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Building on Jacksons Lane’s growing reputation as a home for physical and visually-led performance in London, this brand new festival of mixed bills and new commissions combines new work from over nineteen companies and performers, including Francesca Martello, Bryony Kimmings, Wendy Houstoun and Edward Rapley with aerial performances from Zu Aerial, Inverted Dance and Gisele Edwards and trampoline, clowning, circus and the downright unusual from the likes of Dodgy Whiskers, Ponydance, Frederike, Tumble Circus and Slingshot among others. The ever flamboyant Bryony Kimmings’ Seven Day Drunk was created during a week of intoxication with a team of scientists and a documentary film maker, looking at the dangerous obsessions we have in life and the link between booze and creativity. Edward Rapley’s 10 Ways To Die On Stage mixes standup with story telling, live art and clowning to explore childhood memories and adult loss, while the brilliantly original Wendy Houstoun presents 50 Acts, exploring the idea of action via "Manifestos, Small Dances, Invisibility, Stupidity and much more". One of the few London venues dedicated to visually led and physical work, this year Jacksons Lane celebrates 35 years in North London. For the last three of these, the venue has developed a vibrant programme of contemporary circus and visual theatre, offering support to some 40 companies, specializing in the small to mid scale. Postcards gives a platform to both and new and established circus and performance artists to create new work, with scratch, solo and short performances.