b. 1950 Vladimir was born in 1950 in Ukraine, and grew up in Moscow. He started in a circus when he was 12, and in 1966 he went to Moscow Circus School where he learnt acrobatics, juggling, balancing, clowning and making acts! He has now been in the circus for 43 years. He has lived… [Read More]

2012 Annabel Carberry was born in the UK and raised in Australia and Massi Rossetti was raised in Rome and Born in Milan. Together they are “Lost in Translation Circus” and both teach in the NE of England. Massi joined the circus in Spain because of what he describes as the freedom, the journey and… [Read More]

Resident 2012 – date Born in South Africa, Robyn moved to New Zealand in at the age of 11. At 20 she saw and was intrigued by the poi for the first time. She got some when she was 21, with no one to teach her she taught herself. She went traveling to Europe and… [Read More]

2009 – date Circadium is a day long Circus Convention which is a free event for the local community. It is known to be a stadium of circus and is inspired by a similar tent-based circus venue in Australia co-founded by Reg Bolton, Let’s Circus and Gabe Monson for the Woodford Folk Festival. Organised and… [Read More]

2012 to date Marion Schenk b. 1966, began her acrobatic career as a gymnast and Alexander Lenz b. 1970 as an Olympic weightlifter. In 1992 they started doing acrobatics together in Munich. They founded the acrobatic group “formafortis”, with which they performed internationally – mostly as duo, but also many times as trio or in… [Read More]

2012/13 In 2012 the Netherlands National Circus visited the Town Moor, Newcastle, with an 11 day stand as part of a UK tour. With their ‘All Human Spectacular” Show. Tour Manager/Spokesperson was Chris Barltrop. Chris has also been ringmaster for Gerry Cottle’s Circus and Moscow State Circus where he was on the Town Moor in… [Read More]

b.1990 Born in Newcastle, Lee, from Ponteland, had his first circus encounter with No Fit State Circus as a young free runner in “Park Life”, SIRF 2009. He’s main skills are acrobatics, wall trampolining, juggling and parkour/free running. He studied maths at Newcastle University and was a key member of the University Circus Skills Society,… [Read More]

b. 1993 Ross was born in Newcastle and started was a gymnast between the age of 10 – 14, later becoming assistant coach. He got serious about free running when he broke his collar bone and quit gymnastics. He left school with A Levels in Business, Media & Philosophy and Ethics. He trained circus at… [Read More]

2013 Zippos Circus rarely visit the NE and in 2013 came to Gateshead, Metro Centre, with a stand in the car park. Proprietor Martin Burton. Zippos had a few animal acts and signs which stated that their vehicles ran on Chip Fat. They also run a school, to which Emma Bloomfield of Sunderland attended, now… [Read More]