Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down with Yaron Lifschitz, director of Australian contemporary circus company Circa ahead of the UK Premiere of Duck Pond, their reimagining of Swan Lake opening this Christmas at Royal Festival Hall.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Haunting of Hoxton Hall is an on brand Halloween experience, offering a thrilling mix of vivid storytelling, eerie ghost tales, skilled aerial performances, and physical theatre. This immersive show takes you on a spine-chilling journey, where each moment is designed to keep you on the edge of your seat.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the bustling auditorium of Jacksons Lane theatre in Highgate, amidst the gentle hubbub of the waiting audience, Tom Gaskin stepped casually to the front of the seats and began to very slowly ‘post’ a letter through a mail slot held up by a willing audience member.
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe sat down with Sean Kempton and Michaela O’Connor, co-founders of Kook Ensemble. A newly formed company whose founders bring decades of international circus experience, including with Cirque du Soleil who Sean still collaborates with.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLooking at the description it’s hard to really put this show into a box. Led by NON STYLE star Akira Ishida, this theatre piece is genuinely one of the most refreshing pieces of theatre I’ve ever seen.
Reading Time: 5 minutesSasha Krohn is an aerial acrobat, dancer, artist and musician, and has travelled the world creating and sharing art with others.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the cavernous Assembly Roxy, Wes Peden brought a juggling spectacle to life. Based on an childhood love of rollercoasters, and their pretzel shapes, we were presented with an hour of energetic movement and extraordinary skill in his ultra-modern pop-punk homage.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis liquid-like performance comes from Canada’s Agathe and Adrien, a charming double act that intertwines acrobatics, story-telling and gasp-inducing moments.The topic: gender norms.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDaring acrobatics and soulful afro jazz fusion sounds Illustrate the daily life in Guinea. For a brief 90 mins we are transported from the South Bank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth hall to the streets of Guinea to witness the bustling lives of fisherman, market workers and construction workers in an energetic circus display of strength and joy. Cirque Kalabante is a west African circus company created by Yamoussa Bangoura who choreographs and designs their shows, This show marks their first time in London, and it is not to be missed.
Reading Time: 5 minutesYour intersectional feminist physical theatre show, You Heard Me, comes to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer. A loud show about quiet power.