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Circolo

Festival Circolo: relaxed and sunny festival celebrates circus innovation without glitz

by Wijbrand Schaap
26 October 202129 March 2022
4 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, Circolo, CIRCUS, Featured, PODIUM ART, SPECIALS, APPRECIATE & DONATE!

A campfire, primeval hamburgers and flammkuchen with bacon and cream, as well as coffee with oat milk and remarkably many loose buns in Tilburg's Leijpark. White wine, kombucha and speciality beer. Some people get pimples from such combinations, but it felt remarkably good, last Monday at Festival Circolo. The hipster folk, considered super sustainable, mixed effortlessly with the burgundian Brabanter, so in...

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The dizzying void is literally at the heart of L'absolu during Festival Circolo

by Jasmijn Huisman
9 October 20219 October 2021
3 min read
ACTUAL, Circolo, CIRCUS, Featured, PODIUM ART, SPECIALS

For those who love acrobatics and existential questions of life, Boris Gibé's L'absolu is a valhalla. The extraordinary spectacle can be admired during Festival Circolo in Tilburg. In an empty silo at a height of 12 metres, acrobat (and metaphysician) Gibé confronts the audience with the big questions of life. With his act, he shows that circus and art can go hand in...

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Lucho Smit's unique take on circus innovation: 'Everything already exists, we just make different connections' #festivalcircolo

by Wijbrand Schaap
8 October 20218 October 2021
3 min read
ACTUAL, Circolo, CIRCUS, Featured, PODIUM ART, SPECIALS

'I often wonder why I keep doing what I do. I do circus, but I don't just want to tell stories, I want to act, I want to live up to my beliefs and my values. And by acting, I don't mean eating organic food, sorting my waste and donating to Greenpeace, no ; I really want to contribute to all those issues I...

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New at Festival Circolo: The stage is at least as exciting when you can only hear it.

by Wijbrand Schaap
6 October 202130 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, Circolo, CIRCUS, Featured, PODCAST, SPECIALS

During Tilburg circus festival Circolo, you can experience it, if you want to, and certainly if you can't help it: audio description. Especially for the blind and visually impaired, the festival offers the services of Komt Het Zien, a company specialising in live description of what is on stage in front of you. Founder Arlette Hanson, is one such...

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Festival Circolo gets ready for 16-day circus festival in Tilburg

by one of our members
20 September 202130 March 2022
4 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, Circolo, PRESS, PODIUM ART, SPECIALS

Festival Circolo takes place from 22 to 31 October in Tilburg. With the festival centre in the Leijpark and various satellite locations in the city, it will be one big circus party in Tilburg for ten days. Although, ten days... This year, Festival Circolo has secretly added six days. Because Les Choses de Rien's show L'Absolu - in a towering...

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Circolo 2020 goes ahead after all - Festival Circolo: THE ALTERNATIVE at Poppodium 013 & Koepelhal Tilburg

by one of our members
9 October 202030 March 2022
2 min read
For members only, Circolo, PRESS, SPECIALS

In total, Festival Circolo: The Alternative presents 11 performances including four (world) premieres. Tickets are on sale from Friday 9 October via the Festival Circolo website.