#streetcircus

The street circus collective was originally started when Circolumbia came to perform at the Roundhouse for the first time. The idea was to start a social circus programme for kids in London to come and learn, and eventually perform, instead of leaving us to run around the town on a Friday night. To celebrate this, we got to open for Circolumbia on the press night of their new show Acelere. And my god it was incredible.

We had a few issues in our 15 minute set, one large one being that Miles’ hamstring gave out in a pyramid, which was not ideal! But this was quickly fixed by some improv and I’m not sure too many people will have noticed that we made up our own positioning! I somehow managed not to forget all the locking section of our dance which was a miracle but, because a show can never go totally right, I managed to throw a juggling ball halfway across the stage mid-performance. Again fixed by more improv!

It was probably one of the most amazing nights of my life. Performing to a cheering audience of 1400 people gives me a rush like nothing else. Here’s hoping I get to keep it up!