of contemporary dance and acrobalance.
It is a 50 minute solo show about handstands. Throughout the show, Natalie Reckert will explain and demonstrate in various ways how handstands work: scientifically, physically and in her per…
Tipping Point is a perfect example of how experimentation and innovation in circus can produce surprisingly powerful moments that, when shared with the audience, can provide them with a new …
Gravity & Other Myths' A Simple Space is just that " a small grey square, framed by an audience who are up close and friendly. The space is built, dismantled and reconstructed by an arc…
Knee Deep was the first show created by the artistically adventurous Casus. It premiered in 2012, since which time the raw performance has matured during a number of international tours and …
Blizzard Concept's show Opéra pour Sèche-Cheveux (or 'Hairdryer's Opera') begins with a riveting succession of foam balls that seem to float magically in midair. The two French performers …
Mick Barnfather is a theatre director, actor and teacher with over 35 years of professional industry experience. Renowned for his exploratory clown workshops, Mick is well-versed in making p…
