Please remember that parking is The Lakes Alive Team:
Director: Julie Tait
limited around Barrow Park. Visitors
Artistic Director: Jeremy Shine
are advised to walk or use public
Events Manager: Michaela Markland:
transport whenever possible.
Marketing Manager: Jan Shorrock
On leaving, please remember the area Marketing and Events Assistant: Jenny Graham
around the park is in a residential area Production: Tim Garbutt and
Adam Long, Tim Garbutt Events
and try to keep noise to a minimum.
Artists’ Administrator: Chloe Birtwistle
Please use the litter bins provided PR: Osprey Communications
or take your litter home. Programme design: O Street
The Zirckus Crew
Alison Povey (Site Manager)
Hilly Barber
Sandra Blue
Rachel Plumb
Sharon Tait
Thanks to: All the staff at Barrow Park, all
our volunteer helpers, BAE Systems First
Aid Corps and Barrow Borough Council.
Front cover image: Acrojou. Image by
Stuart Wyatt. Styling: Ilona Karas
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Presented by Kendal Arts International and Manchester International Arts.
Main Sponsor Funded by
Supported by
CIRCUS, BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT !
Programme of events:
SATURDAY 30 MAY
3.00pm Opening parade with the Barracudas (Obelisk to Bandstand)
[pm] PINK SITE ORANGE SITE BLUE SITE GREEN SITE Strolling acts
3.45 Maynard Acrojou
Flipflap Curious
4.00 AJ James Skylight Circus Eyebrows
4.15 Bongo Bolereo Urban Angels Jago Ja
Circus
Los Kaos
4.30 Crazy Tramps Skylight
workshop Molly Orange
4.45 Artizani De Ramos Pierrotters
Acrobats Sputniks
5.00
5.15 Maynard Mario - Queen Mimbre
Flipflap of the Circus
5.30 Euphoric
Circus
5.45 Fraser Hooper Kawa
6.00 AJ James
6.15
6.30 Bongo Bolereo Crazy Tramps Urban Angels Skylight Circus
Circus
6.45
7.00 Artizani Mimbre Skylight
workshop
7.15 Mario - Queen
of the Circus
7.30 Maynard De Ramos
Flipflap Acrobats
7.45
8.00 Bongo Bolereo AJ James Fraser Hooper Euphoric
Circus
8.15
8.30 Sky Urban Angels
Productions Circus
8.45
9.00 Kawa
9.15
9.45pm Saturday night finale parade: Quidams – Herbert’s Dream
All details are correct at time of going to print but may change due to unforeseen circumstances.
Please check website or notices on day.
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SUNDAY 31 MAY
[pm] PINK SITE ORANGE SITE BLUE SITE GREEN SITE Strolling acts
12.00 AJ James Acrojou
12.15 Curious
12.30 Fraser Hooper Crazy Tramps Skylight Circus Eyebrows
12.45 Urban Angels Jago Ja
Circus Los Kaos
1.00 Skylight Molly Orange
workshop
Pierrotters
1.15 Maynard Mario - Queen De Ramos
Flipflap of the Circus Acrobats Sputniks
1.30
1.45 Bongo Bolereo Mimbre
2.00 AJ James Euphoric
Circus
2.15 Artizani Kawa
2.30 Crazy Tramps
2.45 Fraser Hooper
3.00 Urban Angels Skylight Circus
Circus
3.15 Sky
Productions
3.30 Maynard Mimbre Skylight
Flipflap workshop
3.45 Mario - Queen
of the Circus
4.00 Bongo Bolereo De Ramos
Acrobats
4.15
4.30 Artizani AJ James Urban Angels Euphoric
Circus Circus
4.45
5.00 Maynard Kawa
Flipflap
5.15
5.30 Bongo Bolereo
World-class arts events in
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Saturday 30 May 3pm – 11pm & Sunday 31 May noon – 6pm
Reach for the Sky: Barrow Park, BarrowInFurness
Zirkcus Plus A packed weekend of circus skills and thrills galore!
Part of A partnership with
CIRCUS, BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT!
Welcome to Barrow’s new festival of international circus – two days of comedy
and daring feats with skills and thrills galore from some of Britain’s most
exciting acts. We also welcome some very special guests from Europe and
beyond, including a stunning Saturday evening finale parade from Quidams
(France). We hope you enjoy it.
ARTISTS Bongo Bolero – De Ramos Acrobats
Penny & Bernie’s (Brazil/UK)
Acrojou – The Wheelhouse
Adagio Cabaret Show Daredevil skills which
Blending acrobatics,
An intimate outdoor include diving through
comedy and stunning
cabaret, featuring a hoops of razor sharp knives
visuals, two characters
unique blend of acrobatics, with no room to spare!
expose their clanking
danger and glamour! Sat 4.45pm & 7.30pm,
and comically
beautiful universe. Sat 4.15pm & 6.30pm, Sun 1.15pm & 4pm
Sun 1.45pm & 5.30pm
Strolling act both days Euphoric Circus –
Bongo Bolero – The Great Appleby Parkour Team
AJ James – The Way Out
Vasili’s ERUPTION! A whirlwind of precision
Martial artist, acrobat,
A rare chance to see jumps, leaps, dives and
dancer, juggler and
the Eastern European rolls. Have a go to see
consummate showman.
circus phenomenon if you could be a free-
Sat 4pm, 6pm & 8pm, perform his own modern runner of the future.
Sun noon, 2pm & 4.30pm interpretation of the classic Sat 5.30pm & 8.30pm,
Artizani – Syrovy ‘Dance of the Sabres’. Sun 2pm & 4.30pm
A beautiful solo show Sat 8pm & Sun 4pm
Fraser Hooper
combining silent-movie
Crazy Tramps Clowning with a
clowning, acrobatics
Trampolining tricks, contemporary edge, where
and slack-rope walking
stunts, acrobatics and elements of mime, physical
to explore one man’s
comedy chat – all whilst comedy and vaudeville are
ambivalent relationship
jumping up and down. fused with the traditions of
with everyday objects.
Sat 4.30pm & 6.30pm, the great silent clowns.
Sat 4.45pm & 7pm,
Sun 12.30pm & 2.30pm Sat 5.45pm & 8pm,
Sun 2.15pm & 4.30pm
Sun 12.30pm & 2.45pm
Curious Eyebrows – Blite
Barracudas – Barracudas
Do opposites attract or
not Barricades
repel? Maybe you’ll find
A fusion of live music,
out with the monochrome
dance, stilts and
mischief of Blite. A
spectacular costumes.
mixture of skills and
Sat 3pm innovative circus theatre.
Strolling act both days.
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Delightfully mesmeric Daft as a Brush The Pierrotters will
and spine-tinglingly Maynard flip flap launches tantalise you with
elegant Calvos manipulate eggs high into the air acapella songs, sweet
crystal balls that glide, then attempts to catch ballads, musical hall
float, dance and levitate them on his head! A silly routines and rock’n’roll.
around their bodies. thing to do....but, as one Strolling act both days.
Strolling act both days. of Britain’s funniest fools,
he’s the man to try it! Quidams (France) –
Kawa Circus (India) Sat 3.45pm, 5.15pm & Herbert’s Dream.
The story of an itinerant 7.30pm, Sun 1.15pm, Saturday finale event
troupe of artists from 3.30pm, 5pm A delightful night-time
a circus of Rajasthan
finale for Saturday night.
(India) told through Mimbre – Until Now
Four ethereal stilted
rhythms and music. A beautifully improbable
wraiths guide the crowd on
Sat 5.45pm & 9pm, adventure fusing world-
journey to find a mysterious
Sun 2.15pm & 5pm class acrobatics with
light. On their travels they
theatre and dance.
grow in stature and girth,
Los Kaos – Felix & Felix Sat 5.15pm & 7pm, until finally they un-tether
The only Penny Farthing Sun 1.45pm & 3.30pm their prize and sail off
stunt riding identical
across the lake with it.
twins in the business! Molly Orange – Spit Spot
Two wayward litter pickers Sat 9.45pm only
Strolling act both days.
are let loose on the streets,
Skylight Circus Arts prove
Mario Queen of the and everyday rubbish is
that ordinary people can
Circus (USA) transformed as the pair go
excel in the extraordinary
A born showman and on their surreal adventure.
art form of circus. An
expert in circus artistry Strolling act both days. inter-generational
and theatrical comedy,
community show followed
Mario comes brimming
by a workshop where
with unbridled passion
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Sun 1.15pm & 3.45pm
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Sky Productions (France) This event is part of the launch
Incredible high-wire walks week of Lakes Alive, which marks
from one of Europe’s
best known acts.
the start of a four-year programme
of events across Cumbria.
Sat 8.30pm, Sun 3.15pm
Lakes Alive is one of three Annual Legacy
Sputniks (Austria) programmes commissioned by the Legacy
– Table & Chair Trust UK for WE PLAY, the Northwest
Welcome to the surreal cultural legacy programme for the 2012
world of the sputniks – an Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
acrobatic duo in the form of
a table and chair! You’ll be To be kept up to date with all our news,
looking at your furniture in information, events and programme, visit
a new light from now on. our website at www.lakesalive.org
Strolling act both days.
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heaps of fresh fruit!
Sat 4.15pm, 6.30pm &
8.30pm, Sun 12.45pm,
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DON’T MISS THESE SUMMER 2009 EVENTS:
Fri 5 June 7.30pm – 11pm Sat 15 August 5pm – 10.30pm
Sat 6 June 2pm – 11pm
Sun 7 June 1pm– 6pm
Once Upon a Summer’s Eve
Crow Park, Derwentwater, Keswick FREE
Manchester International Arts presents:
& Sun 16 August, 1pm – 6pm
Feast! picnic by the lake Once Upon a Summer’s Day
Platt Fields Park, Manchester M14 5NF
Curwen Park Workington FREE
A whole weekend bursting with a delightful
pic ‘n’ mix programme of shows, activities If you come down to the Park today you’re
and dreamy evening illuminations for the sure of a big surprise as Alice meets Punch,
whole family. www.streetsahead.org.uk a giant compost heap comes to life, there’s
a panto dame behind you (or no there isn’t!)
and there’s strange goings-on everywhere...
Sat 11 July 7.30pm so bring a picnic and settle down for an
Shall We Dance? afternoon or evening full of delights.
Egremont Castle, Egremont
An open air bal (French Ball) amongst Mon 24 – Fri 28 August
the magical castle ruins.
FREE but capacity is restricted so tickets
Artizani – ‘The Cabaret of Dr Caligari’
The chaotic Dr Caligari arrives in town to perform
available in advance from Egremont
its timeless cabaret and gets the audience
Tourist Information Centre.
July to help create an unique outdoor auditorium.
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Mon 24 Aug, 2pm: Broadgate Meadow, Grasmere
Tue 25 Aug, 2pm: Ford Park, Ulverston
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Wed 26 Aug, 2pm: Rothay Park, Ambleside
Thu 27 Aug, 2pm: Bitts Park, Carlisle
Fri 28 Aug, 2pm: Brockhole, Lake
Sun 26 July 12noon – 4pm District Visitor Centre
Dance Daze Thu 27 – Sun 30 August
Penrith Town Centre FREE
Dance takes to the streets of this Mintfest, Kendal International
lovely Cumbrian Market Town with
a new annual festival of open-air and
Festival of Street Arts
site-related performances. The programme An exhilarating kaleidoscope of the very best
will feature dance performances from contemporary international street arts.
internationally renowned companies Every corner of the Lakeland market town of
including Ballet Boyz II, Srishti, Punchdrunk, Kendal bursts into life for August Bank Holiday
Liz Lea, Marc Brew, and Stopgap. weekend with a mind-boggling array of (mostly
free) performances from across the globe.
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