Shows
COMMUNITY SHOWS & ENGAGEMENT
We make shows with our community, professional shows and commissions.
MAD WORLD
MAD WORLD
Created for winter 2016 with CircusMASH Community, Mad World explored the internal trials and tribulations of self doubt, fear and insecurity, set in a world of twisted words and familiar characters. Watch Trailer | Watch Full Version | Watch 2o20 Remix Music Video
MANOKEN
MANOKEN
Created for summer tour 2017 with funding from Arts Council England. Exploring identity in the unidentifiable. Through finding what society says they lack, they in turn find what makes them complete.
Watch Manoken (Jewellery Quarter) | Watch Manoken (CoCoMAD) | Watch Manoken (JQ Festival)
RETROGRADE
RETROGRADE
Created for winter 2017 with MASH Community, Retrograde takes us back in time, exploring nostalgic objects that seem to keep following us around.
Told through the tale of a war time family being torn apart.
Watch the Retrograde Trailer
HULLABALOO
HULLABALOO
Created for summer 2016, Hullabaloo; commotion, fuss, noisy situation.
A comic display of organised chaos, following the journey of the hot topic of English weather!
Watch Hullabaloo ( Kings Heath) | Watch Hullabaloo (JQ Festival) | Watch Hullabaloo (CoCoMAD)
FLOAT
FLOAT
Float was created for summer 2014 through R&D with funding from ACE. It was out first outdoor project exploring story telling, outdoors with participatory elements.
Watch FLOAT Here
CREATIVE
IMAGINARIUM
IMAGINARIUM
Partnership project with Arts NK. Exploring audience imagination, inside out at Doddington Hall
Watch Imaginarium Here
COLOURED IN CRAZY
COLOURED IN CRAZY
What is the colour of lunacy… of mania… of crazy?
Using physicality of the body and coloured paint in a very literal way, we can give visual life to this intangible idea of unhinged and fanatical minds.
Watch Coloured In Crazy Here
PANIC
PANIC
R&D exploring mental health and the objectification of women. Special thanks to NoFit State.
Contains Nudity
RECENT PERFORMANCES
ESCAPE ARTIST
ESCAPE ARTIST
Created for summer 2017, Escape Artist is an ode to Harold Houdini using aerial and ground circus, devised by Birmingham Youth Circus.
Watch Escape Artist Here
INDUSTRIOUS
INDUSTRIOUS
Industrious was created for the NYCE 2015 & SOTE Fundraiser for Birmingham Children’s Hospital at Alexandra Theatre Birmingham.
We explored the old industrial world that Birmingham used to be.
Watch Industrious Here
CANDYLAND
CANDYLAND
Created for Resorts World 2018 to celebrate life and candy! Simple as!
How many sweets can keep a circus going was our question.
Watch Candyland Here
COMMERCIAL COMMISSIONS
IS
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Winter Spectacular created for University of Birmingham’s annual BUAFTA awards ceremony & dinner.
Watch IS Here
TORMENTA
HALFORDS
Commercial commission created for Halfords annual awards ceremony.
Watch TORMENTA Here
INCANDESCENT
ICC
Commercial commission at the ICC
Watch INCANDESCENT Here
GRAND CENTRAL BIRMINGHAM
MANOKEN | 1st BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
Celebrating Grand Centrals 1st Birthday with Manoken, where mannequins pop up and create mayhem!
Watch GRAND CENTRAL Here
DE MONTFORD UNIVERSITY
STUDENT UNION EVENT
Commission for University student union awards ceremony.
Watch DE MONTFORD Here
VINTAGE
MASH started in March 2011. Here are some of our early day shows.
Look how much everyone has grown!!
BOX OF CIRCUS
BOX OF CIRCUS
This was when everyone was tiny tiny! Our very first exploration into the box of what circus was…
Watch BOX OF CIRCUS Here
KAYI- DRIFTING SNOW
CIRCUS SPECTACULAR
CIRCUS SPECTACULAR
Ladies and gents with a distant vernacular, the boys and girls present the circus spectacular…
Watch CIRCUS SPECTACULAR Here
ALLOY JUNGLE
ALLOY JUNGLE
Lost in a future of metal, this tribe go on a journey to find the past.
Watch ALLOY JUNGLE Here
SHOWCASE FUNDRAISER 2014
SHOWCASE FUNDRAISER 2014
Our first showcase fundraiser to raise money for the restoration of an old church hall.
£25K needed. This event raised just over £1K.
Watch our SHOWCASE FUNDRAISER Here