Arron Sparks runs Circus Geeks. Performances and blog posts.
Studio Theatre, Roundhouse. Easter weekend. Go. Go. Go! Howie came to help us run the custom cueing system that we had made for us, allowing us to run the show cues from onstage. We ended up using extra cues from Tom and Adam of the Roundhouse (both top guys) but are in good stead to… Continue reading Beta Testing – Creation week 8
Back to the artistic space formally known as Circus Space (and called National Centre for Circus Arts) for a week of final development. We spent 3 challenging days playing with scenes and reordering the show. The legendary juggler Steve Rawlings came to be outside eyes. Making some insightful suggestions and helping clean the show. Steves first… Continue reading BETA TESTING – CREATION WEEK 7
We spent 5 days in the theatre space at Jacksons lane last week, working towards an invited showing of a close-to-finished Beta Testing at the end if the week. Nice to reflect that just under a year ago we were there working toward our initial showing, which spurred us on to apply to the Propellor… Continue reading BETA TESTING – CREATION WEEK 6
The 5th of 9 weeks of residency awarded by the Propellor Prize and our first in the Creation Studio at Circus Space National Centre for Circus Arts. I’ve been lucky enough to use the Creation Studio for a few previous projects so it feels comfortable to be in the space. For a project like Beta Testing… Continue reading BETA TESTING – CREATION WEEK 5
The 4th of 9 weeks of residency awarded by the Propellor Prize and the second week in a row at La Breche. For the last four days myself, Jon and Matt were joined by video visual specialist Howie Bailey. I’ve know Howie for 14 years, from the days when he was a professional Yo-Yoist and… Continue reading Beta Testing – Creation Week 4
We find ourselves in Cherbourg at La Breche one of the best buildings setup for circus creation in the world. We have our own space – a permanent big top and the mission of creating a tight routine set to music, pretty far from what we were working on in the previous weeks – all… Continue reading Beta Testing – Creation week 3
The week started with packed days spent working on various scenes which were constructed in the first week. Trying to tie down ideas and begin to set a couple of the sketches. Every day we worked on our solo juggling and group technique, which will hopefully go into the final show. Juggling takes time to… Continue reading Beta Testing – Creation Week 2
We’ve spent a taxing yet rewarding week working on new material for Beta Testing, some planned from the initial stages of the project, some thought of in the morning mind mapping sessions. Our average day has run something like this: 8something AM – Get up, breakfast etc. (not for Arron he likes his sleep and… Continue reading Beta Testing – Creation Week 1
Why make a show? Luke Wilson was a teacher, colleague, mentor and friend. He inspired me to set up Circus Geeks in March of 2011. Circus Geeks started out as a blog set up after a particularly late night conversation between myself and Luke. Although memories are fuzzy from the night’s events, the definition of… Continue reading The Making of Beta Testing
