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Take Your Seats!
This summer our BA Hons Degree graduating year performed their final ensemble show outside the National Theatre on London’s Southbank.
All photos (c) Ludovic Des Cognets, courtesy of the National Theatre
Find out more about Circus Space’s Higher Education programme
Take Your Seats!
This summer our BA Hons Degree graduating year performed their final ensemble show outside the National Theatre on London’s Southbank.
All photos (c) Ludovic Des Cognets, courtesy of the National Theatre
Find out more about Circus Space’s Higher Education programme
Take Your Seats! - highlights
This summer our BA Hons and Postgraduate Degree students performed their final ensemble piece at the National Theatre’s Inside Out Festival. Directed by James Doyle-Roberts, the show was inspired by the iconography of the G20 political summit.
Filming and editing by Mark Morreau
Applications for 2013 entry to our Degree programme are now open.
I was very excited to head down to the National Theatre on Friday to catch the 3rd year ensemble piece, an annual highlight in the Southbank’s Diary of wonderful events. It was directed this year by friend and fellow performer turned director James Roberts, who I have performed circus with…
In the order the music appeared in the show:
“Venganza” (An Angels Fangs) by San Jaya Prime.
Album: ‘The Last Memory of Laughter’
“Heroes” by Death In Vegas.
Album: ‘Trans-Love Energies’
“One of These Days” by Pink Floyd
Album: ‘Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd’
“Obama Speech” - cut from a NuNorthern soul mix Feb 2009
Source: Soundcloud website
“New World Dubstep” by Colt Magnum
Source: Soundcloud website
“Lilies of The Valley” by Jun Miyake
Album: Pina Soundtrack (Wim Wenders Fim)
“Desire //dubstep” by Vlad Solovjov
Source: Soundcloud website
“Lie Down in Darkness” by Moby
Album: ‘Destroyed’
“You Can’t Go Home Again” by DJ Shadow
Album: ‘Private Press’
“Back In Black” by AC/DC
Album: ‘Back In Black’
“Tied Down” by Thom Hanreich
Album: Pina Soundtrack (Wim Wenders Fim)
“For Glory” by SJTA
Source: Soundcloud website
Sunday 1 July
Take Your Seats!
The students battled British summer weather (rain) to perform their last performance at 1pm on Sunday.
The students will be performing an extract from Take Your Seats! - along with solo shows from Holly, Jonathan and Antonio - at Latitude Festival on the 13 and 14 July.
Saturday 30 June
Take Your Seats!
The hard working students taught circus skills in the beautifully sunny square during the afternoon, before performing an extract at 6.30pm and a full show at 10pm.
Friday 29 June
Take Your Seats!
An extract and an amazing first full show, with crowds lined long Waterloo Bridge to get a look at the performance.
James Doyle-Roberts
Director
Sergio Mendes
Assistant Director
Daisy Drury
Producer
Simon Sturgess
Production Manager
Vickie Donoghue
Company Manager
Soren Nielsen
Rigger
Bryan Donaldson, High Performance Rigging
Structure
Joe Hull, High Performance Rigging
Structure
National Theatre
Angus MacKechnie
Producer
James Pidgeon
Festival Assistant
Martin Barron
Production Manager
Lloyd Thomas
Deputy Production Manager
Vera Erenbourg
Stage Manager
Jennifer Lunn
Theatre Square Event Manager
Patrick Birch
Inside Out Event Manager
Julie Burns Mckenzie
Costume Designer/
Wardrobe Mistress
Cast
Antek Ambroziewicz – Trick Bike
Gemma Creasey – Aerial Hoop
Augusts Dakteris – Aerial Straps
Gareth Eardley - Aerial
Doug Edwards – Handbalancing
Jonathan Finch – Handbalancing
Antonio Harris – Chinese Pole
Holly Johnstone – Aerial Hoop
Ryan Murphy – Juggling
Niamh O’Reilly – Handbalancing
Katherine Parry – Swinging Trapeze
Ana Perez De Manuel – Rope
Emma McRoy – Hula Hoops
Estelle Roux – Aerial Hoop
Thursday 28 June
Take Your Seats!
A sunny day of rehearsing, an extract at 6.30pm and a huge crowd for the 10pm dress rehearsal.
The full shows will be performed at:
10pm Friday 29 June
10pm Saturday 30 June
1pm Sunday 1 July
