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circus Image - Selfie With EggsNatalie Reckert

That Was FunCircomedia Presents

Bar StoryEtta Ermini Dance Theatre

Volt: Scratch NightAusform

Jon Udry Punches Gravity in the FaceJon Udry

Smoke and MirrorsThe Ricochet Project

Testing Ground: Experiments in DanceTheatre Bristol

The OdysseyMark Bruce Company

Shhh!C-12 Dance Theatre

YermaAmina Khayyam Dance Company

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Two Year Foundation DegreeContemporary Circus with Physical Performance

One Year Profesional Diploma(Level 4 or 5) Contemporary Circus with Physical Performance

Three Month Introductory CertificateContemporary Circus with Physical Performance

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PerformancesCircomedia spring 2016 calendar

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VENUE: Circomedia, Portland Sq. BS28SJ

DATE: THU 21 JANTIMES: 7:30pm (90 mins)PRICE: £3AGE: 14+

TESTING GROUND aims to entertain,surprise, stimulate and provoke by giving dance artists from Bristol and further afield a platform for testing new works-in-progress, and audiences the chance to share constructive thoughts on what’s just been seen.

Performances by four artists/companies, emerging and established, will be immediately followed by a question and answer session with the audience.

Testing Ground provides a highly supportive and nurturing platform for the artists involved, and offers audiences the opportunity to get an insight into new work and engage in conversation with those making it.

The choreographers and performers really do want to know what you think and your feedback will play a vital part in helping develop the work to be as inventive, engaging, skilfull and ambitious as it can be. So come to discover what these artists are working on right here, right now. Grab a drink in the bar, and then answer and post questions about the pieces on show.

TESTING GROUND: EXPERIMENTS IN DANCETHEATRE BRISTOL

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DATE: FRI 29 JANTIMES: 7:30pm (50 Mins)PRICE: £10 / £7 AGE: 14+

Natalie Reckert is a handbalancer who loves to dance to electronic beats and read Wikipedia articles about load experiments. Above all she is interested in the random, odd and deep reasons for being on stage.

Image is her first solo show. A human being is a construction made out of hot chocolate, pieces of liquorice and a cherry, which is my head and which is about to explode.

Image is a a performance where stand-up comedy meets electro-robotics in a feat of handstand endurance. It is a funny and frivolous self portrait of a circus performer. A highly skilled one-woman experiment testing the limits of the body and the stability of quite a few eggs...

Co-directed by Caroline Intrup

“If Kraftwerk made circus, it would look something like this. I just wanted to see it

again and again.” Adrian Berry, Artistic Director

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DATE: WED 10 FEB - SUN 14 FEBTIMES: 7:30pm (SUN 14 6:00pm)PRICE: £19.50 / £14.50AGE: 14+

Homer’s epic poem is retold in this extraordinary dance theatre production.

The King, Odysseus (Christopher Tandy) separated from his family for ten years of brutal war, faces another ten year struggle to return home as a reckless God (Jonathan Goddard) drags him on an epic journey across oceans to strange lands and the darkness beyond.

Immortal beauties, shape shifters, monsters and sorcerers both guide and torment the king as he hurtles towards a savage and desperate reunion with his Queen.

The cast and creative team that brought you the multi award-winning Dracula present a vision of a broken world, from faded New York pageants to islands of fantasy; brutal seas, battlefields and a gateway to Hades.

Set to music ranging from Mozart to Mark Lanegan; Sacred Arias to The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, and an originally composed score; this Odyssey is of now - contemporary horror and fantasy splintering from ancient myth, the themes universal: how we face our mortality and the driving force of the Gods inside us.

The Odyssey is presented as part of the new Tobacco Factory Theatres BEYOND off-site season which sees Tobacco Factory Theatres presenting work in fascinating venues all over Bristol, bringing its matchless spirit to new people and championing epic theatre in intimate and unusual spaces. Find out more about Tobacco Factory Theatres BEYOND at tobaccofactorytheatres.com

the odysseyMARK BRUCE COMPANY

“I’d be surprised if I saw a more entertaining piece of dance theatre this year.

Kill for a ticket” – The Observer (On Dracula)

“Bruce... with near-hallucinatory

dexterity… raises the bar of dance theatre very high.”

– The Guardian (On Dracula)

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Presented by Tobacco Factory Theatres BEYOND


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DATE: FRI 5 FEBTIMES: 7:30pm (120 Mins including interval)PRICE: £5AGE: 14+

This company of 11 emerging artists from all over the world trained under the same roof in Bristol for three years—spinning, flying, catching and hanging upside down, or rather, falling, dropping and getting back up again. Either way, it was fun.

The Circomedians combine different theatre forms with traditional circus disciplines to create fresh and exciting performances. Join them for an evening of cabaret-style entertainment and a lot of laughs as they wave goodbye to their time in training before venturing into the wide world.

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DATE: FRI 19 & SAT 20 FEBTIMES: FRI 7pm, SAT 2pm & 7pmPRICE: £5AGE: All Ages

Circomedia’s celebrated Youth Circus will be showcasing their skills on 19th and 20th February at St Paul Church.

A showcase offering an unrivalled opportunity to experience the breadth of Circomedia’s Youth Circus programme and enjoy the skills of our young performers in the making.

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DATE: FRI 26 FEBTIMES: 7:30pm (50 Mins)PRICE: £11.50 / £8 AGE: 14+

It’s late afternoon, and two bartenders open for business. Patrons arrive and place their orders. As they get more communicative, their sudden changes of mood and interaction with the bar staff create comical encounters and chaotic situations.

Expect high energy dancing, acrobatics and theatre as well as insightful observation, humour and wit in this lively and

entertaining take on 21st century social interaction.

Set at a transformable bar and deftly blurring the boundaries between watching and socialising, Bar Story is a new indoor work created in collaboration between Artstrust Productions and Etta Ermini Dance Theatre. The work is a 50-minute portrayal of two bar tenders and a punter engaged in a quirky Saturday night escapade at the local pub. It uses humour, high energy dancing and acrobatics, non-verbal story telling and insightful observation to make an entertaining commentary on 21st century social interaction and communication issues.

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DATE: THU 3 MARTIMES: 7:30pm (120 Mins)PRICE: £4AGE: 14+

The ever popular scratch night for new ideas, catching up with your circus friends, seeing some work and feeding back returns... VOLT Scratch Night is back!

Witness an evening of early ideas and beginnings, be inspired to chat about it. A chance for circus artists to share early ideas on stage with you, the audience, in an informal setting.

If you are an artist interested to show an early idea/ piece check out tinyurl.com/VOLTScratch

Co-presented by Circomedia and Ausform

VOLT Scratch NightAUSFORM

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DATE: FRI 11 MARTIMES: 7:30pm (50 mins)PRICE: £10 / £7AGE: 7+

Jon Udry Punches Gravity In The Face, knocks centrifugal force on the head with anarchic irreverence.

Not into juggling? Think again! From the moment the show begins you know you are in for something different. More Edinburgh Fringe than Brighton Pier, gone are the cheesy grins, lift music and glitter,

Jon presents the naked art of juggling, deconstructing elements of danger and the pitfalls of performance. Jon’s passion for his craft carries you through the story of his personal journey, illustrated through mesmerising patterns created by colour, sound and object manipulation. The risk inherent in the tricks and the rockstar finale, become a metaphor for Jon’s life, and the story of love and the loneliness of life on the road.

“If you like juggling you will like this guy.”

Derren Brown

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DATE: SAT 19 MARTIMES: 6:30pm (55 Mins)PRICE: £6, Family of four £20AGE: 5+

Behind you is the world you know: your family, your home and your life. Across a bridge lies a new world, but you have no idea where it leads and who you’ll meet there. Would you stay at home? Or would you cross the bridge?

Combining live percussion with circus infused storytelling, Thimble Theatre present a stirring journey of self-discovery. Join Olivia across stormy seas to lands both familiar and strange. Drawing on the oral tradition of the British Isles, married to the sounds and colours of the East, this timeless tale of one girl’s bravery will resonate with audience of all ages.

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DATE: FRI 1 APR TIMES: 2:30pm (60 mins)PRICE: £10/£7 Family of Four £30AGE: 7+

Books flying overhead, free-running on moving shelves and falling in love – all this in a library?

C-12 Dance Theatre’s exciting and explosive new show Shhh! is an entertaining contemporary dance story of a library that is closed down, but if the community come together, can they save it? Five theatrical performers manipulate the set and surroundings to create an innovative and powerful piece of dancetheatre.

shhh!C-12 Dance Theatre

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“C12 is a company to watch not just for dancing

but for interesting, emotive and powerful theatre”

– Skye Crawford, The Fringe Review



DATE: TUE 5 & WED 6 APRTIMES: 11:00am & 2pm (45 Mins)PRICE: £6, Family of Four £20AGE: All Ages

Gather round for the Moon’s magical story about a tippetty-top tap dancer who he has been watching at night.

Marina Skippett creeps out of her house every night to shuffle and stomp on the boardwalk to the sounds of the sea. She can’t tap dance at home any more since her evil, tractor-sized Aunty banned it! But then, one moonlit night, Marina meets a mysterious, watery boy swimming in the sea and her life is never the same again!

Following sold-out shows at The Wardrobe Theatre and Shambala Festival 2014, The “truly amazing one woman power house” (Guide 2 Bristol) Tessa Bide (maker of Arnold’s Big Adventure and The Melody Makers) is returning with her critically acclaimed solo show, being called “just everything a children’s theatre experience should be” (Childplays). Featuring stunning puppets, original live music and tap dancing that will make you want to stick 50ps to your shoes and join in!

The Tap Dancing MermaidTessa Bide

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“The Tap Dancing Mermaid is the perfect example of a show where the adults are just as

enthralled as the kids.” – A Younger Theatre

Boxoffice: 0117 5959 5995 | 1616 | www.circomedia.com


DATE: THU 14 APRTIMES: 7:30pm (90 Mins)PRICE: £13 / £9AGE: 11+

Amina Khayyam Dance Co is a touring company that uses Kathak as the core narrative in making new work; adding to it other media and forms such as theatre, live art, and technology.

The anguishing story of Yerma in Federi-co Garcia Lorca’s savage yet lyrical play featuring a woman who suffers the heart breaking social torment of a childless marriage, that forces her to commit a horrific and irrevocable act, is set to Indian neoclassical dance – Kathak.

Yerma, re-imagined and made relevant by Amina Khayyam for modern Britain and Europe’s new and marginalised communi-ties, from its original setting of rural patri-archal Spain of 19th century, is performed to spectacular live music with tabla, cello and vocals featuring world renowned musicians.

YERMAAMINA KHAYYAM DANCE COmpany

– The Scotsman

– The Herald

– The List

“Breathtaking” – Broadway Baby

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DATE: FRI 29 & SAT 30 APRTIMES: 7:30pm (60 Mins)PRICE: £13 / £9AGE: 16+ (Contains partial nudity)

Calculating the stocks of our emotional economy, Smoke and Mirrors weaves acrobatic exploitations and high-flying distortions to examine the contorted state of America in the pursuit of happiness.

Undressing the suit of capitalism, RICOCHET’s nearly naked approach to poetic acrobatics reveals the inner workings of humans, doing their best to find a place of realness and connection in an enduring culture of illusion. RICOCHET deliver an honest, fresh acrobatic perspective to the themes of isolation, oppression, yearning and hope.

Smoke and MirrorsThe RICOCHET Project

“Incredible skill and emotional resonance...

Beyond beautiful.” – The Scotsman

Winner of the Total Theatre & Jackson’s Lane 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Best Circus Award

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– Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

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CIRCOMEDIA ACADEMYFull time professional circus education and training for ages 18+ BA (HONS) DEGREE IN CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS WITH PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE

Students who successfully complete our two year Foundation Degree have the opportunity to apply for a top up year allowing them to graduate with an associated BA (Hons) Degree. The course continues to push the students’ learning and expands into providing professional performance opportunities in the UK.

TWO YEAR FOUNDATION DEGREE IN CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS WITH PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE

This full-time course explores circus techniques to create new forms of physical performance and exposes students to a wide range of disciplines and styles incorporating circus, dance, theatre, cabaret and outdoor theatre.

ONE YEAR PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA (LEVEL 4 OR 5) IN CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS WITH PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE

Our one year intensive training courses, at levels four and five, aim to develop the student as a rounded performer. Unlike our degree courses these courses do not require written work and are privately run through Circomedia.

THREE MONTH INTRODUCTORY CERTIFICATE IN CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS WITH PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE

This course is for those students who are coming from a purely performance background and is a way to gain an introduction to the different circus-theatre disciplines and skills. Students who successfully complete the course will be given the opportunity to join our One Year Professional Diploma (level 4).

Join Circomedia and be a part of the oldest professional circus school in the UK

“I got so much from my studies – Circomedia

gave me a safe place to try new things and learn from

those things .”Pedro Tochas – Circomedia Alumni

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CIRCOMEDIA ACADEMYBTEC Diploma & Extended Diploma course in Performing Arts (contemporary circus and physical theatre)Join the UK’s only two year BTEC Extended Diploma in Contemporary Circus and Physical Theatre. Run in partnership with, and accredited by, Weston College this course gives students aged 16+ the chance to study physical theatre, choreography, health and nutrition and the performing arts industry alongside a range of circus disciplines including aerial skills, juggling, acrobatics and equilibristics.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

4 GCSE passes at grade A to C (two of which must be in Maths and English). It would also be preferable if you had an interest in circus, dance, gymnastics, parkour, martial arts or an energetic sport.

QUALIFICATION

The one year BTEC Diploma is equivalent to two A Levels. Successful students may then opt to stay on for a second year of study for the Extended Diploma equivalent to three A Levels.

WHERE COULD IT LEAD?

Previous BTEC students have gone on to advance their performance training at other places such as the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, National Centre for Circus Arts, Cirkus Cirkor or join Circomedia‘s own innovative and unique degree.

In 2014 our BTEC was rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted and our accrediting partner Weston College was ranked

within the top five colleges in the UK.

“Circomedia made me grow as a person”

Chané Henderson – BTEC Student in 2014

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VENUE: St Paul’s & Kingswood CampusDAYS: MON, TUE, WED, SUNLEVEL: Complete Beginner - Advanced SKILLS: Performance; Doubles Trapeze;

Flying Trapeze is the most dramatic of aerial circus disciplines. Learn to fly on the UK’s only full-sized indoor Grand Volant rig outside London.

VENUE: St Pauls Church, BS2 8SJDAYS: TUE, One-Off EventsLEVEL: All AbilitiesSKILLS: Flying Trapeze

One of the most versatile of circus disciplines, ‘acro’ classes encompass balance, fitness, body-control and technique in a playful environment - skills that underpin circus in all its forms.

VENUE: St Pauls Church, BS2 8SJDAYS: SUNLEVEL: Beginner - Advanced SKILLS: Partner Acro; Handstands;Tumbling; Acrobalance

Aerial rope, known as ‘Corde Lisse’, combines the dramatic poses of acrobatics with gymnastic ‘drops’ andmovement in the air. Classes offer skills and techniques for all ability levels.

VENUE: St Pauls Church, BS2 8SJDAYS: MON, SUNLEVEL: Beginner - Advanced SKILLS: Performance; Poses; Drops; Climbs; Tumbles

Static Trapeze is both a fantastic way in to the world of aerial circus and a high-level performance discipline in its own right. Classes are available for all ability levels and in a range of styles.


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From Hoop to ‘Spanish Web’ via single-point and swinging trapeze, Mixed Aerial sessions let you experiment with un-tried kit and discover new favourites.

VENUE: St Paul’s & Kingswood CampusDAYS: MON, THU, SUNLEVEL: Complete Beginner - AdvancedSKILLS: Hoop; Single-point & Swinging Trapeze; ss

This visually stunning discipline is an excellent way to develop aerial skills across the board and build your confidence in the air. Beginners and improvers classes are available.

VENUE: St Paul’s & Kingswood CampusDAYS: WED, SUNLEVEL: Complete Beginner - AdvancedSKILLS: Technique building; Wraps; Drops;

These sessions give everyone aged 4 to 17 the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of juggling, trapeze, walking globe, acrobatics and lots, lots more.

VENUE: St Paul’s & Kingswood CampusDAYS: MON, TUE, WED, THU, SUNLEVEL: Complete Beginner - AdvancedSKILLS: Hoop; Tightwire; Trapeze; Juggling; Acrobatics

Have a go at tightwire, trapeze, juggling and more in a grand circus day out for the whole family. Open to adults and children aged 3+

VENUE: St Pauls Church, BS2 8SJ DAYS: SUNLEVEL: Complete Beginner - AdvancedSKILLS: Tightwire; Trapeze; Juggling; Acrobatics


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TESTING GROUNDTheatre Bristol & Circomedia

IMAGE - SELFIE WITH EGGSNatalie Reckert

THAT WAS FUNCircomedia presents

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BAR STORYEtta Ermini Dance Theatre

VOLT SCRATCH NIGHTAusform

JON UDRY PUNCHES GRAVITY IN THE FACEJon Udry

WALK ASHOREThimble Theatre

SHHHC-12 Dance Theatre

THE TAP DANCING MERMAID Tessa Bide

THE TAP DANCING MERMAID Tessa Bide

YERMAAmina Khayyam Dance Company

SMOKE & MIRRORSThe Ricochet Project

SMOKE & MIRRORSThe Ricochet Project

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To book tickets for any of our performance please go to www.circomedia.com then click on the What’s On link and browse through our shows.

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LUNCHTIME AERIALOpen class covers all aerial, all levels. Mother and baby friendly.

CIRCOMEDIA YOUTH CIRCUSAges 5-8, 9-11, 12-17. Stilts, juggling, trapeze and acrobatics.

BEGINNER’S ROPELearn how to do drops and tumbles as well as different climbs.

COMPLETE BEGINNER TRAPEZE Great for anyone interested in starting trapeze

MIXED AERIALLearn Rope, Silks, Trapeze and hoop.

CIRCOMEDIA YOUTH CIRCUSAges 9-11, Stilts, juggling, trapeze and acrobatics.

DROP-IN STATIC TRAPEZEinformal drop-in trapeze session.

HOOP AND TRAPEZEBeginners and intermediate hoop and static trapeze.

FLYING TRAPEZEThe ultimate in Aerial Skill.

CIRCOMEDIA YOUTH CIRCUSAges 5-8, 9-11, stilts, juggling, trapeze and acrobatics.

MIXED LEVEL STATIC TRAPEZE Mixed Level static trapez with conditioning session.

SILKSBeginners and Intermediates classes.

CIRCOMEDIA YOUTH CIRCUSAges 4-9, stilts, juggling, trapeze and acrobatics.

MIXED AERIAL Mixed aerial supervised training session.

SPECIALIST AERIALSpeciality Aerial Classes will be focused on technique.

DOUBLES TRAPEZEGreat for beginners. No partner required

COMPLETE BEGINNERS TRAPEZEShort course of hour long sessions.

AERIAL INTENSIVE HALF DAY,Adults aerial intensive classes alternating Sundays.

FLYING TRAPEZE HALF DAYFlying Trapeze classes alternating Sundays.

FAMILY CIRCUS WORKSHOPTaster workshops for the whole family.

MIXED AERIAL Complete beginners mixed aerial.

ACROBATICSLearn handstands, tumbling and acrobalance.

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To book place on one of our clasess or to find out more information please go to www.circomedia.com and then click on the Partime Classes link.

EVENTS AND ROOM HIRE

Circomedia has spectacular venues at St Paul’s Church, Portland Square, Bristol and at its Kingswood campus. These spaces are available to hire, when not in use for our own activities, and offer creative and unusual settings for a variety of uses.

ST PAUL’S CHURCH

St Paul’s Church is a grade 1 listed building located on a quiet and leafy Georgian Square. The church is home to Circomedia’s BTEC Diploma, a range of community classes and a programme of international circus, dance and theatre.

The ‘Wedding Cake Church’ is particularly suited to hire for wedding receptions, parties, corporate events and conferences, with a professional team to work with you throughout the planning and delivery of your event to maximise the opportunities our circus venue has to offer.

KINGSWOOD STUDIOS CAMPUS

In addition, Circomedia’s six studios at the Kingswood Estate offer flexible space for hire during our Community Classes, BTEC, Diploma, Foundation Degree and BA ‘down time’. The studios boast a range of equipment and layout/rigging possibilities particularly suited to low impact events such as meetings and workshop/rehearsal space for creative companies and individuals.

Circomedia’s competitive hire rates vary depending on the nature of your event. Please contact us to discuss your plans. [email protected]

HIRE OUR SPACEST PAUL’S CHURCH and kingswood CAMPUS

“We were completely blown away by the venue and how great you and all

of your staff were” Joe & Marion - Wedding

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“I use Circomedia’sstudio space for a range of photography shoots because of their flexibity and price” Michael Compton - Studio Space


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PARTICIPATORY PROJECTS

COMMUNITY

Circomedia’s participatory programme extends beyond our regular public classes to include a range of projects created and delivered with our community partners.

We work strategically with schools, community groups, local authorities, arts companies and other agencies to bring the benefits of contemporary circus, physical theatre and dance to people that might not otherwise to take part.

SPECIAL FRIENDS

Relaxed shows programme for young people with disabilities with their families and carers.

PRIORITY TICKETING SCHEME

We provide priority ticketing to increase young peoples’ access to contemporary dance performances and shows.

FORTHCOMING INITIATIVES

Schools Partnership Programme (launching 2016)

2016 Summer School: Open access summer Circus School for young people.

Onwards and Upwards Circus School for people who want to develop their skills and may be thinking about further or higher education options in contemporary circus and physical theatre.

Circomedia’s Participatory Programme is growing, with many exciting new initiatives on the way. For more information about our community projects, or to find out how our work might complement your plans, please contact [email protected]


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SUPPORT USCircomedia is a registered charity no. 1056852 We need to raise over 80% of our income (roughly £650,000) each year to keep our doors open. All the money we raise through public funding, donations and private income goes directly back into our work. There are lots of ways to become a supporter of Circomedia:

BECOME A SPONSOR

Our year-round programme boasts exceptional dance, theatre and circus artists of international reputation. Circomedia can help you create an exciting new proposition for clients, customers or staff please get in touch by phone on 01179 477 288 or email [email protected]

MAKE A DONATION

Add a small donation to your purchase and you’d be amazed the difference it can make a £2 donation from everyone who purchased a

ticket last year would enable us to work with 10 more school and charity partners in Bristol and South Gloucestershire.

Want to make a donation but not purchasing a ticket? Text CIRC14 and the amount (£1, £2, £3, £4, £5 or £10) to 70070

CREATIVE YOUTH NETWORK Kingswood Estate is owned and maintained by the Creative Youth Network. Circomedia and CYN are working together to further enhance the facilities and increase activity for young people on this site.

CHURCHES CONSERVATION TRUST

St Paul’s Church is owned and maintained by the Churches Conservation Trust, and Circomedia is pleased to work in partnership with them to keep this landmark building in continuous use.

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THE AVON AND SOMERSET POLICE COMMUNITY TRUST

POSITIVE ACTIVITIES

THE MERCHANT VENTURERS

THE GIBBS TRUST

THE ASHLEY COMMUNITY FUND

THE MALL’S FOUNTAIN

THE HIGH SHERIFF OF SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

THE LEONARD LAITY STOATE CHARITABLE TRUST

THE JOYCE FLETCHER CHARITABLE TRUST

... AND THE 3,000 PEOPLE WHO ADDED AN OPTIONAL DONATION ON CHECKOUT.

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CONTACT & ACCESSHOW TO BOOK

Online: www.circomedia.com (24/7 no booking fee)

Tel: 0117 924 7615 (Mon Fri, 10:00am 5:00pm + £1 booking fee)

E mail: [email protected] (for enquiries only)

Circomedia does not print tickets. Email confirmations are sent. Seating is unreserved.

Reduced price tickets to most performances are available for over 60, under 16, NUS card holders, registered unemployed or disabled, carers and those accompanying wheelchair users, and BECTU, Equity or AMA Members.

Remember to bring proof of your concession status when you pick up your tickets.

Please note that all offers and reductions are subject to availability and are at the discretion of the management. Only one discount can apply at any one time.

We regret we are unable to offer refunds for missed classes or performances.

For our full terms and conditions please visit our website.

Contact us if you would like to bring a group to a show or to discuss options for workshops by visiting companies or similar activities.

Join our mailing list online for exclusive discounts, opportunities, class availability and more.

ACCESS

Circomedia aims to be accessible and welcoming to all and we are committed to making your visit as easy and enjoyable as possible. Though it is not essential, disabled people are advised to book in advance so we can readily provide any assistance. There is ramped access to the auditorium, and level access to toilets. Assistance dogs are welcomed. An induction loop is available.

If you require a wheelchair space in our auditorium please contact us prior to the performance on 0117 924 7615.

We have space for pushchairs to be left during performances, and babes in arms can attend age-suitable performances for free. Baby changing facilities are available.

DATA PROTECTION

Circomedia is committed to upholding Data Protection principles of good information handling practice. When booking, we will ask for your name, address and telephone number.

All information was correct at the time of going to press, Circomedia reserves the right to alter, change or cancel events without prior notice if required.

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Circomedia: Portland Square. St Paul’s Church, Bristol BS28SJ, 0117 924 7615

GETTING HERE

By foot St Paul’s is approximately a two minute walk from Cabot Circus shopping centre and a 20 minute walk from Bristol Temple Meads. Metered parking is available on Portland Square and is free after 6:00pm. You’re welcome to park your bike in the grounds at both sites

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GETTING HERE

There is a car park and residential parking in the surrounding area. By bus number 42/43 from central Bristol (ask for the Grantham Road stop). You’re welcome to park your bike in the grounds at both sites

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