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Pushed to the Digital Edge– How to Plan an International Circus Festival During a Global Pandemic!

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Pushed to the Digital Edge– How to Plan an International Circus Festival During a Global Pandemic!

Brad Gover,
In its third year, the  St. John’s International CircusFest was quickly gaining a reputation as the new bijoux (little jewel) for contemporary circus performances, as well as providing an engaging professional industry marketplace against a uniquely rugged landscape. Circus artists from around the world gathered in what was once known as the City of Legends, St. John’s Newfoundland & Labrador. Touted as the oldest city in North America and located on a remote island in the far east of Atlantic Canada, St. John’s has an incredibly strong sense of place and an intense passion for the arts – and it seems it’s always been that way.
The End of the World Cabaret cast The St. John’s International CircusFest (SJICF) was the brain-child of its Artistic Director, Anahareo Dölle, a veteran aerialist and graduate of ...
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Brad Gover

Brad Gover has worked with a number of organizations as a public communications liaison.  He worked in this capacity with mVAN, the Mobile Vendors Association of Newfoundland, the Nickel Independent Film Festival and NIFCO, the Newfoundland Independent Filmmakers Co-Operative. He is also a film and media producer who is very active in the local film and television production industry. He recently produced two feature films, "Away From Everywhere" (2016), starring Shawn Doyle and Jason Priestley, as well as "Riverhead" (2016), which was nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards. He directed "Sister Morphine" (2014), a television documentary about nurses who steal drugs from the patients they're supposed to be taking care of, as well as the short film, "The Care Package" (2006), about a young man who mails himself to his estranged girlfriend. Brad loves watching old black and white Hollywood movies and has a cat named Marvin.