Humans 2.0 - T0176993725Ten bodies appear in a flash of light. They move in harmony for a fleeting moment and then descend into a sinuous trance. Towers grow and decay, bodies leap and are caught, as physical limits are pushed to their extreme. Can we ever find a perfect balance or is adapting to constant change the only way forward? A tightly woven choreography of bodies, pulsing with music, Humans 2.0 is intimate, primal and deeply engaged with the challenge of being human. | |
| 12 Apr 23 to 16 Apr 23 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L0782399972 |
| 5 Aug 22 to 27 Aug 22 | Underbelly, Edinburgh :: V0495441914 listing details L0425996662 |
Humans - T974278750This is thrillingly fearless, boundary-pushing circus at its best. Ten acrobats take us on a stirring journey of what it means to be human, and how our bodies, our connections, and our aspirations all form part of who we are. Created by Yaron Lifschitz, Humans asks how much can we take ? how much weight can we carry? Who can we trust to support our load?Presented byUnderbelly. Presented byCirca. | |
| 28 Aug 19 to 1 Sep 19 | Hull Truck Theatre, Hull :: V935 listing details L1867968385 |
| 2 Aug 19 to 24 Aug 19 | Underbelly, Edinburgh :: V0495441914 listing details L2122588401 |
Wolfgang's Magical Mjusical Circus - T562858948Straight from the score and onto the stage, the man known as Mozart appears amid a storm of powder, tumbling and twirling, as musical mayhem and movement fuse in this family show with a circus twist. To those who know him, he is Wolfgang, the dart-playing, pun-loving ratbag. To those who are watching and listening, he is the wigged genius Mozart. Come discover his irrepressible spirit as he rediscovers his own vibrant compositions, the notes lifting off the page through the physical comedy and mischievous antics of diving and swooping acrobats. Designed to amaze people from the age of three and upwards, Wolfgang reinvents the composer's magical music in a skilful and illuminating show featuring two of Circa's dexterous daredevil artists. Joined onstage by a musician, they initiate audience participation with the wave of a conductor's baton.Director Yaron Lifschitz. Music Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Music Quincy Grant. Sound Quincy Grant. Lighting Jason Organ. Costume Libby McDonnell. | |
| 12 Dec 18 to 22 Dec 18 | The Pit, Barbican Centre, West End :: V372 listing details L0152875030 |
| 4 Aug 18 to 25 Aug 18 | Underbelly, Edinburgh :: V0495441914 listing details L1093066671 |
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| 27 Jun 18 to 18 Aug 18 | The Southbank, Inner London :: V0324280152 listing details L59537624 |
Depart (Australia/UK) - T209983555Haunting sights and sounds will seduce you down a path punctuated by unexpected encounters as you weave through the space between life and death in this East End cemetery... Led by Yaron Lifschitz with his internationally acclaimed company, Circa and with a creative team including the electronic musician Lapalux, this ethereal collaboration brings circus artists, choral singers, designers and musicians together for a summer night full of surprises. | |
| 16 Jun 16 to 26 Jun 16 | General, Outer London :: V1087 listing details L955530 |
Close Up - T01981195594Get up close and personal with four incredible circus performers, and witness acrobatic mastery at its most extreme. See unrivalled acrobatic moves, and the muscles it takes to perform them; gasp at extraordinary, effortless circus stunts, and learn how many years it takes to perfect them; marvel at graceful aerial spectacles above you, and see the rope marks graze their skin | |
| 7 Apr 16 to 12 Jun 16 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L0435788887 |
Il Ritorno (The Return) - T285400190Live opera fuses with the thrilling physicality of contemporary circus in a potent production that draws on history and mythology to tell a timeless tale of exile, displacement and longing for home. Out of the darkness, Ulysses returns from twenty years of wandering and war, hoping to be reunited with his wife Penelope. But can he reach her before she succumbs to one of her suitors? Forming the narrative basis of this new work by Circa, Monteverdi's opera The Return of Ulysses (Il ritorno d'Ulisse) is layered over themes from Primo Levi's book The Truce - a testimony of a Second World War refugee. Driven by a score melding Monteverdi, traditional folk songs and original composition, Il Ritorno sees singers and musicians join the company's artists whose expressive, dynamic, integrated acrobatics push their bodies to the extreme. Audaciously blurring the lines between circus, theatre, art and dance, Australian ensemble Circa regularly delights audiences with electrically charged shows. Sung in Italian and YiddishAuthor Yaron Lifschitz. Author Quincy Grant. Author Circa ensemble. Director Yaron Lifschitz. Music Quincy Grant. Director Jason Organ. Lighting Jason Organ. Costume Libby McDonnell. Design Jason Organ. Design Yaron Lifschitz. | |
| 27 Jan 16 to 31 Jan 16 | Barbican Centre, West End :: V371 listing details L01073376879 |
Beyond - T1251489683Acclaimed international circus company Circa make their Edinburgh's Christmas debut, having wowed at Edinburgh's Fringe with Wunderkammer, Close Up and Beyond. Get up close and personal in our magical 1920s Spiegeltent with extraordinary circus performer and enter a beautiful and bewitching world. This intimate, red-curtained realm draws us into a cabaret, a zoo, an asylum... and a stage. Featuring dazzling feats of circus prowess, and an infectiously fun soundtrack, Beyond will get you in the Christmas spirit and set your pulse racing. There is a line between human and animal, between madness and sanity, between logic and dream. We invite you to step over this line... and go Beyond.Presented byUnderbelly Productions. Presented byCirca. | |
| 20 Nov 15 to 3 Jan 16 | Paradiso Spiegeltent, Edinburgh :: V0227739450 listing details L994677530 |
What Will Have Been - T2121567447World Premiere. Extreme acrobatics meet extreme beauty as one of the world's greatest contemporary circus companies brings the World Premiere of its groundbreaking new show to The Adnams Spiegeltent. Accompanied by Bach's immortal melodies played live on stage and a spine-tingling electronic soundtrack, Circa's finest artists create a show infused with tender humanity and savage physicality.Director Yaron Lifschitz. Design Yaron Lifschitz. Design Jason Organ. Lighting Jason Organ. Costume Libby McDonnell. Performer Lauren Herley. Performer Daniel O'Brien. Performer Lewie West. | |
| 15 May 15 to 22 May 15 | Theatre Royal, Norwich :: V72 listing details L493431790 |
Opus - T578244707Three of Shostakovich's string quartets are found at the heart of this poetic and powerful production. Opus, with its jaw-dropping physical feats, is both thrilling to watch and stirring to experience. | |
| 8 May 15 to 9 May 15 | The Lowry, Salford :: V0655996499 listing details L1947525418 |
Wunderkammer - T01257239431Wunderkammer (noun): a cabinet of wonders; a place where a collection of curiosities and rarities is exhibited. Internationally acclaimed Circa return to Edinburgh for the first time in four years with Wunderkammer - an exquisite cabaret of the senses. Seven performers of unbelievable ability bend the very fabric of reality. A breathless cocktail of new circus, cabaret and vaudeville. Running time: 1hr. Age: 12+ | |
| 5 Nov 14 to 8 Nov 14 | Curve, Leicester :: V830272338 listing details L0610052308 |
| 25 Sep 13 to 29 Sep 13 | Gaiety Theatre, Dublin :: V0291821363 listing details L0559485493 |
| 31 Jul 13 to 26 Aug 13 | Underbelly, Edinburgh :: V0495441914 listing details L01564622504 |
Beyond - T889209373Internationally acclaimed ensemble Circa invite you to step Beyond, into a mysterious world where bestial comedy meets irreverent vaudeville. Beyond crosses the line between human and animal, between madness and sanity, between logic and dream. From the company behind last year's smash-hit Wunderkammer (winner of a 2013 Herald Angel) comes Beyond. Stunningly uncanny performances, world class circus acts, blindfolds, Rubik's Cubes and rabbit heads come together with a backdrop of show tunes, electronica and rock ballads. Beyond conjures up a sublimely beautiful and curiously tender surreal realm where Alice in Wonderland meets Charles Darwin. Set on multiple stages within stages, small red-curtained worlds offer a glimpse into a dreamy and hallucinogenic place. Beyond is a cabaret, a zoo, an asylum and a stage where seven artists gather to express their inner-selves and connect with each other and the audience. Over the course of Beyond we marvel at their skills and enter their personalities. Beyond blurs the line between man and beast. Circa knows how to combine captivating skill sets with fast-paced madness and comedy in a way that leaves their audiences gasping for more. With productions that have toured to 27 countries across six continents since 2006, Circa's work is a stripped back circus of the heart. It finds new emotional landscapes inside what is generally considered to be a spectacle. What happens down Circa's rabbit hole and ?beyond' reminds us of the power of the human body and quite how exciting circus can be. | |
| 30 Jul 14 to 25 Aug 14 | Underbelly, Edinburgh :: V0495441914 listing details L1173248012 |
S - T01055728369After the sell-out success of How Like An Angel and Beyond, Circa return to the festival with their brand new show. "S" is a full-throttle ride to the limits of the human body. On a floating white diamond stage, seven extraordinary acrobats bend, fly, contort and hang - sometimes alone, and others in a tangle of bodies. Dramatic acrobatics, athletic aerial acts and powerful solos are all infused with raw immediacy and beauty. "S" features intoxicating music of the Kronos Quartet to create a symphony of bodies. | |
| 18 May 14 to 19 May 14 | Theatre Royal, Norwich :: V72 listing details L01964615674 |
CIRCA: Beyond - T1560258477Stunning circus skills with a joyous reflection on the absurdity of our species. Acrobats hang, lift and balance in a series of ever-more challenging acrobatic configurations. Venture Beyond to discover the animal within and what makes us human. Over 14s only. | |
| 3 Jun 13 to 23 Jun 13 | The Southbank, Inner London :: V0324280152 listing details L0457581092 |
T739891711Circa is a new production drawn from three of the company's best-known works: The Space Between, By the Light of Stars That Are No Longer and Furioso. Over 80 intense minutes, the seven performers move from highly connected acrobatic and tumbling sequences through fast-paced intricate scenes to a haunting finale. Shot through with Circa's signature style, physical beauty, extraordinary circus skills and an immersive use of sound, light and projection - this stripped back circus of the heart was the toast of Edinburgh Fringe 2010. It comes to Brighton Festival in a blaze of rave reviews and public acclaim. | |
| 10 May 11 to 14 May 11 | Theatre Royal, Brighton :: V657 listing details L1048979369 |
One of the world's great contemporary circus companies.
