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eight acrobats perform on and around a rigged scaffolding trapeze structure, some in elaborate costumes and some are barechested, a large audience stands around and the event is being brightly spotlit NoFit State (c) Laslett

Updating Circus Timeline

Crying Out Loud’s visual timeline marks a selection of the pivotal companies and events from four decades of UK contemporary circus.
person with short brown hair, a white top and black trousers sits on the floor of an indoor stage with low lighting, behind them is a plain modern brown wooden table which is tipped on two legs and the person rests their head on the tipped corner (c) Vanesse Teppe (CircusNext European support scheme)

CircusNext

CircusNext is a support scheme for the next generation of European circus artists.
two performers grasp each other's hands in an outdoor festival with an audience looking on, one is a wheelchair user dressed in a grey costume with their hair pulled back, the other dressed similarly wears goggles and has a beard and mohican tied back Greenwich Docklands

Greenwich and Docklands opportunity

The Greenwich and Docklands Festival announces opportunities for deaf and disabled artists wishing to develop new ideas for outdoor work.
Crida Company (c) Etienne Perra (Currency Festival review 2014)

Currency Festival review

Presented by The Place and Crying Out Loud, Currency is an annual festival blurring the boundaries between dance, performance art and contemporary circus.
close up of a performer's face, shoulder and chest, with dark hair tied up and dark eye make-up, they're on a n indoor stage and have bits of egg shell stuck to their face and chest as well as egg yolk smeared on their arm and chest Jeanne Mordoj Kings College

Jeanne Mordoj at Kings College

Jeanne Mordoj immersed herself in all things zygote at Kings College, London researching the third instalment of La Poème.