— 18 April —
Tuesday
Host Venue: National Centre for Circus Arts
Coronet Street, N1 6HD
020 7613 4141
The National Centre for Circus Arts is the UK’s major training institution for circus arts, offering a Foundation and BA (Hons) Degree in Circus Arts as well as a raft of informal training programmes for children, young people and adults. The National Centre supports artists in the creation and development of new work through various schemes, most notably Lab:Time and Lab:time² – small early stage R&D grants for artists, supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. The National Centre also supports the development of work through mentoring and residencies in their Creation Studio. www.nationalcircus.org.uk
Tea / coffee provided!
Select showcase of indoor and outdoor work / shows in development.
Performance sharings of José Triguero and Chris Patfield's Project Gibbon, and Inverted's Box.
Pitches for: Zoe Jones and Ella Robson Guilfoyle's Soror, Pirates of the Carabina's RUHM, and Circumference's Chaotic.
Performance sharings of Max Calaf Seve's Nalukatak, and Living Rooms Circus' The Penguin and I.
Pitches for: Extant and two Catalan projects (Circ Panic/Jordi Panareda's MiraT, and Cia Soon's Gregarious), plus an introduction to video work by Remy Archer.
Dinner at The Woodman (provided for delegates) and informal networking.
https://www.jacksonslane.org.uk/whats-on/taival
Tickets provided for delegates.
— 19 April —
Wednesday
Host Venue: Jacksons Lane
269A Archway Road, N6 5AA
020 8340 5226
Jacksons Lane supports a huge amount of emerging as well as established circus artists from London and elsewhere through offering rehearsal space, residencies, public sharings of work in development, and performance opportunities. Jacksons Lane are a host venue for MimeFest and a partner venue for CircusFest, and programme circus in their theatre all year round. www.jacksonslane.org.uk
Spotlight on Trapezi Festival, Reus and Cirko Festival, Helsinki
Excerpt of Milton Lopes's Elephant.
Pitches for Bassline Circus' FLIP, Lost in Translation's Famished, José Triguero / Gemma Palomar's Cul de Sac, Oddly Moving Circus' He Ain't Heavy, Scarabeus Aerial Theatre's Depths Of My Mind, and Animal Religion's Indomador, plus a Spotlight on Trapezi Festival Reus.
Excerpt/pitch of Alula Cyr's Hyena.
Excerpts of Blind Gut's The Machine, and Lumo Company's Lola.
Excerpt of Hikapee's Moonfall.
Choice of performances: remain at Jacksons Lane for Fauna's Fauna, or travel to the Roundhouse for Cie XY's It’s Not Yet Midnight...
— 20 April —
Thursday
Host Venue: artsdepot
5 Nether Street, N12 0GA
020 8369 5454
Since 2004, artsdepot has presented circus annually. In recent years artsdepot has become a partner venue for CircusFest and also presents circus as part of Circulate, the outer London outdoor arts consortium. Artsdepot is part of the City Circ network and a few years ago applied to collaborate with Ockham's Razor for a small residency. Following this, artsdepot then invited Ockham's Razor to be their circus artists in residence where they will remain in residence until March 2018. www.artsdepot.co.uk
Pitches of: RM Digital Theatre's Natalie Inside Out, Nearly there yet's Move On, Ellie Dubois' No Show, Mimbre's Exploded Circus, Scottee's Risk, Industrial Teatrera's Castaways, Bibi and Bichu's Circus Abyssinia, Circus Xanti's As a Tiger in the Jungle, Circo Eia's inTarsi, Company Oliveira & Bachtler's OTUS, Gandini Juggling's Spring, Acrojou's Vessel, and Light the Fuse & Scribbled Thought's Playground Victories.
Tables from Gandini Juggling, Turtle Key Arts, Nearly There Yet, Mimbre, Dizzi O’Dare, The Production Shed, CirqOn the Seam, and Tarzanna, plus a table for Scottish artists.
Arron Sparks' Heathen, Can't Sit Still's Plink/ Boo, Circumference's Aftermath, Ockham's Razor's Threads, Racehorse Company's Around and Disco 3000, Jess Andrade's The Brownie Club, Sarah Jean Couzens & Jon Hick's' Blake's Circus, Kallo Collective's Chameleon, PanGottic's Fluke, and MAKE//SHIFTcompany's Insomniac's Fable.
Delegates travelling to the Roundhouse for Cie XY's It’s Not Yet Midnight... should leave around 18:30 - 18:45.