In 2023 we began working with Filwood Community Centre on a pilot project, Circus Routes, to explore what a circus programme in Filwood might
In November 2023 Handstand Arts awarded our first New Authors Co-commission alongside partners The Lowry, Deda, Jackson’s Lane and Worthing Theatres to Farrell Cox
Are you passionate about live performance, artist development, festivals, city wide programming and place based work? Do you have skills and knowledge in improving
Circus City is passionate about making the work we host accessible. Funding from Nisbet Trust and Postcode Lottery is supporting us to work with
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