Contemporary Circus comes to town Circus for many still conjures up images of performing animals and clowns with red noses, but consider those ideas banished in the forever evolving world of contemporary circus. Welsh company NoFit State Circus are the UK’s most celebrated contemporary circus company. This talented troupe of artists and musicians have just […]
A Simple Space – Underbelly Festival South Bank
Contemporary Circus – Gravity & Other Myths at Underbelly A Simple Space is the wonderful new show from Australian contemporary circus company Gravity & Other Myths (GOM), who won the 2015 Australian Dance Award for Best Physical Theatre. GOM explores the limits of human strength and daring through charming, disarming and deceptively accomplished ensemble works. […]
Underbelly Festival, Southbank – 2019 – Preview
London’s Original, Biggest and Best Pop-Up Festival returns to the Southbank with headline acts by Gravity & Other Myths, Little Death Club, Flip Fabrique and Yummy. Underbelly Festival Southbank is central London’s home of affordable live entertainment, they have recently announced an exciting new season with their biggest programme ever of circus, variety, comedy, cabaret and […]
Circus 1903 at the Royal Festival Hall
The Golden Age of Circus: Contemporary Circus is all the rage lately; Barnum & Bailey’s film ‘The Greatest Showman’ is an international hit, and the rise once again of circus arts is very apparent. Over the past few years, I have found myself thrilling to a whole new the world of entertainment – one which […]
Circolombia at London’s Underbelly Festival
Breathtaking Colombian Contemporary Circus: Colombian circus company Circolombia opened at the London Underbelly Festival with a bang, literally! In a terrifying opening feat, an artist falls from quite a height in pitch blackness, (presumably onto a mattress) which had the audience agape and with a real sense of what was in store for them. Circolombia […]