by Helen Whitcher | Aug 7, 2013 | Circus, Interview
Since discovering circus in her early twenties Lisa Lottie has been travelling and developing her skills through performance and studies all over the world. With hula hoops as her main discipline, she tours the globe as a street performer and corporate entertainer...
by Helen Whitcher | Aug 4, 2013 | Circus, Features
International Clown Week is upon us. So to celebrate, here are our top ten facts. There is no definitive story of how Clowning Week first came to be or who came up with the idea, there are stories a plenty. International Clown Week is only officially recognised in...
by Helen Whitcher | Jul 19, 2013 | Circus, Reviews
Hailing from Québec, Circus Alfonse bring the essence of the lumberjack yard to the Southbank Centre, using all manners of different wooden logs, poles and metal tools to perform a show crammed with lively music, stunning tricks and a strong sense of heritage. ...
by This Is Cabaret | Jul 10, 2013 | Circus, News
We know that there is no song that hasn’t been sung. Re-inventing the wheel may be futile but it is not a crime. There’s a fine line between homage and imitation. And then there are the cases where a performer copies an act so brazenly that it takes your...
by This Is Cabaret | Jul 9, 2013 | Circus, Video
Here at This Is Cabaret, we’re suckers for a bit of juggling brilliance. We applaud each and every one of those physical magicians who take the time and effort to teach themselves just how to poke fun at the theory of gravity. We may be jaded cabaristas but in...
by Franco Milazzo | Jul 9, 2013 | Circus, Features, Interview
Few circus troupes have more romantic origins. When grandfather Alain Carabinier was growing up in Switzerland in the 1950s, his dream was to run away with the circus. Instead he became a champion skier, then travelled round the world as something of a hippy before...
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