With only 9 days to go to 4 action packed days of Circus skills in Temple Bar we at Temple Bar Cultural Trust can hardly contain ourselves from telling you that….TICKETS AND BOOKINGS ARE AVAILABLE FOR EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS FROM THIS THURSDAY JUNE 25TH!!!
From comic trapeze to aerial circus feats, roving dancers, comedy, a circus cruise and street samba, the Temple Bar Circus Festival taking place from 9th – 12th July will see the most exciting programme of events take to the streets and spaces of Temple Bar, Dublin’s Cultural Quarter. Featuring over 50 unique circus skill performers and award-winning acts from across the world it will be impossible to miss this circus show!
This year the festival is bigger and better than before with new world class circus performers and breath-taking performances with the best of Irish and international acts to entertain people of all ages, young and old.
Renowned for its family-friendly atmosphere, this year’s festival is packed with a host of outdoor events taking place across the public spaces and streets of Temple Bar, as well as plenty of interactive workshops from Circus Skills to Acrobatics and Art Jam to Clay Animation where children, young people and adults alike get the opportunity to enhance their creative abilities or learn some tricks of the circus trade.
Lorraine Maye, Circus Festival Programmer, Temple Bar Cultural Trust, has chosen a range of diverse performers from all over the world to ensure the festival features unique and top quality acts that suit a broad audience.
“We are delighted with this year’s line-up; we have fantastic street and aerial acts that will really impress the audience and draw the crowds into the open spaces of Temple Bar. We’ve put a bigger emphasis on interactive shows this year as audiences like to participate in the antics.
There’s also a nice range of workshops which provide an opportunity for parents and kids to be creative together. Anyone looking for an adventure, a laugh and hours of free entertainment should venture into Temple Bar over the four days; it is guaranteed excitement and memorable entertainment.”
Visually-speaking the highlights of the Circus Festival include the Loyal Club, an award-winning show of comic trapeze and gigantic balloons, the Von Trolley Quartet from Australia who combine musical routine with slap-stick circus skills, the Great Vasili’s Eruption, the eastern European circus phenomenon who performs a handstand 5 metres above the heads of the audience, the Barren Carousel, a dazzling aerial circus troupe who perform on long colourful silks and the Magical Circus Cruise with award-winning entertainer Brendan Byrne.
While Temple Bar is transformed into a circus arena and the streets are filled with entertaining walkabouts, don’t forget to stop by one of Temple Bar’s three outdoor markets – the Food Market, the Book Market or Designer Mart at Cow’s Lane – all of which will be getting in on the act!
All events as part of the Temple Bar Circus Festival are FREE but some require the collection of FREE tickets or advance booking.
For more information on Temple Bar Circus Festival, or a full programme of summer events, visit www.templebar.ie, call our Culture Line 01-888 3610 or drop in and see us at the Temple Bar Cultural Information Centre, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.
Temple Bar Circus Festival | TBCT July 27, 2009 | 
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