Circus Around and About: Pirate Taxi, Roll Up, Roll Up & Zoo Humans

Circus Around & About is coming to Cornwall this summer!

Extraordinary physical skill, humour and storytelling are combined in this new circus show. Performed at Liskeard School & Community College, this is the perfect entertainment for all the family. Prepare to be amazed.

Pirates of the Carabina: Pirate Taxi
A small scale outdoor circus show with large tales to tell!
Sometimes serious, but more often funny, this is a family friendly outdoor show suitable for adventurers of all ages. Pirate Taxi features Pirates of the Carabina’s trademark mechanically ingenious sets, extraordinary aerial, circus and live music performed in, on and above an old-school London taxi. Drawing inspiration from the true life journeys (travelling, migration and displacement) of the company from Circus to Somerset, the stories of people we meet along the way and the annual migration of birds, the taxi is a travelling trove of stories, notions and ruminations. And there is always room for one more…
‘Funny, earthy & mechanically ingenious’- Circus Sideshow magazine.

Simple Cypher: Roll Up, Roll Up
Simple Cypher’s premiere production Roll Up, Roll Up combines the pair’s passion for circus and hip hop culture through a mash-up of Cyr wheel and juggling with musicality, originality and innovative play.
Switching up freestyle and highly technical choreographies this performance showcases a mischievous shorthand and unique style formed through friendship, commitment and a shared vision.
Simple Cypher fuse circus and hip hop to create new, uplifting experiences. Simple Cypher is a company built through the foundations of Hip Hop and Circus. Style, originality and unity are key fundamentals of Hip Hop culture and have a profound influence on the work the company creates.

Prodigal UPG: Zoo Humans
A response to the shocking fact that over a third of young people in the UK spend less time outdoors than its prisoners, ZOO HUMANS sees The UPG Team bring their distinctive performance-parkour and Attenborough’s smooth narrative to a group of humans on the verge of forgetting how to move. As they slowly become aware of the artificial world in which they’re living, they must decide if they’ll swap touch-screens for human contact and risk the comfort of their cage for the lure of the great outdoors.

Both shows are family friendly suitable for ages 5+