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As part of our new programme, Circus Routes, we have teamed up with Tit for Tat to host a free Circus Skills workshop this

Bristol is a circus city! Through the Bristol Circus Census 2024, we want to hear from circus performers, creatives and crew in Bristol. We’re

In response to high demand and in admiration for Iain Macarthur’s brilliant design for Circus City – The Outsider Edition, we have collaborated with

We are pleased to announce Backstage Trust funding for Handstand Arts. 2023 was a big year of change for Handstand Arts as we moved

We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded funding from The Four Nations International Fund to pilot a new International Circus Exchange

Our New Authors 2023 Commission has been awarded to British actor, aerialist and theatre maker Farrell Cox to develop her new work ‘Cocoon:  ‘Cocoon’

We are excited to announce that we have been selected as a Finalist for this year’s Bristol Life Awards for Best Event for Circus

On Friday 13th October Ralph Lister from Take Art will be running an info session at Artist Residence, Portland Square between 6-7pm to talk

We are pleased to introduce our New Author Micro Commission Artists for 2023. Each artist will receive £1500, studio time and producer support over

For Circus City festival 2023 we are looking for VOLUNTEERS to join our Front of House team, to steward performances, check tickets, support artists and see some brilliant shows!

Apply now for a £1.5k circus residency commission with space in kind, producer time & the opportunity to pitch your project for further support

We are recruiting an Emerging Producer to work alongside us in delivering this year’s Circus City Festival. Whether originator, connector, facilitator or champion, producers