East London Circus Hub

14/02/2025

♡ Share the Love, Share Your Skills! ♡

This Valentine’s Day, we’re calling on the fire & flow community to spread the love by teaching at Flow in the Forest! ⊹₊🔥⋆｡°✩

Do you have a passion for dance, choreography, costume, makeup, movement, props, or performance? We’d love to have you share your knowledge with our incredible community!

We’re looking for workshops that are extraordinary, that are not the typical prop based workshops - your workshop should be aligned with either those just starting out and looking to learn and play, aspiring professionals or those who are already established performers looking to take it to the next level.

Apply now, find the link in the comments

As a workshop host, you’ll get discounted tickets and be part of the magic that makes this event so special. ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆

What You Need to Know:

♡ Teach two 1-hour workshops or one 90-minute workshop

♡ Secure your spot with a deposit (£200 for catered / £100 for self-catered)

♡ Get 50% of your deposit back after completing your workshop (or choose to donate it to support the event ❤️)

♡ Fully catered tickets include 3 meals + 3 drinks per day!

꩜ Seeking Professional Opportunities? ꩜

If you’re an experienced instructor looking for paid workshop slots, email us at [email protected]. Please note, as a volunteer-led event, our budget is very limited, and most paid slots have been filled by invitation.

There are also catering and stewarding volunteer roles available to apply for too, find the form in our linktree below

https://linktr.ee/flow.intheforest

Ready to share your flow? ｡𖦹°‧

Apply now via the form in our bio! Let’s build something beautiful together. ༄✦

14/02/2025

As we all know, organising and producing events is a load of very hard work, and exceptionally expensive in 2025 - supporting these types of events is important for the community and for the arts industry in the U.K. - we think £128 is a bargain for the amount of workshops, entertainment and things to do at an Event that’s grassroots

Despite inflation reducing to 2% food and labour costs continue rising due to factors like catching up to previous rises in inflation, increased venue service fees, rising food and energy costs, and a general trend towards prioritising quality experiences over quantity, meaning organisers are allocating more budget to create impactful events, leading to higher per-head costs for attendees in the U.K. - so, it really is a case of use it or lose it - especially with such a niche event as BJC, we hope we will see as many of you there to support this amazing event in 2025 - huge thanks to revel puck for making this happen. You are stars ⭑

See you in the field!
ELCH
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Since launching ticket sales on Wednesday we’ve received a fair amount of feedback that this year's BJC is looking a little different to previous years and we understand there might be some questions.

We’re going to be running a live round table discussion/Q&A with Luke Hallgarten Revel Puck's artistic director, to answer questions and hear suggestions, in the meantime here are some topline pieces of information:

- We took on BJC in November 2024 and have been working tirelessly to make it happen – from writing 160-page event management plans, to desperately trying to secure a juggling hall, to persuading the council to allow us to host a campsite. It’s been a huge amount of work in a very short space of time.
- We’re a VAT registered company, meaning we have to charge 20% (plus Square's processing charges) on all tickets – each full price weekend ticket therefore only brings in £128 (which is actually £2 less than last years on the door price).
- We’re taking a huge financial risk, with the very real probability of no reward because we want to put this event on, because we believe in it. You can see our topline numbers at the link at the bottom of this post.
- We have followed council guidance on best practice in terms of recommendations on maximum campsite pitches per person, amount of personal food and beverages brought onto site etc. Naturally, we’re not going to be going around with a tape measure, we know the juggling community will be respectful of each other and know that if someone is not being respectful it is our responsibility as the event organisers to ensure everyone is able to have a good time.
- We really appreciate feedback and questions, and hold our hands up to say we could have communicated more clearly – we’re trying our best with the limited time and resources we have.

The round table/Q&A will be on Facebook at 6pm GMT on Wednesday 19 February.

Please share any questions or suggestions you have for Luke below. This form is anonymous but if you'd like a personal follow up, please leave your email address in the second box.

Submit questions/suggestions for the roundtable: https://forms.gle/K8iKGaKU36ukWzrt8

See our topline budget figures: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1L7pBvWcR9HM_lkRQRHNH3lrycRSWgZxi5e7YPqb8tOI/edit?gid=706082074 =706082074

28/01/2025

Tomorrow is the first of 2025 - see you tomorrow for our monthly glow session - your first time and no props? No problem, there are always plenty of spare props to okay with so come along and jam.

22/01/2025

Thanks to for hosting a three ball workshop for and to everyone who attended - if you have a request for workshops you’d like to see or if want to host a workshop yourself, slide into our DMs or leave us a comment below and let us know.

It’s our next week and the last ELCH of January - so bring along your favourite props and have some fun with your flowmies ⋆˙⟡

20/01/2025

This Wednesday we have treat for you as Arthur comes to teach us how to play with his balls in this beginner friendly workshop that promises extra fun..!

Workshop:

Introduction to 3 ball Juggling and Extra fun with Arthur!

Description:

Had problems breaking into 3 ball juggling? This workshop will solve that! Arthur runs an extremely effective 5min crash course in three ball juggling that will kickstart your juggling journey. This workshop will also include a silly warmup game, partner juggling exercises and a cake eating warm-down. Cake not provided, so DO bring your own.

Prerequisites:

none! Yay! Maybe bring some balls if you’ve got some at home in your prop box 🤹🏽‍♀️🤹‍♂️🤹

About the Instructor:

Arthur has been teaching and performing circus worldwide for 15+ years, having won awards and appearing on ITV, BGT & Sidemen so you are in good hands. Whether you’re brand new to juggling or been stuck in a rut for years this workshop will help unlock your juggling potential.

Duration 1hr-90mins

15/01/2025

Bring your for a workshop from Jack on intermediate and advanced dragon staff traps and reverse pathways this coming tonight.

Workshop:

Mastering Dragon Staff: Traps and Reverse Pathways

Description:

Take your dragon staff skills to the next level in this intermediate-to-advanced workshop focused on mastering traps and reverse pathways.

Prerequisites:

Participants should have experience with dragon staff basics and be comfortable with foundational spinning techniques. Chi rolls and a basic understanding of reverse chi rolls.

Bring your staff, an open mind, and get ready to level up!

About the Instructor:

Jack is a new freelance performer that spins alot of sticks!!

He loves the free feeling of flow you can get with any prop and loves teaching even more to give back to the community that’s given to him and that they have learnt so much from!

05/01/2025

Firstly, we hope you all had a wonderful festive winter break and wish you a fabulous New Year.

We’re really looking forward to seeing you all in a few days as we return back from winter break for our first session of 2025 this Wednesday at 7pm at our beautiful and historic venue, Limehouse Town Hall starting with our usual open jam session.

The following week Jack will be showing us how to take our dragon staff to the next level with an intermediate to advanced workshop followed by Arthur giving us a beginners session on 3 ball juggling the following week.

The last session of will be our ever growing - bring your glow toys and let’s play together as we move into the new year of 2025

ELCH
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04/12/2024

Don’t forget to bring a bowl / plate and cutlery - there will be food - curries have been made! (3 vegan and 1 meaty )

If anyone can pitch in and can also bring a camping stove or two to help reheat the food, that would be excellent 👌

It’s BYOB and there is a worst jumper competition too and a prize to win tickets to ELCHs next event 🧡✨🥹

If you’d like to come early and help set up and bring decorations and twinkly lights - there will be people there from 6pm onwards

30/11/2024

❄️ East London Winter Jam 2024 ❄️

Join us for a cozy night of fun, music, and community at Limehouse Town Hall, London, E14!

🎵 When: Doors open at 7 PM

🎄 Decorations: Want to help set the vibe? Come at 6:30 PM with twinkly lights, tinsel, and festive energy!

🍷 BYOB & Snacks: There will be some limited food available, so do bring snacks and your favorite drinks.

🎶 Music: Bring your best cheesy electronic winter playlists and let’s keep the dance floor warm.

💡 No ticket required, but donations are welcome. You can contribute via cash, card, or support us on Patreon.

Join 23 others:
https://patreon.com/ELCH

Oh… and dress to distress with your absolute worst winter jumpers

ELCH
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26/11/2024

🌀 Get Your Flow On at ELCHs last LED Jam of 2024! 🌀

This Wednesday, (tomorrow) join us at Limehouse Town Hall from 7 PM to 11 PM for East London Circus Hub’s dazzling LED Night! Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just finding your flow, this is the perfect space to connect, spin, juggle, and light up the night.

Here’s what you need to know:

Our doors open from 7pm onwards unless you’d like to help setup, in which case, there is usually someone there from 6pm onwards

As a volunteer based community group, we need donations to stay open, we suggest a donation of £5, payable by cash or card on the night but if you can’t afford that, any contribution really helps us keeps this community space alive and thriving - we appreciate every donation - thank you!!

If you’d like to support us longer term, join others who are supporting the hub by becoming a patron via Patreon and help ELCH continue to grow.

Whether you’re into poi, staff, hoops, juggling, or something entirely unique, this is your time to glow.

So bring your favorite LED props and join us for an evening of flow, fun, and music.

Spread the word and see you tomorrow!

ELCH
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20/11/2024

Sad News.. Today’s workshop will be the last ELCH workshop of 2024, but don’t worry, we have even more booked for 2025!

We have been very lucky to have had some amazing workshops this year, thank you to each and every instructor for sharing your amazing skills.

This weeks workshop will be on Hoop Coinflip Variations & Combos

What To Expect

Coinflips are the instructor, Ava’s favourite trick to work into combos, and they have endless possibilities for variations.

This workshop is open to all levels and for those who have struggled with these types of trick.

Ava can help teach the basic coinflip, and for those who are more advanced, they’ll share some of their favourite variations and how to put them into combos as transitions from chest rolls, tosses, behind the back flips, and more!

About The Instructor

Ava has been hooping for 5 years and doesn’t plan on stopping soon! They love sharing hoop tricks I have discovered over the years.

07/11/2024

BIG PHYSICS DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS!

Join us Wednesday for Isotosses Deep Dive on 13th of November at the Limehouse Town Hall

What To Expect

Did you know that poi, and by extension all props, don't subscribe to the alleged "laws" of gravity?

If you bring some poi, I'll show you how you can turn gravity off and stick it to the big physics man through learning isolated tosses!

Some spare props will be available if you wanna stick it to Big corp™️ at the same time, but ideally bring your own poi bc different poi behave differently.

About The Instructor

Session will be taught by Maximum Cal-cium, part clown, part poi spinner, all jokes..

01/11/2024

Check out our November East London Circus Hub schedule for our Wednesday sessions that now have a new starting time of 7pm!

We suggest a donation of £5 for our sessions, jams and workshops, which you can donate in cash or by card, but you can also support us via Patreon.

Support East London Circus Hub : https://www.patreon.com/ELCH

To support us and the space, please consider subscribing or donating at our sessions.

We're working on updating and we will offer subscribers discounts on our up & coming events for 2024/25.

27/10/2024

Workshop Announcement: Dragon Staff 101 with Musvroom

What To Expect

Whether you're an absolute beginner or a dragonstaff ninja, this workshop is for you!

Join us this Wednesday, 30th October, from 8 pm at Limehouse Town Hall for a breakdown of the dragon fundamentals in order to ensure you and your prop to flow effortlessly..

About The Instructor

Musvroom, an Australian international performer, brings her global experiences to share.

See you Wednesday,
ELCH x

15/10/2024

Announcement: How to Perform with Presence and Power ✨️ with

What To Expect

Have you felt vour shows are lacklustre and needing some more sha-bang? Or you’ve seen a performer hold wonderful stage presence and thought “how can I showcase myself like that?!”

Well, join this workshop on Wednesday 16th October frpm 8pm at and get some tips and tricks to get your stage performance on the right track...

About The Instructor

Musvroom, an Australian international performer, brings her global experiences to share.

See you tomorrow!
ELCH x

12/10/2024