empowering children and young people THROUGH CIRCUS
Artistic Program
Our artistic programs are all about empowering children and young people to tell their own stories and shape their vision for the future.
We do this by creating critically acclaimed performances by, for, and with children and young people as well as residency and engagement programs.
“A little slice of home-grown circus magic” – Australian Stage
“An ambitious company that aims to make work that confronts big issues” – Artshub
“Go. Flipside Circus… a great reason to be very proud of Queensland.” – Creative Futures
FLIPSIDE PERFORMANCE TROUPE
A key part of our artistic program is our performance troupe.
A group of extraordinary young artists who train and collaborate with a range of regular and guest artists.
A series of techno-circus experiments bringing audiences inside the action of circus. Commissioned by Brisbane Powerhouse, a collaboration with award winning Brisbane transmedia collective Counterpilot.
Dogs in the Schoolyard is in creative development this year supported by Arts Queensland and QPAC’s Out of the Box Festival.
Explores themes of inclusion and exclusion, power, authority, friendship and play. Experimenting with language and proto-language in these complex negotiations.
Based on the stories of parents, siblings, and guests of Hummingbird House, (Queensland’s only hospice for children and young people). We Live Here is an inspiring circus show that brings to life memories and moments that make a life.
Besieged by mountains of rubbish, 12 extraordinary young performers recycle and reuse discarded items, reimagining circus and what our future could be.
Using the physicality of both traditional and contemporary circus methods, Flipside challenges the boundaries of a typical circus show and plays with the concept of support. CircUS is about US — the young people in circus.
It’s all in the way we ask. Pretty, Pretty Please? takes us on a roller coaster ride through the questions, answers, challenges and discoveries of how children ask for what they want!
Come and view life through Ethan’s eyes with Kaleidoscope a joyous, poetic circus experience that explores the great beauty found in the smallest things.
Luster is inspired by the underworld of the carnival. All that remains after the lights go down on the glamour, the glitter, stars and the sparkle. A collision of physicalities: circus, physical theatre and dance, Luster is a microcosm of contemporary physical expression.Luster will be a new work created in collaboration with performers from dance, circus and physical theatre.
Flipside Circus production
Ensemble
Performance Troupe 2018
Date
Saturday 10, 17 November @ 7:00 pm
Sunday 11, 18 November @ 12:00 pm
‘Your Invited’ is Flipside Circus community show for 2018 – featuring up to 40 students and a colourful, helium filled array of party games and enough cake to juggle. Bookings here!
Childhood play inspires lifelong creativity, imagination, exploration, and discovery. Join the Flipside Circus kids as they reignite this magic in The Games We Play. It is a charming interpretation of the all-important work of children – playing games!
Come along to a fun-filled, death-defying, circus-inspired night of variety cabaret performance created by young artists for the whole family.
Flipside Circus’ performance troupe presents Fusion, a dynamic performance cocktail mixing traditional circus, contemporary circus, theatre, music, visual art, cabaret, food, comedy, and more!
Fusion features some of Australia’s most outstanding young circus performers in an entertaining and surprising show for audiences from 2 to 100 years.
So you think you know your fairy tales? Think again! Fairy Bread promises a dreamlike mash-up of your favourite fairy tales… with an added twist.
My Circus Rules was the end of year school show extravaganza our students performed in 2015. Some of Flipside’s talented students performed a whirlwind of unthinkable circus madness at our training centre to the delight of their families, trainers, and peers.
Come along on an adventure to find Where the Wild Circus Is! Upcoming Performances from Friday 26 Sep – Saturday 27 September at Flipside Circus Training Centre, 117 Mina Pde, Alderley.
