Join us for the World Circus Day Extravaganza presented by Roscommon Arts Office in association with Motion Chapel, Promenade Ireland and Castlerea Rose Festival at Somers Park, Castlerea Co. Roscommon.
ABOUT THE EVENT
Roll up, roll up! Join in the fun and frolic! World Circus Day Extravaganza featuring aerial performances, acrobatic shows, tightwire, clown antics, circus skills, music and much more.
This year we are delighted to take part in the World Circus Day Extravaganza presented by Roscommon Arts Office in association with Motion Chapel, Promenade Ireland and Castlerea Rose Festival as part of the POP Arts Event Series. Make your way to Somers Park, Castlerea for walkabouts and performances from some of Ireland’s leading circus performers, showing off their acrobatics and aerial skills. You can also try your hand at tightwire and circus skills workshops!
Featuring Cirkado Circus, Síolta Circus, Galway Community Circus, Jenny Tufts, Freddy Burrows, Angelica Santander, Ukeydorys, Roscommon One Town One Voice Choir, and Music Generation Roscommon.
The Planning for Outdoor Performances (POP) initiative has been developed by local authority arts offices (spearheaded by Roscommon County Council) to help encourage the outdoor arts scene. It promotes collaboration and helps artists, event planners, local festivals and community organisers bring captivating outdoor performances to cities and towns across the country.
PROGRAMME
Circus Workshops:
Join Galway Community Circus to try out some exciting circus skills including juggling, hula-hoop, and tightwire. Our tutors will help you to discover skills you never knew you had! Suitable for all abilities and fitness levels and no experience necessary.
Circus shows:
On Tish by Síolta Circus is a 30 minute explosive acrobatic show for all ages. A small eccentric tribe of noisy, boisterous beings are on the hunt for food, shelter and a bit of craic!
Cirkada by acrobatic duo Cirkado Circus is a hilarious and heart-warming 30 minute show about companionship and all its ups and downs!
I Dance to Become Enormous by Jenny Tufts performs on a 3-meter-tall spiralling steel structure in a dizzying display of power, surrender, and physics-defying partnership.
A Lovely Day For It is a seaside aerial performance by Freddy Burrows specialising in floor acrobatics and aerial straps.
Walkabouts include Juanita the Cleaner by Europe’s leading female clown Angelica Santander who tackles plastic pollution with dance, climate saving circus and several binloads of humour.
With live music from the Music Generation Roscommon, One Town One Voice Choir Roscommon and the Ukeydorys.
Image at top of page: Strong Women Science at Cairde in the Park 2022 - Photo by Anna Leask
