Race Horse Company opens CircusFest 2016 with Super Sunday, a show that is ridiculous and playful while remaining touching in its reverence to circus history. This young Finnish company was founded in 2008 on the premise of creating ‘a completely new kind of contemporary circus’ and they achieve this, somehow, by going back to its […]

The company of La Meute (French for The Wolfpack) parade on stage in towels wrapped around themselves folded as rather thick underwear. At first, it appeared to be an opening gag, but soon it became clear that these six daredevil acrobats were going to keep these padded undies around for the whole hour. La Meute […]

This atmospheric debut performance from contemporary circus company Circumference tantalisingly seeks to merge theatrical content with spectacular circus, questioning how we interact in a world of increasing ‘social networks’. Shelter Me emerges out of a significant gestation period, with early versions of the work tested during Theatre Delicatessen’s SPACED Festival (at 35 Marylebone Gardens) and […]

‘At the beginning we didn’t have a map, or even a destination’ say Ockham’s Razor in the programme notes for their latest full-length show Not Until We Are Lost, which opened the London International Mime Festival 2013 at the brand spanking new Platform Theatre in King’s Cross (a cavernous building that is home to the […]

We’re all in control of our lives. Right? We are entirely unique. Right? We know who we are and where we’re going. Right? Told using dance, aerial work, live DJ-ing and an incredible central set piece, Hans Was Heiri reminds us that we are tiny little specks on this giant earth, not always in control. […]