Students

Who applies to Circomedia?

Students may be post-graduates and experienced professionals who want to expand their skills base or they may be beginners leaving home for the first time. Our students in the past have included postmen, poets, carpenters, soldiers, scientists, street performers, vicars, visual artists, doctors, dancers and nuns. We find this rich mix of people from very diverse backgrounds to be a stimulating and challenging aspect of people’s time at Circomedia.

Students have come to Circomedia from Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the USA.

What the students say about the course:

"It's a brilliant course, really enjoyable to partake in and the kind of thing that makes you jump out of bed in the morning."

“the teachers were so supportive, it has a real family atmosphere, they really care”

“being able to practise so much in the evenings was really helpful “

“Circomedia is fantastic at combining technical skill with theatre, at building confidence and developing an individual’s creativity and skill”

"It’s been an amazing course. We’ve all changed so much, become stronger with our skill and also as people."

"This has been the best year of my life - I have learned more than I ever knew existed."

"I think everyone should do a course at Circomedia once in their life"

What students do after Circomedia
We have a high success rate of individuals finding professional work. Circomedia runs an agency which employs a high proportion of ex-students. Students have gone on to work solo, set up their own schools and companies as well as performing on TV and film as well as working for such companies as:

Circus of the Streets
Chinese Stage Circus
Gandini Juggling Project
Circus Boom (New York)
Gandey's Circus
Fossett's Circus
No Fit State Circus
Bristol Old Vic
Cirque Cirkor (Sweden)
Contact Theatre
Birmingham Rep
Teatro Circo Kran (Germany)
Stella Polaris (Norway)
National Theatre of Denmark
Croissant Neuf Circus
Skinning the Cat
Forkbeard Fantasy
Peepolykus
Momentary Fusion