We went to the Udderbelly festival to watch the national circus' graduate show: Polymer, which was directed by our very own Lina Johansson. Last year, she worked with the same group of very talented circus performers and brought us Mergence. This year, Polymer builds on the elements of the past...
Having done art A level at school, I was ecstatic to be performing right in front of a Henry Moore sculpture! The bench fit into the surroundings beautifully and despite a terrible forecast we managed to perform 3 and a half times out of four, which...
A few weeks ago the ladies set out on the long journey to La Strada Festival in Bremen. I hadn't heard of the festival before but as it turns out La Strada is the biggest street performance festival in Germany, setting a stage for innovative street theatre...
Last week we headed down to the Guardian old office on Farringdon road to watch Circumference’s Shelter Me. We were all very excited to watch the show, and it completely met our expectations! The show is on until the 12th of July and if you haven’t...
A few days ago I went through our twitter feed and downloaded many cool pictures from Bench taken by fans throughout the tour! Thought it would be nice to share some of them on here, and also take a moment to thank the lovely people who...
Lina has been away for most of June to work with 18 third year students from the National Centre for Circus Arts on their graduation show. Last year she worked with the same group and together they devised the amazing spectacle "Mergence". (If you didn't...
We are known for the highly visual and poetic nature of our performances and have established a visual brand in our print media and publicity images that is very successful at promoting our work. Until now we have had less success with our promotional videos...
The girls had a great time in Holland, despite being stuck in Antwerp for hours with two toddlers in the van and then some rain in Holland! They managed to perform 3 out of 4 shows, and apparently the kids were the most amazing travel...
We are on our way to Fries Straat Festival in the north of Holland! We've never been there before, but the program and the festival seem very exciting! We're really looking forward to all the music and circus, especially Circus Ronaldo! We were also in Holland...
One of the things I love the most about my job is organising the community days. If you've never been to one of ours, you’re really missing out on a big dose of instant happiness. The focus this term was to let the children come up...