GIFFORDS CIRCUS IS BACK AT EVENLEY WOOD GARDEN IN 2026 WITH A BRAND-NEW SHOW
Waterfield
EVENLEY WOOD GARDEN, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 11th – 22nd June 2026
We’re delighted to share the name of our 2026 show: “Waterfield”
Chosen by Red and Cecil, children of Giffords Circus founders Nell & Toti Gifford, “Waterfield” is inspired by the English countryside and the creatures that inhabit it. It will be our most ambitious show yet, with moments that make you hold your breath and acts that will have you watching through your fingers.
It’s wonderful to have the Gifford family back at the helm of the circus. Working with founder Toti Gifford, Director Cal McCrystal leads a brilliant creative team—including takis, James Keay, Kate Smyth, Emma Campbell, Beatrix Eden, Ian Scott, James Marsh, Michael Fletcher, Kelly Rumbelow, and Joe Avery—to create an unforgettable experience for audiences of all ages.
“Waterfield” is made by hand, with care, with joy and with love. We can’t wait for you to see it. Join us in 2026 for an adventure in the countryside you’ll never forget.
“Giffords Circus is so much more than a circus” said Cal McCrystal, Director. “To come to Giffords is to immerse yourself in another world and escape everyday life for a few blissful hours. Our astonishing mix of thrills, skills, adventure, romance, theatrics and hilarity will change all your preconceptions of traditional circus. You will fall in love with our travelling world of acrobats, clowns, magicians, jugglers, vintage wagons, and entrancing music.”
Giffords Circus is a magical village green circus that tours England from the first days of spring to the first glimpse of winter. It’s our hymn to homemade fun, excess and benign disruption. We want our show to move something in you, and to take just a little while to recover from. We want it, wish it and mean it with all of our hearts, because it is everything we believe about life and art and love.
Giffords Circus is what we would all like to find if we were driving along a road, a glimpse of the tent with the words ‘Giffords Circus’ shining from the top, appearing mysteriously where it wasn’t the day before and might not be tomorrow. It is the intrigue that we would stop for and it is what we would make a pilgrimage for. It is how we travel back to our childhood and how we move forwards surrounded by music, loved ones and laughter. We wear our best clothes, and wellies and run away to the circus.