Extraordinary circus shows visiting rural and urban communities across the south-west.
Circus Around and About 2 is a south-west touring circus project, funded by an Arts Council England Lottery Project Grant. The project is led by Take Art with principal partners Crying Out Loud and Extraordinary Bodies.
In collaboration with nine presenting partners, six outstanding performing companies have been selected to bring their extraordinary contemporary circus shows and workshops to rural parts of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Somerset, plus urban community venues in Cinderford, Gloucester, Stroud and Weston-Super-Mare. They are: Max Calaf Sevé (Anyday), Levantes Dance Theatre (The Band), Matt Pang & Owen Reynolds (Those in Glass Houses…), Collective ConTakt (Foley), Poppy Plowman (Turk(ish)) and Nikki & JD (Knot).
The project aims to increase a welcome to diverse audiences including D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people. It also aims to support the circus sector, by opening up touring opportunities for circus artists, and introducing rural and urban community touring to Circomedia students.
This was only made possible thanks to public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Read about Circus Around and About the pilot in 2021.
Keep up to date with the project on socials using #CircusAround_About2.