Gifford Circus comes to Evenley Wood Garden

GIFFORDS CIRCUS IS BACK AT EVENLEY WOOD GARDEN IN 2024 WITH A BRAND-NEW SHOW

Avalon

EVENLEY WOOD, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 27th June – 8th July 2024

Giffords Circus, returns in 2024 with a brand new show AVALON by acclaimed Director Cal McCrystal. The circus, described as a national treasure in the UK, is renowned for producing a show worthy of London’s West End but in the green fields of the Cotswolds and beyond.Les Enfants du Paradis, will take inspiration from French Romanticism in the mid-19th Century.

Les Enfants du Paradis will be our most lavish show yet! And with romance at its heart, the show’s narrative will provide a playful context for some of the most intriguing, exciting and beautiful acts ever to appear at Giffords.” Cal McCrystal, Director

As determined as ever to delight, Giffords Circus will weave together a cast of acrobats, magicians, musicians and clowns from all over the world in a show that will combine poetry, music and performing arts all set on the mythical island of AVALON.

“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.”

AVALON is a show that will immerse the audience in a colourful medieval world of pageantry and Arthurian legend, with lavish costumes, opulent set, and a live band all conjured up by award winning international acclaimed performance designer takis, whose innovative and diverse body of work encompasses West End and leading UK theatre.

2024 will be Giffords Circus longest ever touring season, with the circus calling at 12 UK venues from 28th March – 29th September and will welcome the return of actress and singer Nell O’Hara who starred in 2023’s Les Enfants du Paradis and magician Maximiliano Stia who previously appeared in 2013’s Lucky 13 and 2015’s Moon Songs.

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.

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