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Tumble Circus

Street Circus – Northern Ireland / Belfast

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Death or Circus

Residencies : Le Fourneau (2011) and Culture Commune (2012)

UpAbove

Programmed at : Z’Arts Up (Béthune), Festival OutThere (Great Yarmouth), Printemps des Arts de la Rue en Pays des Abers, Mai des Arts en Pays de Morlaix and Brest in 2010 ; Pic-Nic on the Bridge, Verger des Vieilles Charrues and Les Rias (Pays de Quimperlé) in 2011 ; Brest 2012

Death or Circus

Programmed at : Z’Arts Up (Béthune), Hat Fair (Winchester) and Brest 2012

The Irish company Tumble Circus has been seen for the first time in Brittany in 2010 thanks to the ZEPA network.

The company would like that the audience comes back to the circus. To do so, there is nothing better than the street. Since 1998, Tina Machina and Ken Evil, the two artists of the company Tumble Circus, innovate the street circus by merging traditional circus techniques and the spirit of the new circus.

UpAbove - Les Rias 2011

«We live in Belfast, a city with a troubled history. The people have developed a savagely dark humor in order to deal with the history. You can see it in music, plays and films, but its street theatre has never really been able to express this darkness. (...) We want to explore the darker themes that we see in our city. We believe that exposing them is better than trying to bury them. » (extract from their website)

Through circus, clown and theatre, we hope to disturb, inspire change and remind people that they are not alone.

Death or Circus - Z’Arts Up 2012 (photo credits : Marie Bertel)

Official website : http://www.tumblecircus.com/

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