CIRCUS FUTURES - SUPPORTING AND CONNECTING CIRCUS ARTISTS
Circus Futures is a UK-based organisation that works on projects relating to talent development for circus artists. Opportunities to enable artists to make work of quality and present to current and new circus audiences are of particular interest. Circus Futures works with traditional and contemporary circus.
Circus Futures has been running conferences, labs, partnership projects and hosting mentoring since 2005.
Circus Futures is one of the founding partners of the circusnext, which is the European circus label. From 2006 to 2022, Circus Futures was the UK & ROI Co-organiser for circusnext.
Our Director Verena Cornwall is a founding partner of the Circostrada Network, attending conferences and events for the last 23 years across Europe. She is on the Board of the Association of Circus Proprietors of Great Britain, attending the European Circus Association and FMC Conference in Monaco each year.
Post Brexit, Circus Futures is keen to continue working with UK and EU companies, with partner creation centres, festivals and venues and is currently developing projects with partners.
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Circus Futures created a series of podcasts by traditional and contemporary circus artists here. Transcripts of the podcasts in different languages are available.
Notes from the England Circus Conversation held in 2021 during lockdown can be found here.
Notes from the European Circus Conversations held online in 2021 can be found here. These activities were funded by Arts Council England.
Recent activity includes:
- Research across Europe for The Situation of Circus in EU Member States, commissioned by the European Commission
- Chapter in 20 Stories Of Circostrada - Celebrating The 20th Anniversary Of The Network
- Making Connections: Circus and Outdoor Arts in the UK, commissioned by Circuscentrum BE
- Policy Brief The Future of Outdoor Arts in the UK, commissioned by Circostrada FR/EU
- Panel Chair The Rise and Future of Contemporary Circus during the 2026 Circostrada AGM in the Performing Arts Market (SIPAM), organised within the framework of the Sibiu International Theatre Festival in Sibiu, Romania
- Article The Relationship of Circus and Public Space Today in the UK, commissioned by Outdoor Arts Portugal
- Committee Member for Circostrada's FreshCircus#6 Conference 17 to 20 February 2027, in Stockholm & Botkyrka, Sweden
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