Circa was delighted to collaborate with prolific tenor Hans Jörg Mammel for our recent performances of En Masse in Stuttgart and Barcelona. En Masse is a wild, tender and savage ride, presenting two visions of humanity at its extremes through circus settings of Schubert’s Winter’s Journey and selections from Swan Song as well as Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Hans joins our ensemble onstage…
Continue ReadingAfter touring to London, New Zealand and around Australia, the dynamic duo that is Kat and Paul O’Keeffe are venturing through regional Queensland along with musician Gareth Chen this July with Wolfgang’s Magical Musical Circus. We caught up with them to talk how the wigged genius comes to life on stage, their journeys to circus…
Continue ReadingLachlan O’Donnell is a Sydney-based violinist who regularly performs throughout Australia and abroad as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral leader. As a soloist Lachlan has appeared at major concert halls throughout Europe and Australia and performed live broadcasts on stations like ABC Classic FM and WQXR New York. Having performed with the likes of the…
Continue ReadingCirca’s third collaboration with the superb Australian Brandenburg Orchestra combines onstage regal and striking compositions by Purcell, Handel, Playford and Dowland with the extreme virtuosity of Circa’s acrobats. The difference? It’s set in the theme of the English Baroque period featuring compositions played on period instruments, and of course, English Baroque-inspired fashion (you know what they…
Continue ReadingAmid the development and rehearsal of her new project, circus artist Mayu Muto sat down with us to talk about the spaces between connection and disconnection inspiring her show ‘Mutating Roots’ and using our training space to develop it. Identity. Assumptions. Stereotypes. Mayu uses circus to navigate these ideas and explore the experiences of Asian…
Continue ReadingWe are thrilled to announce that Circa’s complete catalogue of music, heard onstage in our productions, is now available to stream on Spotify. Revisit or discover music from each production in playlists curated by Artistic Director Yaron Lifschitz, and follow Circa on Spotify for more. A WORD FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR It is amazing to…
Continue ReadingAfter a sell-out season at Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year, we are delighted to be returning with our new show for families, Wolfgang’s Magical Musical Circus. From 4 – 25 August, Wolfgang will be performing at Underbelly’s Circus Hub! If you want to know more about this new show, then you’re in the right place – keep reading…
Continue ReadingCirca announces today the appointment of Shaun Comerford as incoming Executive Director. He succeeds the position from General Manager Charlie Cush, who departed the organisation to become CEO of Brisbane Festival in May 2018. Comerford is currently Executive Director of iconic contemporary dance company, Australian Dance Theatre, occupying the role since 2015 and having overseen…
Continue ReadingFrom it’s world premiere in Lismore in March, and a sold-out season in Geelong this month, Peepshow has already performed to over 2000 audience members. We are so excited to announce the complete tour dates for Peepshow in 2018, which will see Circa touring back to some of our favourite locations including Darwin Entertainment Centre in Australia,…
Continue ReadingBrisbane born and bred, Ela Bartilomo’s roots are firmly planted in Brisbane, beginning her performing career in Circa’s youth troupe Circa Zoo, before attending the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) in Melbourne and graduating with a Bachelor of Circus Arts in 2017. Ela might be one of the newest acrobats in the Circa Ensemble,…
Continue ReadingStraight from the score and onto the stage, the man known as Mozart appears amidst a puff of powder, wigged and ready to throw musical madness into a crescendo of dives, swoops and twirls. Featuring mischievous acrobats and a musician, Wolfgang reinvents the composer’s magical music with a circus twist. To his mother, he is Wolfgang. To those…
Continue ReadingBuses. Trains. Bikes. Footfalls and car horns. Acrobats leap and land precisely as voices dissolve as a cascading symphony envelops your ears. Composer and sound designer Daryl Wallis isn’t a stranger to the works of Circa. No less than four previous productions bear his incredibly diverse pallet of sounds, from the echos of abandoned cities…
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