About Spotlight!

Scratch Night is an opportunity for artists to present and explore new work in front of a live audience. The event creates a space for experimentation and allows artists to gather valuable feedback to help shape the future of their productions. Artists present short pieces of work and invite the audience to provide constructive criticism to take away.

Feedback session: after the performances we will take a short break for tea, coffee and biscuits! We will then invite any audience members who want to participate in the feedback session back into the space where each artist will have a table. You are welcome to sit at one table or move around and answer questions the performers have prepared for you.

Spotlight! is organised by the Galway Community Circus Team together with our incredible European Solidarity Corps volunteers.

Fees and Booking: No booking is required; this is a free event with donations on the door.

Seating will be limited! Please arrive on time to avoid disrupting acts in progress!

Venue: Circus Hall at Galway Community Circus in St. Joseph's Community Centre, Shantalla, Ashe Road, H91 A4VW.

Perform at Spotlight!

Have you an act you would like to try out in front of a live audience? Adult Artists from all disciplines are invited to participate. Galway Community Circus members 12 to 17 years old will be selected by their GCC trainers to perform.

For scratch night, your work does not need to be polished. It could be a brand-new piece, or an extract from an existing show you want to rework. You may be moving from studies to professional performance, or you could be an established circus artist trying something completely new.

Your act does not have to be circus related; it can be theatre, dance, or comedy.

If you'd like to perform at Scratch Night, please fill out the form, linked below. The deadline to apply is the 9th May.