AWARE Newsletter
Holiday Programs filling fast!
Dear Circus Enthusiasts,
Two emerging, Canberra companies are premiering work at the Canberra Circus Festival - Clockwork Circus present Typo, and a trio of female acrobats present Out of Bounds. Check out their shows below and buy a ticket to support them!
These are just two of the amazing shows at the festival, check out the website to see everything that’s on: www.canberracircusfestival.com.au
Clockwork Circus: Typo
Suitable for: Everyone
Perfect for: All Ages, Fans of Wonder!
A circus show for all ages.
Follow a writer as they delve into their process.
Typo is about the joys of being creative. Determined. Satisfaction of seeing a project and a dream through to the end.
The mind of the writer is projected to the stage, embodied by acrobats as they develop as characters within the writer's world. A unique and fun insight into the highs and lows of creating. Follow the writer on a journey of imagination, creativity, and dreams; experience the challenges of writing as they do - battling writer's block, procrastination, plot holes, and far too much coffee!
Emerge on the other side with a wholesome story and a sense of pride.
This show features everything from acrobatics, to juggling, balance, object manipulation, trapeze, and even magic! It's suited to a family audience, with nuance and metaphor for older viewers, impressive skills and comedy for younger viewers, and a story that everyone can relate to.
One show only!
Thursday 2nd Oct, 7pm
Get tikets...ticketz...tickets!
Out of Bounds
Suitable for: Everyone
Perfect for: All Ages, Fans of Creative Play
Abandon all expectations of adulthood!
Out of Bounds is a nostalgia-laced thrill ride of physical ability meeting uninhibited imagination.
Come see what happens when a trio of athletic acrobats on the comeup use conventional playground equipment in unconventional ways.
Out of Bounds is for anyone and everyone who believe monkey bars are a legit form of transportation; that growing up is optional, and wearing a helmet is strongly encouraged.
One show only!
Fri 3rd Oct, 5:30pm
Grab Out of Bounds tickets here!
Or, click here to buy a season pass to the festival!
Filling Fast! Spring Holiday Program Enrolments
Half Highs (ages 5-7)
9am-12pm, Kaleen, Week 1 & 2
Kick Ups (ages 8-12)
9am-3pm Kaleen Week 1 & 2, and Chifley Week 2
🎂 Warehouse Circus - Celebrating 35 Years
Each week, we will be sharing a small piece of Warehouse Circus history to celebrate our 35th birthday!
This week we’re looking back at 2020!
30 Years of Warehouse!
Tom Adams Walker, Darby Sullivan, Tristan St. John, Jacob Kenner, Ethan Harris-Cross, and Jessie Holden head off to NICA, and Nick Marsack joins the Flying Fruit Fly Circus. Tom Adams Walker joins Gravity and Other Myths for their creative development.
Tom Davis returns to Warehouse as Artistic Director and acting Executive Director, and three weeks later the world shuts down. Warehouse faces financial crisis, saved by the hard work of the staff, board, members, ACT and federal government, and private sector funding bodies, particularly a large donation from a private philanthropic fund.
The Warehouse Circus performance troupe continue work on the major production “!?”, despite no longer having a confirmed season. Stay tuned!
Heather Nicoll Becomes President of the Board.
90% of the world’s circus jobs disappear in a week, Circus Oz and Cirque Du Soleil lower the curtain, with Cirque briefly declaring bankruptcy. They are rescued by funding from the Quebec Government.
Warehouse Circus survives the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, thanks to the hard work of Warehouse staff, the board, parents and volunteers, ex-Warehouse Staff, UC High School Kaleen and its wonderful staff; multiple funding bodies, including the ACT Government, Arts ACT ACT Health, The Community Services Directorate, ACT Property Group, a sizable private donation made byu a local philanthropic org (that requested anonymity), the federal government through AusCo, stimulus measures.
The Warehouse Performance Troupes carry on training and show developing right through shutdown, as do about 100 other members of the circus, making do with training in whatever spaces they had. They continue to develop Interrobang!? As the world changes, the troupe changed the work accordingly.
Imogen Drury and Clare Pengryffyn are Warehouse Circus 2020 emerging artists, and join a collaborative work with Jake Silvestro, Bernard Bru, and Belco Arts. The Production, called Cirque Du Risque, is the first production in the new Belco Arts community theatre.