For the 10 days of this year’s Festival, Middleton Hall in centre:mk will become the location for a specially-built Circus Hub hosting international circus and acrobatic shows, marking 250 years of circus in the UK.
THe circus spectacular launches today (July 20) ...
Companyìa Vavel Circus: Garbuix
Friday 20 to Sunday 22 July, Circus Hub, Middleton Hall, centre:mk
Catalan company Vavel’s zany and comic circus show is performed by five women from five different countries. Garbuix is jam-packed with their physical and linguistic tricks, music, game playing, bicycles - and a big white bear.
Friday 20 to Sunday 22 July, 11am and 3pm each day
Middleton Hall, centre:mk MK9 3EP
£8, Under 16s £7, Universal Credit concession £5, Family (4 people, max 2 adults) £28
Sur Mesure: Fillage
Monday 23 & Tuesday 24 July, Circus Hub, Middleton Hall, centre:mk
Belgian company Sur Mesure bring together musicians, instrument manufacturers, woodworkers and circus artists in Fillage, a combination of spectacular trampolining, acrobatics, juggling and specially composed live music.
Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 July, 11am and 3pm each day
Middleton Hall, centre:mk MK9 3EP
£8, Under 16s £7, Universal Credit concession £5, Family (4 people, max 2 adults) £28
NoFit State Circus & Motionhouse: Block
Wednesday 25 & Thursday 26 July, Circus Hub, Middleton Hall, centre:mk
Block is a fusion of dance and circus that pushes the limits of both art forms, using daring physicality and split-second timing. Twenty oversized blocks, fashioned to resemble giant concrete Jenga blocks, are deconstructed and reformed into an infinite variety of shapes for the performers to play on, move with and explore.
Wednesday 25 July, 11am and 3pm / Thursday 26 July, 10am and 1pm
Middleton Hall, centre:mk MK9 3EP
£8, Under 16s £7, Universal Credit concession £5, Family (4 people, max 2 adults) £28
UK PREMIERE
Groupe Acrobatique de Tanger: Halka
Friday 27 to Sunday 29 July, Circus Hub, Middleton Hall, centre:mk
This Moroccan collective of 14 acrobats and musicians - the biggest company that the Festival has ever brought to Milton Keynes - offer their perspective on their hometown of Tangier. Halka takes its audiences on a journey through bustling market places, cafés and beaches, with a combination of traditional and contemporary acrobatics, tumbling and high-flying human pyramids. Having previously worked with a number of international male directors, Halka is directed by female company member, Abdeliazide Senhadji.
Friday 27 to Sunday 29 July, 2.30pm each day
Middleton Hall, centre:mk MK9 3EP
Tickets £16, Under 16s £14, Universal Credit concession £10, Family (4 people, max 2 adults) £56
The Circus Hub is also hosting a Free Curiosities Fair featuring The Strange Travel of Mr Tonet and The Strong Lady
Tombs Creatius Company: The Strange Travel of Mr Tonet
Friday 20 - Sunday 29 July, Circus Hub, Middleton Hall, centre:mk
The fantastical life and adventures of Mr Tonet are revealed by solving the puzzles created by the skilled makers of Catalonia’s Tombs Creatius. Crafted from discarded objects and recycled old furniture, ingenious games combine mechanical movement, light and sound.
Friday 20 to Sunday 29 July, 10am to 5pm (except when a Circus Hub show is on)
Middleton Hall, centre:mk MK9 3EP
Free
The Strong Lady
Friday 27 and Sunday 29 July, Circus Hub, Middleton Hall, centre:mk
A genuine strong woman, Australia’s Betty Brawn performs her classic street theatre show with brute strength and beauty. Shattering gender clichés with an exhilarating array of stunts, she tears thick books in half with her bare hands, twists solid metal, snaps steel chains and performs the Human Carousel, carrying the weight of two gigantic men.
Friday 27 and Saturday 28 July, 10.30am and 12.30pm / Sunday 29 July, 12.30pm
Middleton Hall, centre:mk MK9 3EP
Friday 27, Saturday 28 July, Sunday 29 July
Festival Central, Campbell Park MK9 4AD
Free
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