Cambridge
Community
Circus

"bringing Circus to Cambridge"

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Thanks to Helen for the background image.

Rehearsal venues

Cambridge Drama Centre, Covent Garden, off Mill Road, Cambridge. Tel. 01223 322748

This has been used for many years by Cambridge Community Circus and other local groups for rehearsal and performance. It is (just) high enough for static trapeze and corde lisse to be rigged and certainly high enough for juggling, although there are a large number of lighting bars and theatre lights to be avoided. It is a community space that also plays host to a large number of small theatrical performances, workshops and classes. A large crash mat and some thin acrobatic mats are available for use.

Romsey Mill, Hemingford Road, off Mill Road, Cambridge. Tel. 01223 213162

Two rooms are available, one is very high and large but has no facilities for aerial rigging, the other is small and not very high. RM is a Christian organisation and run by friendly, young volunteers and paid staff. A crash mat and some thin mats are available. There is a cafe on site.

Mumford Theatre, Anglia Polytechnic University, East Road, Cambridge. Tel. 01223 352932

This venue seats 250 and has hosted the 'public shows' of all five Cambridge Juggling Conventions as well as a special performance by Steve Rawlings of his show 'Live and Unstable'. It is riggable for aerial skills and has a large backstage area, full theatre lighting and sound facilities. Parking close to the venue for loading and unloading is difficult.

Wysing Arts, Fox Road, Bourn, Cambridgeshire. Tel. 01954 718881

An arts centre situated ten miles outside Cambridge. They have a high, heated, riggable gallery space and a lower (although still riggable), colder performance space situated in a converted barn. The centre is surrounded by fields which have been used for outdoor performance in the past (an outdoor power supply is available). Rates are very reasonable and there is even a small amount of accomodation on site for visiting artists. The site is rather isolated.