Circus City - Bristol's Exciting New Circus Festival

Posted on: 01 Oct 2015

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From 8 – 31 October 2015, Bristol will play host to an excellent new circus festival. Taking in many of the city’s favourite performance spots, the venues will be hosting an eclectic mix of live circus performance, talks, masterclasses, have-a-go sessions and workshops, including a half-term programme of shows for families.

 

The festival will have something for everyone as it mixes circus with dance, theatre, comedy and puppetry, featuring home-grown talent alongside award winning European shows, including one world premiere by a Bristol artists and two UK premieres. Building on the success of the first Bristol Circus festival two years ago, this year’s event will broaden its reach markedly by taking in a number of different venues including Circomedia, Bristol Old Vic, Tobacco Factory Theatres, Arnolfini, M Shed and Trinity Centre as well as outdoor spaces.

 

 

Bristol’s Mayor, George Ferguson commented, “ I declared Bristol to be a ‘Circus City’, to some amusement, on coming into office, but it is now reality and I am delighted to see this biennial festival bringing such an exciting programme of work for the people of Bristol and beyond to enjoy. Bristol is rightly gaining a world reputation for its great variety of cultural events and Circus City looks set to be an exciting addition to the mix.”

 

FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

Thursday 8
Circus City Cinema
Cube Microplex - 8pm

 

Friday 9

Kabaret Klub – Invisible Circus

Unit 15 Creation Space

Doors 8.30pm, Show 9pm
 

Clockwork - Sisters

Circomedia - 7:30pm
 

Kitchen Circus Project – Cirque Bijou in association with Knowle West Media Centre

Hengrove (various locations TBC)

 

Saturday 10

Clockwork- Sisters

Circomedia - 7:30pm

 

Marie Celestial

Secret location - 7pm & 10pm
 

Tuesday 13

Circus City Cinema

20th century flicks - 2.30pm & 7.30pm

 

Wednesday 14

Volt: Women in Circus

Circomedia  - 7.30pm

 

Friday 16

L’homme de Boue

(the mud man)

Wickham Theatre - 7.30pm

 

Kabaret Klub – Invisible Circus

Unit 15 creation space

Doors 8.30pm, Show 9pm

 

Clowns and Power

See website for details

 

Saturday 17

L’homme de boue

(the mud man)

Wickham Theatre -  3pm & 7.30pm
 

Tight Wire Tour – Bullzini Family Funambulists

Various locations - Times: tbc

See website for details

 

Clowns and Power

See website for details

 

Sunday 18

Tight Wire Tour-  Bullzini Family Funambulists

Various locations - Times: tbc

See website for details

 

L’Enfant Qui (The Child Who) – Theatre du Jour

Bristol Old Vic - 7.30pm
 

Clowns and Power

See website for details

 

Monday 19

Two- Legged Animal – Ziggy

One to one  - Secret Location

 

L’Enfant Qui (The Child Who) – Theatre du Jour

Bristol Old Vic - 7.30pm

 

Tuesday 20

Two- Legged Animal – Ziggy

One to one  - Secret Location

 

Circus City Cinema

20th Century Flicks - 2.30pm & 7.30pm

 

Game – Unstable King

Bristol Old Vic Studio - 8pm
 

Wednesday 21

Bromance – Barely Methodical Troupe (Half –Term Family Programme)

Trinity Fyffe Hall - 7.30pm

 

Game – Unstable King (Half –Term Family Programme)

Bristol Old Vic Studio - 8pm

 

Original: Two - Legged Animal - Ziggy

Wickham Theatre - 7.30pm

 

Thursday 22

Game – Unstable King (Half –Term Family Programme)

Bristol Old Vic Studio - 5pm

 

Bromance - Barely Methodical Troupe (Half –Term Family Programme)

Trinity Fyffe Hall - 7.30pm

Raw: Two- Legged Animal - Ziggy

All Hallows Hall - 7.30pm
 

Friday 23

Two - Legged Animal - Ziggy

One to one - secret location

 

Game – Unstable King  (Half –Term Family Programme)

Bristol Old Vic Studio - 5pm

 

Bromance – Barely Methodical Troupe (Half –Term Family Programme)

Trinity Fyffe Hall

2.30pm & 7.30pm

 

Circus Shorts

Circomedia - 7.30pm

 

Kabaret Klub – Invisible Circus

Unit 15 creation space

Doors 8.30pm, Show 9pm

 

Saturday 24

Two - Legged Animal - Ziggy

One to one  - Secret Location

 

Game – Unstable King (Half –Term Family Programme)

Bristol Old Vic Studio - 5pm

 

Bedtime Stories – Upswing (Half –Term Family Programme)

Arnolfini - 11.30am & 2.30pm (workshop at 3.30pm)

 

Clowns and Power

See website for details

 

Sunday 25

Bedtime Stories – Upswing (Half –Term Family Programme)

Arnolfini - 11.30am & 2.30pm (workshop at 3.30pm)

 

Clowns and Power

See website for details

 

Wednesday 28

Hogwallops – Lost In Translation Circus

Circomedia - 7.30pm

 

Thursday 29

The King of Tiny Things – Metta Theatre (Half –Term Family Programme)

M Shed - 1pm & 3.30pm

 

Chaos – Lords of Strut (Half –Term Family Programme)

Tobacco Factory Theatres - 7.30pm

 

Hogwallops -  Lost In Translation Circus

Circomedia - 7.30pm

 

Friday 30

The King Of Tiny Things – Metta Theatre (Half –Term Family Programme)

M Shed - 1pm & 3.30pm

 

Chaos – Lords of Strut (Half –Term Family Programme)

Tobacco Factory Theatres - 2.30pm & 7.30pm

 

Vixen - Tanter

Circomedia - 7.30pm

 

Saturday 31

Chaos – Lords of Strut (Half –Term Family Programme)

Tobacco Factory Theatres - 2.30pm & 7.30pm

 

Vixen -Tanter

Circomedia - 2.30pm & 7.30pm

 

The End Party

Secret location - 8pm

 

For further info visit the Bristol Circus City website or Facebook page.

 

 

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