Have you ever wanted to join the circus? If you live in the North East of England this is your big chance. The Five Ring Circus is a youth participation project which is focused on providing circus workshops for young people aged 12 to 19 and in developing young people as cultural practitioners and leaders.

Our regular youth circus clubs are based in Newcastle, North Tyneside and Stockton, and are facilitated by Let’s Circus and their team of professional circus artists and tutors. At the clubs a variety of skills are taught. A few examples being trapeze and other aerial arts, juggling, unicycling, German Wheel, stilt walking, acrobatics and performance skills.

If you’re an adult wanting to do circus, try facebooking ‘Club Circus Central’ and check out www.circuscentral.co.uk

If you’re under 12 or an adult and interested in other circus activities in the NE please go to our activities page –  Circus Central Now or email helen@circus central.co.uk

In March we launched our ‘Five Ring Circus Performance Troupe’ after a round of auditions. We’ll be performing from the summer with our troupe made up of young circus artists including gymnasts, dancers, traceurs, trampolinists, extreme sports artists and others with existing skills in non-circus areas.

Circus classes attract lots of different types of people – so there is something there for everyone to enjoy. It provides a creative outlet for those who don’t like art (or do like art!), a physical activity for those who don’t like sport (or do like sport!) and a friendly, lively atmosphere which allows people to form a network of friends – beyond school and locality. Getting involved in circus opens up lots of great opportunities, but basically it is a fun thing to do in your free time. Once you learn a few circus skills, you will never get bored!

This website has loads of information in it and an invitation for young people to join in and the community to support them in this fantastic opportunity!