Show Spotlight: A.Lone Brings Laughter to COVID-Weary Audiences Through Digital Circus Performance
CircusTalk would like to share with you a unique upcoming production: A.Lone. A.Lone was developed and rehearsed remotely, giving the…
Read moreCircusTalk would like to share with you a unique upcoming production: A.Lone. A.Lone was developed and rehearsed remotely, giving the…
Read moreThey’ve had to jump through hoops to get here but, after flight cancellations and border closures, Circa Contemporary Circus has…
Read moreEn Piste, the National Circus Alliance of Canada, released the results of their survey on the the impacts of COVID-19. …
Read moreIn this new article series, CASTING ALERT, we will bring you a closer look into upcoming casting and job opportunities…
Read moreAfter a nationwide search that included reviewing dozens of applications, New England Center for Circus Arts has hired its next…
Read moreBrexit barriers facing the arts are “heartbreaking” and “confirm worst fears”, industry leaders have said. Extra paperwork, costs and uncertainty…
Read moreThe circus building in the heart of Budapest celebrates its 50th anniversary. The pandemic and COVID restrictions haven’t stopped the…
Read moreThe pandemic presents a unique set of challenges. But turning obstacles into opportunities is what circus does best, write Billy…
Read moreOn Wednesday evening, Kerrie-Anne Kennerley was rushed to hospital after falling 4.5 metres during her trapeze number. The actress, who…
Read moreThe pandemic has been especially tough for families already struggling with other difficulties. As Gil Tucker reports, some young Calgarians…
Read moreSince the pandemic began, the entertainment industry has been thrown into chaos. Every performer on the planet has been forced…
Read moreNational Geographic explorer Tomas Ayuso encountered a traveling circus stranded in Honduras amid the coronavirus lockdown and chronicled the performers’…
Read more“Was it a circus or a ‘cai luong’ (Vietnamese reformed opera?” and “How could the artists swing from ropes while…
Read moreEight acrobats severely injured when the rigging suspending them by their hair plummeted to the floor during a circus performance…
Read moreIn Las Vegas this past Halloween weekend, one of the most celebrated variety arts shows in the US quietly re-opened…
Read moreAbout a year ago, Cirque du Soleil’s aquatic landmark “O” shifted to a seven-night schedule, a first for the dream-like…
Read moreEmily Crockford, Gaelle Mellis and Abbie Madden have been named recipients of the 2020 National Arts and Disability Awards, presented…
Read moreWhen Nina Sawant, Natalie Rhae Briggs and Colin Creveling returned to the Bay Area from France in July 2019, they…
Read moreIn an age when most circuses are folding up their tents, a new circus is emerging to fill the gulf…
Read moreWith help from 11 projectors, the public can see elephants, chimpanzees, fish, and wild horses. Circo Roncalli brings their spectacle…
Read moreBronx native and Big Apple Circus Ringmaster Storm Marrero participated in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade on Thursday. She is…
Read moreAbstract To examine how Circus broadly approaches equity and inclusion in North America, a survey was generated and distributed online….
Read moreMONTREAL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2020 Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group closes previously announced Purchase Agreement with its secured lenders and…
Read moreLa Putyka Circus is opening a new “cultural window”, where they will perform short pieces for just one or two…
Read moreStratford Circus Arts Centre is due to vacate the building later this month after nine years in Theatre Square. Lucy…
Read more“A transport-related accident may have caused the death of Hungarian circus elephants,” was a recent statement published by the Hungarian…
Read moreEurope’s first elephant sanctuary near Limoges is ready to home former circus elephants, but know it’ll take time. News that…
Read moreAt the height of the pandemic, during a time when nearly every performer worldwide is unemployed, this local council in…
Read moreWhat is the state of theme parks in the USA during the latest wave of coronavirus? In this update from…
Read moreAn Auckland magician who had thousands of dollars worth of circus props stolen from his van while he slept has…
Read moreThere is no doubt, according to Frank Keller, the man responsible for animal welfare at the world-famous Circus Krone, that…
Read moreThe Great Bombay Circus, one of India’s biggest and oldest, had planned mega celebrations in October to mark its centenary…
Read moreA major production took place in Fort William and the surrounding area on Friday October 16, with everyone’s favourite mountain…
Read moreArtcena, the French National Centre for the Circus & Street Arts has released a new guide for download to help…
Read moreSpiegelworld has announced it will bring its acclaimed comedy-variety show “Absinthe” back to the stage on October 28. The performance…
Read moreFlipside Circus and arTour have collaborated on one of the first large-scale tours since the COVID crisis hit Australia –…
Read moreThere has been a massive response from all across Ireland to a recent call for street artists and performers to…
Read moreThe ownership transfer of Cirque du Soleil could prevent 1,500 of its Canadian employees, who lost their livelihoods due to…
Read moreChar Lan District High School students in Williamstown were treated to a performance on Wednesday, October 14th, by Indigenous hoop…
Read moreA festival has criticised the way the Government’s £1.6 billion Culture Recovery Fund has been allocated. The Sea Change Festival,…
Read moreAntonella Casella, an Australian circus advocate, producer, director, dramaturg and performer, has recently announced that she is stepping down from her…
Read moreIn Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, plans to develop a new circus center are underway and the organizers are reaching out…
Read moreStaffordshire’s New Vic Theatre has appointed Vicki Amedume, Artistic Director of Upswing, as Associate Director to join the theatre-in-the-round’s team….
Read moreFollowing last week’s reveal that over 1300 organisations will receive grants from the UK government’s culture support scheme, almost 600…
Read moreBruno Costa, co-director of Bùssola and co-organizer of LEME Contemporary Circus Festival in Ílhavo, Portugal, has reached out to CircusTalk…
Read moreCircus Voices, a podcast brought to you by CircusTalk, is pleased to present an interview with Shenea Stiletto on Audio Explorations with the Editor….
Read moreYou can be good at jumping from high altitudes but terrified to say “I love you.” What would the world…
Read moreCirque du Soleil has unveiled its exciting fall programming along with a brand-new look for its CirqueConnect content hub. Featuring…
Read moreThe ropes are swinging. Chalk stains the mats anew. And students at the ESAC international circus school in Brussels are…
Read moreThe 33rd Edition of the Festival CIRCa will take place this October in Auch, France. Over a series of 10…
Read moreGiffords Circus, which is located in Lypiatt, has been awarded the grant to help it face the challenges of the…
Read moreA collapse of the global events industry will not hurt Christchurch’s annual buskers festival. The Australian company behind the Bread…
Read moreA circus troupe performing in Clifton have been living in “absolute squalor”, says the show’s former box office manager. Circus…
Read moreMany of the largest entertainment companies in Las Vegas are chiming in on the Gov. Steve Sisolak’s lifting of certain…
Read moreAs part of the 2020 Fringe Festival, Tangle Movement Arts will present the show “The Way Out,” a series of…
Read moreAt the beginning of 2020, Circus Harmony had a busy schedule. The St. Louis-based nonprofit social circus was getting ready…
Read moreOne of Ethiopia’s greatest circus expatriates, Sosina Wogayehu, will launch an urgent international appeal for her trailblazing Ethiopian youth circus…
Read moreA worker was mauled to death by a performing brown bear after entering the animal’s cage at a top Russian…
Read moreWhen Serenity Smith Forchion couldn’t offer Nimble Arts’s normal two or three performances a week this year due to the…
Read moreOn Tuesday 29 September, the French Minister of Ecology announced a progressive ban on the use of wild animals in…
Read more“Celui qui tombe,” or he who falls, is an illusory performance from self-described circus artist Yoann Bourgeois (previously) that opens…
Read moreProlonged closures at Disney’s California-based theme parks and limited attendance at its open parks has forced the company to lay…
Read moreThe retired elephants of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will be moving to a spacious new home at…
Read moreAn exciting show, xoxo moongirl, an autobiographical circus fantasia, will be performed live by Nicole Burgio at the Morris Museum…
Read moreA clown juggled and acrobats launched themselves through the air above a stage in an open field in Seoul at…
Read moreFlipside Circus and arTour are collaborating on one of the first large-scale tours since the COVID crisis hit Australia –…
Read moreVietnam’s first theatrical work made up of circus and cai luong (reformed arts) – Cay gay than (The Magic Stick)…
Read moreIn theater, once a show is ready for opening night, the director has to let go. This is the analogy…
Read moreA circus troupe is surviving on savings and the kindness of strangers while they’re stranded in a paddock in Melbourne’s…
Read moreExtraordinary Bodies, a partnership between leading circus production company Cirque Bijou and award-winning arts and diversity practitioners Diverse City, champions…
Read moreMontreal circus arts centre TOHU has announced a new show that starts tomorrow called Battements de Cirque. Created by Anouk…
Read moreMitch Garber announced on Monday that he will be stepping down as chairman of the board of the Cirque du…
Read moreCircus Harmony presents: The Balancing Act: Walking the Pandemic Tightrope on October 10th at 7pm featuring Circus Harmony students and…
Read moreOn September 9th, the organising committee of the International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo took the decision to cancel the festival’s…
Read moreJamie Hodgson compares her departure as executive director of New England Center for Circus Arts to dropping a child off…
Read moreThere’s no longer any need to run away to the circus. Instead, you can make your escape from this pandemic-riddled…
Read moreAdapted to be a socially distanced duet for one day only at GDIF, Upswing’s dance-circus hybrid uses dance and acrobatics…
Read moreIsrael Portugal pivots on the slack wire with catlike confidence, catching the small balls tossed to him by his brother…
Read moreRepresentatives of more than 70 Mexican circus companies gathered in front of Palacio Nacional in order to demand that their…
Read morehis morning, September 1, WDI submitted a “notice of commencement” with Orange County. Disney “hereby gives notice that improvement will…
Read more“I’m a toy, a defective toy — there wasn’t enough fabric left when they made me,” 27-year-old Dilya Abdulaeva said…
Read moreEarlier this year, 30 people who’ve been living at 2 Willow St – at what used to be the South…
Read more“We cooperate with the Prague hygiene station and follow the recommendations of experts. Based on a government decision, we have…
Read moreLa Presse, the French-language, digital daily in Montreal, Canada, published an exclusive interview with the creators of the Victims_Voices_Circus social…
Read moreGreenwich + Docklands International Festival (GDIF) and Spoffin in association with OutdoorArts UK join forces to present an online pitching…
Read moreShowbiz royalty, literal and figurative, are the latest nominees for induction into the 2021 Circus Ring of Fame, announced by…
Read moreThe union’s premier event of seven shows featuring circus and puppet performances, to be staged by 30 young and veteran…
Read moreSarasota, Florida- August 17, 2020. The Circus Ring of Fame Foundation has announced the nominees for the Class of 2021. The…
Read moreLenders to Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group won control of the company in a court-supervised restructuring. The bid by the…
Read moreFringeArts in Philadelphia has announced details for their 24th annual Fringe Festival, which runs September 10 through October 4. The…
Read moreMongolian circus artist M. Myagmarsaikhan walked on a 130-meter long tight rope 50 meters above the ground above the Chuluut…
Read moreLAS VEGAS (KTNV) — One of Las Vegas’ most popular shows on the Strip is permanently closing due to the…
Read moreArtists perform during a show at the Great Moscow circus in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 7, 2020. The circus opened…
Read moreDan Butler is used to being nimble and flexible. As executive director of Circus Juventas, he’s been teaching trapeze and…
Read moreA 22-strong Circus group, including 20 artists from the Cirque de Cuba, have arrived in the North East for a…
Read moreDavid Duffy, the managing director of Duffy’s Circus, lives, eats and breathes the big tent, the performers, the noise. This…
Read moreAmerica’s Got Talent is returning for its 15th season on NBC starting Tuesday, Aug. 11, at 8 p.m., and you…
Read morePhelelani Ndakrokra prefers not to talk about his past. But what the 23-year-old acrobat will say is that if he…
Read moreAt the beginning of July, CircusWorks, the UK Youth Circus Network, launched an online community event for learning, listening, debating,…
Read moreA custom-built circus training centre, operated by Queensland’s largest youth arts organisation Flipside Circus, is set to open in Brisbane…
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