I was lucky enough to be cast in a new show with Rowanbank Environmental Arts Education. The show "Positive Imaginings" was the most ambitious of the company to date, is a site-specific circus theatre show about the climate crisis for children. It was challenging and rewarding, and I loved working with the team of 3 […]
Managing to salvage something from an empty summer felt hugely important. I was lucky that I got to perform one of my favourite and most unusual shows- Music of the Spheres. It is hugely evocative and very relevant to the current situation, as I perform aerial in a giant sphere or bubble. The show created […]
I was a little bit behind with updating my news before lockdown and somehow I didn't manage to catch up. But, now things are starting to happen, it's an exciting time. I've done 3 shows and a filming in the last 3 weeks, which is more than I've done all year so far. A performing […]
I spent a large part of 2019 in Wales, not visiting family and friends, but working on a show. Drudwen is a bilingual (Welsh-English) circus theatre show. Written by Kate Driver-Jones for North Wales based company "Cimera" it is a dark and twisted fairytale, that charts the destruction of the natural world by the forces […]
A lot of work goes in behind the scenes on gathering support for new projects, and as every fund is hugely competitive these days, it can be a bit of a demoralising process. However, when you do gain support, it is hugely satisfying. So this year I have been trying to develop "Who Do They […]
Christmas is but a distant memory as I write this, but I find myself a little behind with my news!! 2018 was my second year working for Incandescence on a Christmas contract at Manchester Central, this time the show was "Zulu Sundance" and featured a team of Tanzanian Acrobats. They provided meet and greet drumming, […]
Earlier this year, we went on tour with Tarzanna, a show I have been in since it was first created back in 2016. The show has changed a bit since then, has a new cast (apart from me)and has been reworked to make it suitable for theatres. We had a great time re rehearsing and […]
I was presented with an exciting opportunity in the autumn, which was to put together a show for an event that was part of the Being Human Festival. Professor Vanessa Toulmin- Fairground and Circus Historian (amongst many other things) was putting on an event about ground-breaking historical, female and BAME performers. The original idea was […]
One of my great pleasures, and an entirely new experience was my residency at NCCD as part of their Circus exhibition. My residency was made up of a few elements- performances at the events for the opening and closing of the exhibition, working in the gallery and teaching both public rope workshops and a masterclass […]
January hasn't been that quiet at all this year, which was pleasant and surprising. It brought the unexpected opportunity to perform inside one of Sheffield's most beautiful buildings- The Cathedral. It is sometimes given over for outside events and this was a corporate awards ceremony and dinner for Ask Broadband. The preamble to the event […]
