The Tetra-Decathlon is a gruelling 14-event track and field competition, requiring a unique combination of skills to complete. Having never set foot on a running track in her life, Lauren Hendry decided to sign up for the event, joining only a dozen other women in the World Championships. This amusingly audacious solo show charts Lauren’s journey as she trains for and competes in this most taxing … Continue reading Tetra-Decathlon: premieres 2018
TOURING SUMMER 2017 Roulette wheel meets juggling: danger, skill and unpredictable moments. Project_Vee is a nod to a Soviet era circus act, remixed for the 21st century. Steel, concrete and motors meet in an unlikely way; taking juggling in a different dimension- literally. Project_Vee is a 25 min outdoor spectacle, performed in the round. 2017 TOUR 25 May- Kunsten Op Straat, Lochem, Netherlands 28-29 May- Ageas Salisbury International Festival 24 … Continue reading Project_Vee- touring
Down-Up is a solo show by Circus Geeks about competition, innovation and the possibilities of the mundane, strung together by a subject that has been overlooked by society. From the Filipino emigrant who made his fortune in the 1930s, through to the professional demonstrators who toured UK in the 1950s, and how technological advances have helped create a subculture of 1000s of obsessive adults across the … Continue reading Down-Up
“A circus experience for the Zuckerberg generation” – The Circus Diaries Beta_Testing is part performance lecture- part juggling show; a hotchpotch remix of juggling subculture and influences such as TED talks, The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy and a fear of the haddock. Circus Geeks began life as a blog- and Beta Testing has grown out of some of the blog’s most popular posts, which … Continue reading Beta Testing
