Circus Voices

25 May 2016

Posted on: 25 May 2016

Under the Circus Voices scheme, two people will have the opportunity to visit Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer to see and talk about the variety of circus work on offer.

Circus is a rapidly expanding force within the UK performing arts world, but the knowledge and confidence to talk about this work in a critically engaged way is still under-developed.… Read more

Inne Goris talks about Without Blood

Posted on: 20 May 2016

Ahead of the performances of Without Blood part of LIFT (6-8 Jun), The Place caught up with Inne Goris, theatre maker, to find out more about her influences and thoughts behind the piece.

Without Blood is a haunting novella by Alessandro Baricco about damage, longing, memory and forgiveness. After her father and brother are brutally murdered, 9… Read more

two performers dressed as angels are pillow fighting on a tightrope high above London's Piccadilly Circus

Place des Anges

Posted on: 21 Apr 2016

Do you remember when, one night in 2012, angels paid London an unannounced visit? Place des Anges. by French company Les Studios de Cirque was the climax of a remarkable day of performances programmed by Crying Out Loud as part of the London 2012 festival, which wittily transformed Piccadilly Circus and the surrounding streets into a real circus.

If you… Read more