FringeArts’ Announces Return To Live Performance With Socially Distanced Circus Festival
Hand to Hand, returns this summer with two weeks of dynamic, socially distanced performances and workshops for the entire family….
Read moreHand to Hand, returns this summer with two weeks of dynamic, socially distanced performances and workshops for the entire family….
Read moreAlthough their larger Pan European Festival Crossing the Line was cancelled due to the pandemic, Galway adapted the program to…
Read moreIt’s been a tough year for the performing arts in most countries, with virus lockdowns canceling shows and shuttering venues….
Read moreThe 5th edition of the Australian Circus Festival is occurring this February. Due to COVID-19, the competition is virtual. The…
Read moreIn what was meant to be a time of celebration for the city, the five-day lockdown has left the local…
Read moreTe Komititanga and Silo Park extension among venues for busker festival. An unmissable line-up of eight local street performers who…
Read moreDespite Covid-19 preventing the 45th edition of the Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival from going ahead, the Principality still has some suprises…
Read moreOrganisers of Karridale’s long running WA Circus Festival have said that a heartbreaking decision to cancel the 2021 event is…
Read moreIn its third year, the St. John’s International CircusFest was quickly gaining a reputation as the new bijoux (little jewel)…
Read moreA festival has criticised the way the Government’s £1.6 billion Culture Recovery Fund has been allocated. The Sea Change Festival,…
Read moreThe 33rd Edition of the Festival CIRCa will take place this October in Auch, France. Over a series of 10…
Read moreA collapse of the global events industry will not hurt Christchurch’s annual buskers festival. The Australian company behind the Bread…
Read moreAs part of the 2020 Fringe Festival, Tangle Movement Arts will present the show “The Way Out,” a series of…
Read moreOn September 9th, the organising committee of the International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo took the decision to cancel the festival’s…
Read moreAdapted to be a socially distanced duet for one day only at GDIF, Upswing’s dance-circus hybrid uses dance and acrobatics…
Read moreIn 2013, dancer and musician Leah Casper was struggling to find a band or performance troupe that fit her skills,…
Read more“We cooperate with the Prague hygiene station and follow the recommendations of experts. Based on a government decision, we have…
Read moreFringeArts in Philadelphia has announced details for their 24th annual Fringe Festival, which runs September 10 through October 4. The…
Read moreAn array of art events will liven up the streets of Whangārei in October thanks to a $46,000 grant to…
Read moreThe International Jugglers Association’s Festival (founded in 1947) celebrated its festival as many other circus festivals this year did–online. This…
Read morePart of the festival had to be postponed to next year, but in response to the current easing of restrictions,…
Read moreWelcome to Circus and Changing Realities 2020. In this episode titled What’s Up with Circus Festivals?, moderator Jenni Taylor Swain expands upon…
Read moreWhy do Arts Festivals program circus? How does it differ in different regions? What kind of work is encouraged or…
Read moreThe third iteration of the Circus Festival of Abidjan is taking place March 2nd to the 8th 2020 in the…
Read moreWhat is Fringe? In this video by Ken Fanning, hear from various circus fringe voices as they discuss the culture,…
Read moreJanuary of 2020 was my first visit to the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain, and it proved to be…
Read moreJust over three years ago, Erwan Tarlet left his work to embark on an artistic career. He is 26 years…
Read moreIt’s finally here, the after-movie of FRESH CIRCUS # 5, the international seminar that was held in Auch, France this…
Read moreOne winning master-juggler will wing their way to Mexico after a competition next week in Katikati. “These guys are beasts…
Read moreThe quality of dreams… Escaping notions such as “traditional” and “contemporary,” the world’s oldest circus festival shows the way to…
Read moreSo much can happen in a moment, and so much can be conveyed, but with circus, the art is usually…
Read moreIt’s official–the 2020 awards have been awarded by the jury at the Festival International du Cirque de Monte Carlo headed…
Read moreBetween-Two- Biennales kicks off on January 16th and provides a month of excitement all around circus in the Marseille Provence…
Read moreNerves are on edge. The backstage fills up with the sound of advice, last minute hugs, calls to the family….
Read moreCERTAIN BLACKS is an arts development organisation formed in 2015 to support the work of diverse artists. Circus Circus Circus…
Read moreCircus City, the UK’s biggest festival of contemporary circus, returns to Bristol from October 17 to November 2 with an…
Read moreLIVELY performer Lucy Hopkins will bring her award-winning clown show, Le Foulard, to St Peter’s in Cork city on September…
Read moreThe fifth Berlin Circus Festival took place between August 23 and September 1st. It is a trip that starts at Tempelhof park,…
Read moreThe first annual San Diego Circus Festival, hosted by San Diego Circus Center and produced by Jean-Luc Martin, was a…
Read moreThree clowns with black noses dominate the stage, busily manufacturing misery. Their monochrome world is colored only by two things,…
Read moreEight high school students fuss about their looks, jockey for social position and explore romantic relationships with one another in…
Read moreSitting with Lauren Eisinger before a day of triple Australian shows at Underbelly’s Circus Hub, I had a chance to…
Read moreOn an aerial device that is a giant rectangle, four people slowly explore their boundaries in the air. They depend…
Read moreIn Germany, an insult that is used to shame women for daring to have a career and children is ‘raven…
Read moreSeven acrobats in red fly across the stage, prop each other up, climb atop a tower of their kin, play…
Read moreFeast by Clout Theatre is on at Summerhall until August 18th, and if you like your physical theater with a heavy…
Read moreDisaster—or the possibility if it. A glass of milk precariously close to the edge of a table. This is how…
Read moreOf course people come to the European Juggling Convention to juggle, but they also attend to stock up on hard…
Read moreHigh summer is here, and this August that means the European Juggling Convention is in high gear. For nearly 24…
Read morePrague’s annual festival of summer circus, Letní Letná, is one of the Czech capital’s most highly anticipated events. This year…
Read moreLas Vegas variety producer considers relocating European base to Berlin or Paris. The Edinburgh festival fringe is facing the loss of a…
Read moreIn the staunchly conservative, predominantly catholic German village of my childhood, we children eagerly anticipated three occasions each year: Carnival…
Read moreEdinburgh Fringe’s biggest circus venue, Underbelly, offers 13 circus shows this August and features five premieres. Such a huge draw…
Read moreJacksons Lane’s Adrian Berry made the trek across the pond from his usual programming and artistic director position at Jacksons Lane…
Read moreFringe. Whether you’re talking Adelaide, Edinburgh, Hollywood or Prague, a Fringe Festival can make you or break you. As a…
Read moreHULL’s international Freedom Festival, on the east coast of England, returns for its 12th year in 2019 with extended programming…
Read morePlayfully poking at our expectations of relationships between ages and genders using dance, circus, and sound, Upswing’s new dance-circus hybrid…
Read moreBRATTLEBORO — The New England Center for Circus Arts is making its mark on the international performing arts scene. NECCA,…
Read moreMore than 200 circus artists gathered during the inauguration of the 11th Mexican Circonvention at the CAD Campus of the…
Read moreMarking its 5th year on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Underbelly’s Circus Hub 2019 programme announced today offers audiences of all…
Read moreThe UK’s only international physical theatre festival returns to Liverpool this June for a 6-day extravaganza of performance, workshops and…
Read moreHalfway between the Oscars and the Olympics, the world’s greatest circus festival is also perhaps the largest existing one-ring circus…
Read moreDear Subcase, ‘A showcase of Nordic contemporary circus…Subcase is co-curated by a group of Nordic-Baltic performing arts professionals. All performances…
Read moreBetween February 14th and 19th, around 80 artists participated at the 8th edition of the Golden Elephant Circus Festival in…
Read moreYou are about to enter a members-only zone.To share this article on your CircusTalk member page and connect with circus…
Read moreCircus festivals epitomise the evolution of circus, however, during one of the festivals I worked at this season I had…
Read moreEveryone has their own favorite reasons for going to Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain. For some it’s the iconic…
Read moreFor most of us, four decades of existence can result in crow’s feet and beer bellies. For Cirque de Demain,…
Read moreCIRCa, a place of diffusion for circus and performing arts, and FEDEC, the European Federation of Professional Circus Schools which…
Read moreHave you heard of Awaji island in Japan? Speaking of Japan, it’s rare to meet people who can name more…
Read moreTo read this article in English, click here. Del 19 al 21 de octubre el Teatro Circo Price de Madrid…
Read morePara leer este artículo en español, haga clic aquí. From 19th to 21st of October 2018, Teatro Circo Price in…
Read moreHere is a message from the organizers of Young Stage, reminding circus artists that it is time to apply for…
Read moreFirst time at the FRINGE! It had been a long-standing desire of mine to attend the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, either…
Read moreA festival, a hangout, a space created for the whole spectrum of what circus is and might be. Musing on…
Read moreIt would be impossible to ignore the setting of the Letní Letná festival and how it contributes to its charm….
Read moreGreat Yarmouth’s annual international feast of all things circus and street arts is integrated into the Circus250 event series this…
Read morePRAGUE – This city has a well-documented taste for the surreal. It is, after all, the home of Franz Kafka…
Read moreNew festival dedicated to contemporary circus in Scotland flies into Glasgow Braw Circus Festival, a festival dedicated to contemporary circus…
Read moreAs the audience files into the Mainhall at Summerhall (venue #26 of the Edinburgh Fringe), we are greeted with a…
Read moreFrom September 6th until the 9th in 2018, the streets of Tàrrega in Spain will be taken over by street art…
Read moreThe Letní Letná International Festival of Contemporary Circus and Theatre began Aug. 15 and runs until Sept. 2 at a…
Read moreThe 6th Edition of the International Circus Movement’s Festival Periplo concluded recently with a splendid three-week circus celebration that attests…
Read moreThe first ever United States hosted social circus festival took place early this August at CircEsteem. Since 2001 their mission…
Read moreSo. You’re trudging down the Royal Mile taking it all in. The World’s largest festival of the performing arts, and…
Read moreIn case you missed it, 2018 is being celebrated all over the world as the 250th birthday of circus. But…
Read moreThere are two men on stage, breathing heavily as they perform acrobatic maneuvers that give me butterflies in my stomach….
Read moreCircusTalk was recently in Montréal–the circus hub of North America, reporting on the 9th annual Montréal Complètement Cirque Festival (MCC)….
Read moreHow do you decide if something is fair? Where do you start if your gut feeling is telling you that…
Read moreFive years ago, we were two artists (Alice De Cunha and Marc Frost) based in Chicago who decided to start…
Read moreBrazil is the first country in Latin America to host the largest and most important international circus festival in the…
Read moreBrussels is positioning itself to be one of the main circus centers of Europe, a distinction which is only enhanced…
Read moreCircus takes over Basel in May! Young Stage, the international circus festival and competition in Switzerland that focuses on kick-starting…
Read moreFrom July 9th to 21st the Periplo International Circus Movement Festival in Guadalajara, Mexico celebrates and advocates for the international…
Read moreThe State of Play: The (un)Convention, 13 – 16 April Circus250 provides an ideal context and framework for us as…
Read moreBrussels is positioning itself to be one of the main circus centers of Europe, a distinction which is only enhanced…
Read moreFounded in 2009, CircusFest is London’s biennial international festival of contemporary circus taking place at the Roundhouse as well as…
Read moreThere is a new festival coming to the circus world, and it is actively seeking competitors for the event, due…
Read moreRecapping the Festival Circus Talk was behind the scenes at the 39th Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain this February…
Read moreAs soon as Circo Fest wrapped in San Juan last March, the organizers started working on the 2018 festival. It’s…
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