Unit 15

Name: Unit 15
Address: Unit15, premier business park, Bristol, BS20RA, GB
Telephone: +441179413857
Price range: $

From Bristol's Invisible Circus: a creation space for professional training, private hires & events!

13/06/2024

The July edition of The Devising and Dramaturgy Weekender with Sarah Fielding is just around the corner

Spaces are being filled fast, which is no surprise with reviews like this

Make sure you head to the link to secure your space before it's too late - https://ow.ly/lwx650Si4R4

13/06/2024

“Sarah is the most amazing, generous and safe facilitator and dramaturg. She makes creating an absolute joy. I can’t recommend this workshop weekender highly enough.”

(Feedback from previous participant)

✨We have a fab crew on board but there’s still a few places left on our July 13/14th Devising and Dramaturgy Weekender in Bristol. Join us for a fun and creative weekend developing new ideas and approaches to making work. More info via Eventbrite link in bio.

🛏️ Accommodation available at

✨Limited PWYC and bursary places available. DM for details.

💥See you there ###

10/06/2024

Catch our friends, NoFit State, on their SABOTAGE tour.

Next stop: Pembrokshire!
Get your tickets now - www.nofitstate.org/sabotage

09/06/2024

Last month, Freya Sofia, Nick Partridge, Ruben Campbell-Paine and Serene Daydream used our fantastic space at Unit 15 to indulge us in Celtic culture with the first draft of their mesmerising show 'Folk'. Based on a folk tale, this theatre and circus show included spinning aerial rope, group acrobatics, dance and live singing

It was a pleasure to host the Circomedia performers and watch this dream like show 🍂

29/05/2024

Earlier on in this year, Sophie, Lennart and Márton AKA One Two Many Collective joined us from Hungary as we had the pleasure of hosting them at Unit 15.

Here’s a quick Q&A with Sophie, chatting about their entry into the world of circus and their experience within the Bristol circus community 🎪🤹

24/05/2024

The Devising and Dramaturgy Weekender is back again due to popular demand!

13th & 14th July

The Devising and Dramaturgy Weekender is full of new inspiration and ideas to help you make brilliant work.

✨Spend time considering the impact of your creative choices.

✨Gain practical tools to expand your ideas.

✨Feel empowered and excited about making work again.

✨Give time and energy to developing new projects and birthing them into reality.

✨Work with director and dramaturg Sarah Fielding to develop your practice, and explore new devising techniques.

Why should you do this?

It’s a great opportunity to spend time considering your creative process. We will explore different devising techniques and inspirations, use the open space model to investigate problems within our practice, interrogate our making processes, and spend time with our projects looking at the next steps and how to birth them into the world.

Who is this workshop for?

All makers of performance - including (but not limited to) circus artists, dance artists, and theatre makers.

What happens in the workshop?

A mixture of practical exercises, physical work and theoretical discussion. There will be presentations, feedback, and brainstorming to develop your own project and ideas. The workshop will provide a toolkit to explore new ways of working.

You can find tickets here - https://ow.ly/PhQL50RSjge

19/05/2024

After our successful aerial intensive training last month we caught up with one of your teachers - the incredibly talented Ana Cerrato. We discussed the Bristol community and her circus repertoire. 🤸‍♀️🎪

Keep sliding to hear all of Ana’s thoughts...

17/05/2024

It was great to see our training space full of talent and energy from the No Fit State bamboo rehearsals last week 🎍💚

It's a spectacular show that can't be missed, make sure to check out their upcoming dates via the link

https://www.nofitstate.org/shows/bamboo/

We have one workspace / studio left! Available now.For enquiries, email rich@invisiblecircus.co.uk

16/05/2024

We have one workspace / studio left! Available now.
For enquiries, email [email protected]

15/05/2024

Next week we will be hosting Zvizdal (Chernobyl - so far, so close) by BERLIN

1986. About 90 towns and villages around Pripyat are evacuated. The failure of an atomic experiment causes a drastic change in the lives of the locals. They leave their houses never to return.

Pétro and Nadia, who were born and raised in Zvizdal, refuse to be evacuated. They prefer to stay put in their old village, in their own house. A ghost town. All their friends have left, their plundered houses bear witness to better days. Petrified places, overgrown by nature.

Between 2011 and 2016 BERLIN followed Pétro and Nadia in an effort to portray the evolution of their story over the years. How does one bear years of isolation? Of no electricity, running water or heating. There are the superstitions, there is the vodka, the muttering, the cursing and praying and singing, the toothaches, the ailments of old age, the 20km walk to the nearest shop, the wait for someone from civilization.

Zvizdal is an immersive hybrid of documentary film and theatrical installation, which shows two people living in a ghost town. A portrait of solitude, survival, poverty, hope and love between two elderly people in their eighties surrounded by colourless, odourless but omnipresent radiation.

‘An intriguing conceptual meditation: slow, existential, quietly beautiful, and worthwhile.’ - The Arts Desk

“Slowly and sensitively, a remarkable portrait is created, offering no simple answers to the questions that arise, even the central one of why Pétro and Nadia chose to stay. ‘This is how it is,’ they say, and in that moment it seems that theirs is not a choice after all, but a necessity. —Irish Times

★★★★★ The Argus
★★★★ The Irish Times

May 20th & 21st | 8pm – 9:30pm (doors 7:30pm)

This performance is part of Mayfest: Bristol's international festival of contemporary theatre and live performance, curated and produced by MAYK.

Words from Kate & Matthew, co-directors, MAYK: "We were forced to cancel this show in 2020 due to us all having to isolate – poignant really, given the themes of the work. And since that time, the location of the film – deep within the Ukrainian countryside – has brought the landscape of this work to the fore once again. We’re honoured to welcome Belgian company BERLIN to Mayfest for the first time with this exquisite work."

Click the link to purchase your tickets - https://hdfst.uk/e106101

13/05/2024

🎪 An update for all of you circus jammers! 🎪

We wanted to let you know that the circus social won’t be being held this weekend as we’ll be prepping for May Fest. We’ll be ready for you as usual next Sunday but in the meantime make sure to grab your tickets for Zvizdal (Chernobyl - so far, so close) by BERLIN which will be held at the Unit on May 20th & 21st

Tickets - https://www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/unit-15/mon-20-may-zvizdal-chernobyl-so-far-so-close--105811

01/05/2024

We have one workspace / studio left! Available now.

For enquiries, email [email protected]

01/05/2024

🍂 TOMORROW 🍂

Freya Sofia, Nick Partridge, Ruben Campbell-Paine and Serene Daydream are currently using our fantastic space at Unit 15 to create the first draft of their show 'Folk'. Based on a folk tale, this theatre and circus show includes spinning aerial rope, group acrobatics, dance and live singing. It is a family friendly show, and will be about 30 minutes long, with time afterwards to gather feedback from the audience, which will contribute to the next phase of their project.

02/05 | 7:00pm - 7:30pm
Tickets via Headfirst, https://hdfst.uk/e107899

Come along to experience an amazing contemporary show which will indulge you in the Celtic culture.

15/04/2024

⏳ The countdown is on…

There’s only one week until our Aerial Focus Spring Training 2-Day Intensive takes you to new heights right here at Unit 15!

So, get ready for 2 days packed full of excitement as we focus on technique, motivation, and the camaraderie of our tight-knit aerial community. We’ll sculpt our bodies with invigorating warm-ups, enhance our flexibility, and channel our inner strength through conditioning exercises. You’ll also have the incredible opportunity to rally behind our amazing local teachers and make unforgettable memories

22nd – 23rd April | 10:00am – 5:45pm

Your teachers:
Trapeze with Trystan Chambers
Hoop with Ana Cerrato
Rope with Jack Rees
Straps with Eloise Currie

General Release - £200 each
Bookings close Friday

Don’t miss out! To book your spot email: [email protected]

11/04/2024

ONLY 48 HOURS REMAIN TO PURCHASE AN EARLY BIRD SPACE 🐦🪱⭐

Don’t miss out on this incredible price for the Aerial Focus Spring Training 2-Day Intensive – slide the post to check out the incredible opportunities involved!

This aerial training will leave you with skills and confidence to further your circus career

22nd – 23rd April | 10:00am – 5:45pm

Early Bird - £175 each
General Release - £200 each
Subsidised - £120 each

Don’t let this opportunity slip through your fingers! To book your spot email: [email protected]

10/04/2024

Looking for a private workspace / studio?

Large studio / top floor workspace tucked away in a small industrial estate near Old Market

Ideal for creatives with lots of natural light and could also be split into multiple workspaces

The space is 12m x 6m with 3.2m height at the apex

Included is off street parking in a gated yard and use of a toilet and kitchen on the ground floor shared with basement studios

One month rolling contract

£700pcm
Available now!

For enquiries, email [email protected] – many thanks

10/04/2024

Looking for a private workspace / studio? Look no further!

Large unit available for rent tucked away in a small industrial estate near Old Market

71.37m2
Depth - 12.2m Width - 5.85m
6.7m Height to Apex
6m x 5m area hard standing immediately in front of unit
5.3m Electric roller shutter doors - manually operated

One month rolling contract

Overhead natural and electric lighting

Three phase and single-phase power with various distribution points

Within a secure gated yard with access to a toilet and weekly rubbish collection

Not suitable for automotive industries

£950pcm
Available now!

For enquiries, email [email protected] – many thanks

02/04/2024

Jack Rees has been studying and training rope since 2009. During these years he has honed in on a particular style. Becoming obsessed with the brake down of technique through strength and conditioning as well as exploration in dynamics and flow. His performance style very much mixes slow elegant movement with humour and physical comedy. Coming from a love of acting and clowning his character work adds a charming layer onto his performance. His work has taken him all around the world with companies such as Arcadia Spectacular, The Invisible Circus and Pirates of the Carabina

During the sessions Jack will be focussing moving through meathook as a pathway. Using it as an entrance and added flow pathway as well as the hold as a move itself. Exploring some of Jack’s favourite drills and exercises to create a strong, confident position in this area.

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Aerial Focus Spring Training 2-Day Intensive 🌟

22nd – 23rd April | 10:00am – 5:45pm

Don’t let this opportunity slip through your fingers! To book your spot email: [email protected]

Early Bird - £175 each
General Release - £200 each
Subsidised - £120 each

28/03/2024

Born in Spain, moving to the UK in 2003 Ana's journey to becoming a professional aerialist started after witnessing a breathtaking aerial show in London in 2004, after which she knew she wanted to pursue a career in circus and more specifically in aerial arts. In 2005 Ana underwent a two-year professional circus course in Bristol, specialising in silks and corde-lisse. Straight out of circus school, she landed her first performing job, a contract with a traditional circus in North India and after that she never looked back.

Back in the UK, Ana started to perform at festivals and corporate events. In 2012 she returned to India, working as head of aerial at Kingdom of Dreams, the first large-scale live entertainment theatre in the country featuring a state-of-the-art Bollywood-style musical with a fully automated flying system almost twenty meters above the auditorium. Ana has since taken part in big circus productions such as Circus Rocks, a touring show around seaside holiday resorts where she performed corde-lisse alongside an international cast during the summer season.

In 2013 Ana flew to Melbourne, Australia where she took further tuition to hone her aerial hoop skills at NICA. Since then, she’s broadened her aerial repertoire with No Fit State Circus in Wales, teaching for 3 years.

She's currently performing in shows around the UK and internationally. Ana is one-fourth of Venus Aerial, an aerial troupe comprising four of the UK's most forthcoming aerial artists and is a regular feature on the Incandescence Circus Productions Christmas shows. Additionally, she has a thriving teaching practice in Bristol teaching weekly aerial classes to over 100 students at UWE, Spincity Bristol and the Albany Centre.

Her focus in these sessions will be hoop flow and bendy shapes.

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Aerial Focus Spring Training 2-Day Intensive 🌟

22nd – 23rd April | 10:00am – 5:45pm

To book your spot email: [email protected]

General Release - £200 each
Subsidised - £120 each

26/03/2024

The Aerial Focus Spring Training is less than a month away so here's a rundown of prerequisites and teaching focuses:

🎓 Straps with Eloise

Prerequisites:
Strength- Short arm straddle up unassisted, long arm straddle up, meat hook. Flexibility- must be able to touch toes from standing to ensure proper technique and form without overloading the shoulders

Teaching focus:
Focusing on technique in the foundational movements. During this exploration, finding which technique suits your body type, as everyone is different. Focusing how to create clean lines and proper alignment in the air. We will focus on spinning, flares, switches, beats, choreography, sequencing and movement quality

🎓 Trapeze with Trystan

Prerequisites:
A good base level of strength, several pull ups and leg lifts. Must be able to always tuck under the bar with ease and pull up to front balance with ease. Comfortable working at height

Teaching focus:
Trystan will run a dynamic trapeze workshop focusing specifically on catch release tricks. The session will look at the use of tempos, learning new vocabulary and linking different catch release tricks

🎓 Rope with Jack

Prerequisites:
A good 10 second two handed hang and ability to invert without assistance

Teaching Focus:
During the sessions we will be focussing on moving through meat hook as a pathway. Using it as an entrance and added flow pathway as well as the hold as a move itself. Exploring some of my favourite drills and exercises to create a strong, confident position in this area.

🎓 Hoop with Ana

Prerequisites:
Unassisted mount/dismount, able to stay on the hoop for sequences/transitions rather than just single moves, air inverts - not just from the floor

Teaching Focus:
We will work on flow, paying special attention to lines and technique. The focus will not be on learning single moves - although you may be learning moves that are new to you

22nd – 23rd April | 10:00am – 5:45pm

Bookings: [email protected]

24/03/2024

It's back again due to popular demand! The Devising and Dramaturgy Weekender is full of new inspiration and ideas to help you make brilliant work.

Spend time considering the impact of your creative choices. Gain practical tools to expand your ideas. Feel empowered and excited about making work again. Give time and energy to developing new projects and birthing them into reality. Work with director and dramaturg, Sarah Fielding to develop your practice, and explore new devising techniques.

Why should I do this?

It's a great opportunity to spend time considering your creative process. Exploring different devising techniques and inspirations, using the open space model to investigate problems within our practice, interrogate our making processes, and spend time with our projects looking at the next steps and how to birth them into the world.

Who is this workshop for?

All makers of performance - including (but not limited to) circus artists, dance artists, and theatre makers.

What happens in the workshop?

A mixture of practical exercises, physical work and theoretical discussion. There will be presentations, feedback, and brainstorming to develop your own project and ideas. The workshop will provide a toolkit to explore new ways of working.

13th – 14th April | 10pm – 4pm

Price: £120
Queries: [email protected]
Booking: Click the link - https://ow.ly/cXAT50QXRi0

A Devising and Dramaturgy Workshop to kickstart your creative process this April

21/03/2024

Eloise’s career began in dance, she was then introduced to circus. After some years as a professional dancer, she dedicated 4 years of intensive training to become an aerialist & studied a BA hons degree in circus arts. Eloise has been working professionally as an aerialist for many years, establishing her work as a soloist as well as being in the beginning process of starting her own aerial/dance company.

She approaches the circus in the same way she approaches dance - as an extension of her soul. Eloise is extremely interested in exploring the intersection of mind, body and soul when it comes to any movement practice. She takes a holistic approach to teaching, she’ll consider how people's brains work, explore what their individual expression is, as well as what suits or feels best in their body. She’s led by each individual student and won't teach two people in the same way.

Throughout the aerial focus spring training sessions, she’ll focus on technique in the foundational movements. During this exploration, finding which technique suits your body type, as everyone is different. Focusing on how to create clean lines and proper alignment in the air. Specifically looking at spinning, flares, switches, beats, choreography, sequencing, and movement quality.

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Aerial Focus Spring Training 2-Day Intensive 🌟

22nd – 23rd April | 10:00am – 5:45pm

Don’t let this opportunity slip through your fingers! To book your spot email: [email protected]

Early Bird - £175 each
General Release - £200 each
Subsidised - £120 each

18/03/2024

Introducing one of our brilliant teachers Trystan Chambers 🤩

Trystan is a Welsh circus artist and producer who specialises in dynamic and catch release static trapeze. His background lies in dance and artistic gymnastics, until discovering circus and working in traditional circus, still all at a young age. Eventually Trystan moved to Bristol where he did his degree at Circomedia. Since graduating, Trystan has co-founded Grounded Circus, and performed both across the UK and internationally with companies such as NoFit State Circus, The Netherlands National Circus and of course, here in Bristol with The Invisible Circus. Trystan enjoys bringing his understanding of gymnastics to his aerial discipline.

Trystan will run a dynamic trapeze workshop focusing specifically on catch release tricks. The session will look at the use of tempos, learning new vocabulary and linking different catch release tricks.

Email: [email protected] to book your space

13/03/2024

We’re thrilled to play host to the Ecological Circus Perform: Spring Equinox Ritual, where there will be mesmerising circus performances, soul-stirring poetry, and harrowing music. Join the community as we gather to celebrate the arrival of spring in a truly immersive and magical way🍃

Evva Semenowicz will lead us through a ritual of intention-setting and gratitude, weaving together meditation, movement, and song

Bring your offerings from the living world and water from your local spring to contribute to the ceremony

Arrive early to settle in, explore the space, and enjoy some wild teas and tinctures

Come together to honour the earth and welcome the season of renewal with open hearts and joyous spirits

This Sunday | March 17th | 1pm - 4pm

Head over to the link to book - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-equinox-ritual-tickets-847070620027?aff=erelexpmlt

05/12/2023

💗Do you have 2 - 3 years bookkeeping experience ?
A passion for numbers, interest in the arts and previous experience working in the creative &/or hospitality sector ?

😀Then we’d love to meet you!
Our new part-time bookkeeping position straddles two separate sister companies, The Invisible Circus and The Loco Klub

Your role will be working alongside the Finance Officer and providing support to the Company Manager; attending meetings and delivering ad hoc tasks across the wider business where necessary.

The role is 16 hours per week, ideally, split over two days a week

📝The main duties
Raise Invoicing
Processing income
Utilities management
Making payments, including all casual staff and suppliers
Processing cash and iZettle bar take
Payroll
Bar stock audits
Processing petty cash and expenses
Monitoring and chasing aged debt
Cash and bank account reconciliation
VAT returns
Cash flow
Budgeting
Data entry
Maintaining financial records
Revenue and expedition forecasting
Credit control / tenancy agreements

👋Read the full job description and find out how to apply on our website 🔺LINK In BIO 🔺

Email [email protected] for a PDF job description

⏰Application deadline: 31st December 2023

02/12/2023

🤸🏽‍♀️✨Don't miss the opportunity to attend the Bristol Partner Acrobatics Weekend with Tom the Acrobat
next Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th of December.

Tom Mörtl is returning to Bristol to offer a weekend training in partner acrobatics, his only UK intensive this year!

Tom is a German professional circus artist and teacher who started training Dutch acrobatics, upgraded it with Ukrainian technique, refined his work under the tutelage of various experienced coaches and incorporated elements of dance and martial arts in his movement.

Since graduating from the circus school ACAPA in Tilburg, he has been performing in various festivals, theatres, operas, circuses and dance shows amongst others. You can find out more about Tom at https://tomtheacrobat.com/

✨Focus will be on technique, efficiency in tricks, and learning some cool elements.
Participants will learn how to break down complex skills and work with dynamic energy.

The workshops will be adjusted to the participant's level and interests.
If some drills are too hard, there will be an easier pre-exercise.
If some tricks are too easy, then there is always a way to make it difficult for you!

H2H and F2H techniques and tricks (entrances, transitions, dismounts)
Lifting and throwing (pitching, podcheska, flying tricks)
One arm, one foot, knot and more
Technical training, drills and fundamentals

Pre-requisites:
- L-base h2h & f2h
- standing f2h
- standing h2h with a 50 % success rate

If you have any questions about the pre-requisites, please get in touch at [email protected]

Fee
£175 full price
£140 concession

You decide which price bracket you pay based on your circumstances.
Register here:
https://forms.gle/hQBWdcYMYED52GTH6

09/11/2023

🎉 FLASH SALE ALERT ! 🎉
Get ready to party without breaking the bank! 🕺💸

✨ For a limited time, we're offering an exclusive £10 off on tickets to our swanky 1920s Prohibition-meets-Bristol Christmas bash! 🎄

Don't miss out on the glitz, glam, and all that jazz. 🎄🎪💃🏽🍸

For more information and a brochure, please click here ✨https://www.locoklub.com/fairytale-of-bristol/

Use code FLASH10 when you book, and let's make this holiday season one to remember!

🎟️ Email [email protected] to get your tickets now!🎅

Event dates:
Thursday 30th Nov
Friday 1st Dec
Thursday 7th Dec
Thursday 14th Dec
Friday 15th Dec
Saturday 16th Dec

24/10/2023

🎪As the dust settles post-show and Circus City Circus City is rolling out, we got around the table Unit 15 with other Bristol circus movers and shakers to talk about what the future holds and what our community needs.

What will our circus city look like with no more circus spaces and how will the accessible art and culture Bristol is famous for survive if those championing the economic development it has enabled aren’t willing to safeguard it Bristol City Council?

Too little too late or everything to play for? Cup half full or city well over half empty of art spaces ? One things for sure, it’s now or never to make a change and take a stand ✊🏽💟

Arts Council England
Pirates of the Carabina
Puppet Place
Cirque Bijou
CircusWorks
Arcadia

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19/10/2023

💥We can’t shout out enough about the awesome support received for Welcome to the Future

From all of the Invisible Circus family The Invisible Circus , old and new, the Unit 15 team Unit 15 as well as the Loco Klub crew The Loco Klub - all of whom stepped up and went above and beyond across the board.

Here also we would like to acknowledge a few external companies and individuals who went all out in their support of the project -

Bristol Beer Factory Bristol Beer Factory Paul rose and all of the AF Live team AF Live , Paul Jarvis and all at Copper Red Design Ltd Copper Red Design Ltd. Robin and The Bedford Smokehouse crew.

Thanks once again for all the love and energy that went into such a memorable event. X DF

📷Image: Colin Moody https://www.weareplaster.com/

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18/10/2023

At Unit 15 The Invisible Circus ... we can't wait for this exclusive performance...

📣THIS THURSDAY & FRIDAY
Grandmas, Barbies and growling metalheads melt together in an exciting mix of beauty, skill, comedy and darkness.
Old and outdated beliefs must be thrown overboard to start the journey on the 5G connection straight between heaven and hell, created especially for this occasion.

Prepare to be inspired, confused, questioned, vulnerable and ready to laugh.

Is your glass of "Noise Juice" half empty or half full?
Whatever your answer might be, Muovipussi will take care of a refill.

🎟️Tickets available through Circus City

📆Thu 19th - Fri 20th October
🕰️Doors 8 PM Show start 8:30 PM
Show length 70 minutes, no interval
Age recommendation 12+ years.
Content warning Muovipussi use theatre smoke and there will be loud noises.

From Circus City
What we love about Noise Juice
Noise Juice has been causing a stir at circus festivals across mainland Europe. Think you’ve seen everything on stage before?! We had to go find out and were not disappointed. Stunning, riotous, q***r, punk gig circus that will charm you and blow your socks off.

"Noise Juice" is the first full-length show of the Finnish company Muovipussi.

✨Once again, another production has come through our door in quick succession, making us extremely proud of how versatile our Unit 15 space is for creative practitioners and the circus and theatre community and companies. Click here to find out more on what we can offer https://www.unit15bristol.com/hire

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Experience the thrill of aerial arts at our Aerial Focus Spring Training! 🤩 Next week, join this 2-day intensive workshop at our amazing space within Unit 15. The training promises an unforgettable journey into the world of aerial acrobatics. Delve into trapeze, hoop, rope, and straps under the guidance of our expert teachers; including Trystan Chambers, Ana Cerrato, Jack Rees, and Eloise Currie. From invigorating warm-ups to personalized guidance at each station, you’ll have the opportunity to hone your skills, sculpt your body, enhance your flexibility, and channel your inner strength through conditioning exercises. This is your chance to make unforgettable memories and make lasting memories and connections with fellow enthusiasts. 22nd – 23rd April | 10:00am – 5:45pm With limited spots available, don’t miss out on this opportunity! Secure your place now by emailing [email protected]. Booking closes on Friday⏳ General Release - £200 each

The Aerial Focus Spring Training is less than a month away so here's a rundown of prerequisites and teaching focuses: 🎓 Straps with Eloise Prerequisites: Strength- Short arm straddle up unassisted, long arm straddle up, meat hook. Flexibility- must be able to touch toes from standing to ensure proper technique and form without overloading the shoulders Teaching focus: Focusing on technique in the foundational movements. During this exploration, finding which technique suits your body type, as everyone is different. Focusing how to create clean lines and proper alignment in the air. We will focus on spinning, flares, switches, beats, choreography, sequencing and movement quality 🎓 Trapeze with Trystan Prerequisites: A good base level of strength, several pull ups and leg lifts. Must be able to always tuck under the bar with ease and pull up to front balance with ease. Comfortable working at height Teaching focus: Trystan will run a dynamic trapeze workshop focusing specifically on catch release tricks. The session will look at the use of tempos, learning new vocabulary and linking different catch release tricks 🎓 Rope with Jack Prerequisites: A good 10 second two handed hang and ability to invert without assistance Teaching Focus: During the sessions we will be focussing on moving through meat hook as a pathway. Using it as an entrance and added flow pathway as well as the hold as a move itself. Exploring some of my favourite drills and exercises to create a strong, confident position in this area. 🎓 Hoop with Ana Prerequisites: Unassisted mount/dismount, able to stay on the hoop for sequences/transitions rather than just single moves, air inverts - not just from the floor Teaching Focus: We will work on flow, paying special attention to lines and technique. The focus will not be on learning single moves - although you may be learning moves that are new to you 22nd – 23rd April | 10:00am – 5:45pm Bookings: [email protected].

Muovipussi - Noise Juice Trailer 1min.mp4

At Unit 15 The Invisible Circus ... we can't wait for this exclusive performance... 📣THIS THURSDAY & FRIDAY Grandmas, Barbies and growling metalheads melt together in an exciting mix of beauty, skill, comedy and darkness. Old and outdated beliefs must be thrown overboard to start the journey on the 5G connection straight between heaven and hell, created especially for this occasion. Prepare to be inspired, confused, questioned, vulnerable and ready to laugh. Is your glass of "Noise Juice" half empty or half full? Whatever your answer might be, Muovipussi will take care of a refill. 🎟️Tickets available through Circus City 📆Thu 19th - Fri 20th October 🕰️Doors 8 PM Show start 8:30 PM Show length 70 minutes, no interval Age recommendation 12+ years. Content warning Muovipussi use theatre smoke and there will be loud noises. From Circus City What we love about Noise Juice Noise Juice has been causing a stir at circus festivals across mainland Europe. Think you’ve seen everything on stage before?! We had to go find out and were not disappointed. Stunning, riotous, queer, punk gig circus that will charm you and blow your socks off. "Noise Juice" is the first full-length show of the Finnish company Muovipussi. ✨Once again, another production has come through our door in quick succession, making us extremely proud of how versatile our Unit 15 space is for creative practitioners and the circus and theatre community and companies. Click here to find out more on what we can offer https://www.unit15bristol.com/hire 💕If you would like to keep up to date with our news and all our upcoming events, please join our mailing list https://ow.ly/GCOX50PTH4y

We are so excited to host the newly developed theatre production Tess by Ockham's Razor & Turtle Key Arts Tess is a groundbreaking adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s classic novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles and has a 3-night run starting tonight. An ensemble of performers weaves together Hardy’s words and the extreme physicality of circus to tell this tale of power, loss & endurance. Against a backdrop of shifting projections, the cast wield wooden planks, climb shifting walls & move through ropes & swathes of linen to evoke the vast landscapes & interior worlds of Hardy’s Wessex. It is a story which still has extraordinary relevance for our times in its incredibly nuanced evocation of female relationships, sexual desire, consent, privilege and poverty. This retelling captures the beauty, heartbreak & yearning of the novel & draws upon the incredible strength of the circus body to create a Tess as heroic as Hardy intended. 📆Fri 13th & Sat 14th SOLD OUT Limited tickets Sun 15th October 🕰️Doors 7 pm Show 7:30 pm Show length 2 hours 15 mins with an interval Age 12+ Content Warning Adult Themes 🎟️Tickets are available directly through https://www.bristolcircuscity.com/ ✨Once again, another production has come through our door in quick succession, making us extremely proud of how versatile our Unit 15 space is for creative practitioners and the circus and theatre community and companies. 📃Tess is the 2nd in line of 4 Circus City programmed performances here at Unit 15. 🎪Circus City is the UK’s largest international programme of contemporary circus on NOW until Sunday 22 October, with a city-wide festival of performances blending circus with music, film, theatre, dance and more.

FAIRYTALE OF BRISTOL - an Invisible Circus Xmas Party🎄🥳 🎊🥂🎪 Only 3 dates remaining for EXCLUSIVE HIRE! 📆6th, 12th, 13th December still available for your exclusive use. Discount offer of standard ticket price for exclusive hire. Book now before we sell out! 🍾 🍽️ 💃Expect the Christmas party staples of a drink on arrival, a delicious 3-course dinner and dancing till the wee hours, but with the Invisible Circus’ trademark immersive theatre and circus performers making it an unforgettable night unlike anything else in Bristol! IT'S A ONE-OF-A-KIND PARTY AND WE'D LOVE YOU TO JOIN US! For more information and a brochure, please click here ✨https://www.locoklub.com/fairytale-of-bristol/ Please send all email enquiries to [email protected] 💕If you would like to keep up to date with our news and all our upcoming events, please join our mailing list https://ow.ly/GCOX50PTH4y

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Bristol Circus City returns! 🎉 The UK’s largest circus festival is back with a jam-packed roster of events in venues across the city. Join us Unit 15 for Sawdust Symphony, Noise Juice by Muovipussi, Tit for Tat presents BOOKS! And the mighty Ockham’s Razor presents Tess. 🎟️Tickets available https://www.bristolcircuscity.com/ Handstand Arts ✨⚒️Wed 4th - Thu 5th October - Sawdust Symphony Doors 7:45 pm Show 8 pm ✨🧖🏽‍♀️Fri 13th, Sat 14th, Sun 15th Oct - Ockham's Razor / Turtle Key Arts present Tess Doors 7 pm Show 7:30 pm ✨🎤Thu 19th - Fri 20th Oct - Noise Juice by Muovipussi Doors 8 pm Show 8:30 pm ✨📖Sat 21st - Sun 22nd October - Tit for Tat present BOOKS! https://tit4tat.org/ Doors 30 minutes before show start Show 11:00 am & 2:00 pm each day 🤗If you would like to keep up to date with our news and all our up & coming events, please join our mailing list https://mailchi.mp/8c0cc78d7931/lrtmaah7in

✊🏽🥰SOLD OUT 💕💥🎪❤️‍🔥 It’s an exercise in collective dreaming and collaboration, of holding fast to the visions but also being able to let go, pushing it over the mountain and letting it roll, the balance between tension and flow. There’s a misfit magic about the way it happens, from fag packet drawings to late-night conversation as well as the necessary spreadsheets and cad plans. Even the mistakes and misunderstandings can manifest magic no one quite planned or could know. It’s a subtle art and balancing act, relying as much on the faith, skill, vision and humour of each person as it does on the collective vibe. While it’s a given you could usually always do with more time and money, it’s as much about the limitations more often than not. That’s when, by necessity, a lot of the magic happens. It’s an inexact science and unfathomable quest, but either way, I am always struck by the heart and soul people bring to it and the sense of unity the process embodies. After quite a long break from hometown shows this has been emotional and as healing as it is inspiring in many ways. We sailed some uncharted seas together back in the old days, stormy at times, too, but it’s been a beautiful thing to bring a crew back together, old and new, and I can only hope you will enjoy seeing the show as much as we have enjoyed making it thus far. 💞Massive love and respect to all the crew, here and there, near and far, old and new x D 🎟️RESALE tickets through Headfirst Bristol https://ow.ly/anQY50PPOeG

💥TICKETS ALMOST GONE… SOLD OUT FRIDAY & SATURDAY 📣LAST FEW REMAINING THURSDAY & SUNDAY ✨ Wandering wistfully down memory lane, one can’t but remember those golden moments, dizzying highs and of course the crushing lows! The challenges and victories, trials and tribulations, the mountains moved and worlds dragged up from the dust for a fleeting taste of freedom, an escape from this earthly realm into some other Eden, paradise found and made of our own collective dreaming. Given the open ground, we can all find our feet, as well as our magical wings to fly, and therein see the very best of ourselves, as well as the wonders of others, loosed from the chains of the humdrum every day, free from the gutters of servitude and the dark streets of sorrow, to dance again, and stare glassy-eyed in childlike wonder at a magical other world, if only for a moment, just beyond the limitations of this one, where we are free to dream and be, free to fly in the wild blue yonder of impossibility, such is the realm wherein we are honoured to work and play, so it’s our pleasure to invite you all to join us once again ! Grab your 🎪 WELCOME TO THE FUTURE 🎪tickets NOW.... and disappear with the Invisible Circus 🎉🎊 🎟️ TICKETS available through Headfirst Bristol https://ow.ly/AbFZ50PJAB8 🎪SHOW DATES 📆 28th, 29th, 30th Sept & 1st Oct Friday 29th & Saturday 30th Sept have SOLD OUT 👑 Dress Code A-Listers Paupers and Circus Royalty 🤡❤️‍🔥🤹💃🏽 📣 The simplest way to support us is to Like & Share this post 💕💥

This has to be one of the most powerful & emotional moments for me in all the many such moments I have witnessed. The way it brought together the ghostly white characters from our statue years with the haunting music we used for so many shows, alongside the use of the dramatic built environment as a vertical performance space. Also, the stark contrast to the heady cabaret hustle and bustle, the way everybody was drawn out into the courtyard at just the right time and this rich, emotive energy floated down from the rooftops with the performers, moving people to tears as they gazed in wonder up above. It’s a moment that will stay with me forever. It was a pivotal and pinnacle moment. A culmination of all the energy & effort so far, the incredible and crazy mission to bring all this collective creative dreaming into being, to make it real, to make the invisible visible. It still gives me goosebumps to think about it and a fluttering in my chest like some kind of ghostly bird trying to escape, perhaps the stirring of the soul ? Here, you see that spirit so beautifully and majestically embodied by Rowan Fae and Dela Seward as the performers, facilitated by Wim Penhaul and the rigging team in the shadows. Don't miss out !! Grab your 🎪 WELCOME TO THE FUTURE 🎪tickets now .... and disappear with the Invisible Circus 🎉🎊 🎟️ TICKETS available through Headfirst Bristol https://ow.ly/AbFZ50PJAB8 🎪SHOW DATES 📆 28th, 29th, 30th Sept & 1st Oct Friday 29th & Saturday 30th Sept have SOLD OUT 👑 Dress Code A-Listers Paupers and Circus Royalty 🤡❤️‍🔥🤹💃🏽 📣 The simplest way to support us is to Like & Share this post 💕💥 🎥 Clip from the Invisible Circus: No Dress Rehearsal feature documentary by Naomi Smyth https://www.youtube.com/@NaomiDoc

Remember, it’s not the same without you, and you don’t want to be the only one standing out, not in costume! Help blur the boundaries between stage and audience by dressing the part as an A-list pauper or Circus king and queen! Remember, the Invisible Circus is going on around you all the time, even if you can't quite see it yet, it’s the show of your lifetime, so step into the spotlight and shine! 🎟️ Grab your 🎪 WELCOME TO THE FUTURE 🎪 tickets now through Headfirst Bristol https://ow.ly/AbFZ50PJAB8 🎪SHOW DATES 📆 28th Sept & 1st Oct 🕰️ 8 pm Friday 29th & Saturday 30th Sept have SOLD OUT DRESS CODE A-Listers Paupers and Circus Royalty 📣 The simplest way to support us is to Like & Share this post 💕💥

Origin story Where did it all begin? Well, in some ways, it’s all about beginnings, new beginnings, reinventions, rebirths & revolutions. It’s always beginning, it’s never-ending. But the first time I SAW the invisible circus was in a huge old Victorian factory depot in Camberwell, south London. It was floating in the ether, rising in the dust, flickering in the diffused light of these big old round drop lights that hung in a circle from the girders of the vaulted ceiling, lighting up the imaginary ring below. But there it was, ghost-like in my mind's eye, shimmering in the shadows, tempting, tantalising, calling me, daring me to bring it into being. In some ways, I have been chasing that show ever since. It was 1991, I was 23 and running with conspiracy sound system, cracking squats for the parties & spending days & nights on my hands & knees painting huge backdrops for the decor. I had actually done my first public performance as some kind of staff-spinning go-go dancer at one of our parties in Brixton a few weeks before, but that’s another story. This place was huge, & finally, we were going to be able to put on a full techno circus show, which was the dream we had been building towards through a long winter of cold squat stakeouts, police standoffs & awesome free party Raves. Despite a victory in the high court to gain us the extra week we needed to pull it together, internal politics would be our downfall, it was a heartbreaker. In the end, it didn't happen & before leaving, I wrote The Invisible Circus in big chalk letters on the floor as a bit of a f**k you & left at dawn. Looking up into the huge industrial big top space one last time, I imagined the show one last time. Then 3 years later in 1994, when I would become a street performer in Portugal that’s what I told anyone who asked what we were called 🎪 WELCOME TO THE FUTURE 🎟️TICKETS👉🏽 https://ow.ly/AbFZ50PJAB8 🎪SHOW DATES 📆 28th 29th 30th Sept 1st Oct 🕰️ 8 pm

Grab your 🎪 WELCOME TO THE FUTURE 🎪tickets now .... and disappear with the Invisible Circus 🎉🎊 SATURDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER SOLD OUT! 🔥Final tickets selling fast 💥Grab them before they go 🎟️ TICKETS available through Headfirst Bristol https://ow.ly/AbFZ50PJAB8 🎪SHOW DATES 📆 28th, 29th, 30th of September & 1st of October 🕰️ 8 pm 📣 Dress code A-Lister Paupers and Circus Royalty 💃🏽💥

The world's first, last, and only🤘🏽Heavy Metal Acid Panto🤘🏽was one of our most hilarious and surreal productions; it was awesome in so many ways, to embrace the great Panto tradition on the one hand, but to interpret it in such a whacky post-modern way, to follow the classic Panto format and structure yet to subvert it so gloriously! Reinventing the various classic characters into a warped post-modern setting with Iron Slash, who was trying to steal The Rock, by seizing control of the mystical magical sacred studded jacket with 666 studs from our unwitting hero, The Dwayne! This show saw my reintroduction to performing in Drag as the alternative fairy godmother Yes Love, based on our local café hostess who would greet visitors with a “Yes love?” to take their orders. Other classics included Iron Slash’s sidekick Rocksteady, TinkerHell, Buttons and the denim panto horse, not to mention the unstoppable force that was the Travesty Dance Troupe, all heroically scored by the heavy metal incarnation of The Carny Villains, the awesome Battleaxe! This was another classic group devising approach with Dave Rudi as our ever-watchful, ever-loving outside eye. I mean, Panto season is near upon us??? 💥ONE MORE WEEK TO GO !!! Grab your 🎪 WELCOME TO THE FUTURE 🎪tickets now .... and disappear with the Invisible Circus 🎉🎊 🎟️ TICKETS available through Headfirst Bristol https://ow.ly/AbFZ50PJAB8 🎪SHOW DATES 📆 28th, 29th, 30th of September & 1st of October 🕰️ 8 pm 🤡 Dress Code💃🏽 A-list Paupers and Circus Royalty 📣 Lovely people, the simplest way to support us is to Like & Share this post 💕💥

📣🎪 It's SHOWTIME! 🎉💕 A reunion not to be missed - GET TICKETS whilst you still can 🎟️ TICKETS available through Headfirst Bristol https://ow.ly/AbFZ50PJAB8 🎪 WELCOME TO THE FUTURE 🎪 ✨Doors 7.30 pm 💥Show 8 pm 🕰️Closing time Thursday 12 am Friday 2 am Saturday 2 am Sunday 12 am 📆Thursday 28th September - Sunday 1st October 4-night LIMITED RUN 📣 Lovely people, the simplest way to support us is to Like & Share our posts 💕💥

British Eccentricity – Cirque Jules Verne Amiens France May 2014 🎪🎹 This was an epic and inspiring adventure! Another rare occasion where we had the opportunity to bring a bigger troupe to a historic building, this time, it was a circus building in France, where we were invited to participate on a collaborative show with Carnesky’s Tarot Drome by UK producers CryingOutLoud We took a similar cast to our Blackpool outing to create a bespoke performance, & I was to travel with Rimski, of bicycle piano infamy. In a classic Doug move, I couldn’t find my passport in the days running up to departure, dismantling my entire Caravan more or less in an attempt to do so. Getting another at such short notice was a no-go so in the end. I just got in the van, and off we went without one. If anyone is going to get me to France without a passport, I thought, it's Rimski! And sure enough, with just the right amount of fumbling and slight of hand, somehow we managed to get through & onto the ferry! Getting back would not be so easy, but that’s another story. Rimski & Handkerchief and I have history, having been in the same places many times in our lives, from Banbury in Oxfordshire to a tiny village in Portugal, but it was when sharing a stage with Cirque Idyllic at Glastonbury we would be officially acquainted and have been steadfast friends ever since, chips of each other’s old block so to speak. Here, I can be seen riding on his Piano, one of my fave entrances! We are delighted to have him along with his Bassycle pilot Handkerchief for Welcome to the Future. Grab your 🎪 WELCOME TO THE FUTURE 😍 ticket & disappear with the Invisible Circus 🎉 🎟️ TICKETS available through Headfirst Bristol https://ow.ly/eVy150PLEbt 🎪SHOW DATES 📆 28th, 29th, 30th of September & 1st of October 🕰️ 8 pm 📣 Lovely people, the simplest way to support us is to Like & Share this post 💕 Check out Rimski's website https://ow.ly/rnVR50PLEbu

2 WEEKS to our final night of 🎪 WELCOME TO THE FUTURE 🎉 Do not miss the opportunity to be part of our reunion, bringing our community back together in a live installation performance spectacular! as we bid farewell to Unit 15 creation space. 📣Come join us and be part of the celebration ✨💕 🎟️TICKETS available through Headfirst Bristol 🎟️ https://ow.ly/eVy150PLEbt 🎪Limited run SHOW DATES 📆 28th, 29th, 30th of September & 1st of October 🕰️ 8 pm 📣 Lovely people, the simplest way to support us is to Like & Share this post 💕

Squat the lot ❤️‍🔥 I’m proud of our heritage, our invisible culture, our unwritten history, our story that sits outside the pages of the mainstream, unrecorded by it, though slowly and continuously ever emerging until we see it was the origin of everything, everywhere and by everybody, the collective we…. Persons unknown, as was always written on legal papers served in response to the Section 6 squatters notice we would affix to the door of the buildings we occupied. I loved it, really, as it is an act of resistance in its purest form when directed at corporate ownership, of course. It challenges the domination of our built landscape by these forces. It says No! Everything does not belong to you, it belongs to all of us, it’s not yours, it’s ours, its not individual, its collective. Everything and anything else is a compromise really. A deal with the devil of sorts, as a wise old man named Gypsy Dave Star once told me, “not so much has really changed from the times of the Pharoah’s Dougie, "it's just now the slaves beg to work”. That said, I am also immensely proud of the DIY culture squat land spawned and all the ways that transient, amorphous, proactive, positronic way of life has influenced and infected the mainstream, the myriad of activist and alternative art movements it has unleashed, the communities it has built, the projects and companies that have gone on to support and protect their people as well as serve the people of the society they stand to challenge something different than the business as usual dog eat dog operating system we are forced to be a part of. 🎟️ Grab your 🎪 WELCOME TO THE FUTURE 😍 ticket & disappear with the Invisible Circus 🎉 🎟️ TICKETS available through Headfirst Bristol https://ow.ly/AbFZ50PJAB8 🎪SHOW DATES 📆 28th, 29th, 30th of September & 1st of October 🕰️ 8 pm 📣 Lovely people, the simplest way to support us is to Like & Share this post 💕💥

📣Showtime Throw Back - Ghost Town at Pro Cathedral ✨ This is still one of my favourite shows, perhaps because I had more of a lead role in designing it, & it was a chance for me to distil down what the essence of The Invisible Circus was for me into a slightly more developed and less freestyle show, again quite self-referencing in its setting and story and probably not quite as finessed as it could have been in places but I loved the built environment we created and drew a lot of signature elements together from our history of street shows and squatted spaces. The premise of the old show house closed down is one we would return to and mirrored our real-life activity of occupying these once-public spaces before they are transformed by waves of economic regeneration. The irony is not lost as we now seem to be on the final frontier of the wave in an industrial unit we have rented for a decade, which seems to be one the last of its kind in the city. Little did we know these shows were economic prophecies as well as social commentaries. As ever, the show was a collective and collaborative devising effort, with our long-time Circus sister Petra Koehler coming over from Germany to be the outside directorial eye. It's another one I would love to have another go at producing if only there were a space to do so. Grab your 🎪 WELCOME TO THE FUTURE 😍 ticket & disappear with the Invisible Circus 🎉 🎟️ TICKETS available through Headfirst Bristol https://ow.ly/AbFZ50PJAB8 🎪SHOW DATES 📆 28th, 29th, 30th of September & 1st of October 🕰️ 8 pm 📣 Lovely people, the simplest way to support us is to Like & Share this post 💕💥

😍Two weeks to Opening Night! 💥💕🤸🎶 Come join our circus theatre extravaganza; a celebration of all that we are, doing what we do best, in our last hurrah - WELCOME TO THE FUTURE!... disappear with the Invisible Circus Doors open on Thursday, 28th September - TICKETS SELLING FAST ! So grab yours now! 🎟️TICKETS available through Headfirst Bristol 🎟️ 🎪Limited run SHOW DATES 📆 28th, 29th, 30th of September & 1st of October 🕰️ 8 pm 📣 Lovely people, the simplest way to support us is to Like & Share this post 💕

Festivals Festivals have become such a mainstay of UK culture, from their earliest incarnation of the Stonehenge Free, Elephant Fair & the whole summer season of free festivals that would become established briefly in the 70s, a blossoming of alternative lifestyles with the emergence of movements such as The Peace Convoy, often reigniting older traditions of such gatherings that had occurred in these places, on common land for centuries. When Glastonbury was the only ticketed festival & almost shunned slightly for it, though easily accessed without the walls, it is surrounded by now. This lawless anarchic movement wasn’t all sunshine and flowers, of course. Criminal elements impacted certain aspects of the scene often as negatively as the establishment forces did; however, the attack on defenceless travellers at the Beanfield en route to Stonehenge 1985, the entire scene, & by default, its community was declared an enemy of the state. Not to be stopped, this subculture would of course, reappear in the 90’s as it collided with the free party raves. Taking the party out of the warehouses & into the fields, again a brief blossoming as it was finally declared illegal by the criminal justice bill of 1994. Of course, try as they might, you can't kill the spirit, & free parties are still a thriving subculture to a whole new generation. Festivals, of course, are now an industry, not just a scene, & despite the often awful weather conditions, nobody seems to do them quite like the UK, a culture we are very proud to have been a part of. For more on festivals, check out my podcast – The Festival at the End of the World DF https://ow.ly/3wer50PK1Mc 🎟️ Grab your 🎪 WELCOME TO THE FUTURE 😍 ticket & come disappear with the Invisible Circus 🎉 🎟️ TICKETS available through Headfirst Bristol https://ow.ly/AbFZ50PJAB8 🎪SHOW DATES 📆 28th, 29th, 30th of September & 1st of October 🕰️ 8 pm 📣 Lovely people, the simplest way to support us is to