Skip Navigation | HOME | UK Indymedia | Editorial Guidelines | Mission Statement | About Us | Contact | Help | Support Us

manchester Indymedia

BASSLINE CIRCUS on the road again.

Robin Collings and Natalia Colville | 23.04.2006 14:45 | Culture | London

Bassline Circus, London's touring tented New Skool circus. A little bit of history and information about our summer tour.

Bassline Circus is London's touring tented New Skool circus.
We are a not-for-profit, new-skool British hip hop circus building
our second summer tour. Please check out our website:
www.basslinecircus.org

Despite the fact that new licensing laws are introducing massive new costs for small circus' we are still going strong. The London Dates are at the bottom
of this mail.

OUR HISTORY

We have a fascinating history. We met around ten years ago while
living on the road around europe, convoys of creative young people,
travelling and putting on 'free parties / 'raves'. In 2001 we found an
abandoned circus big top in a squat in italy, and started using it for parties and shows.

As time passed new laws and regulations made it increasingly hard to lead this free lifestyle and our old tent failed to meet health and safety standards, so we bought a blinging new tent from the tradional French circus 'zavatta', and through parties and club nights raised the cash to bring it back to the UK last spring.

We quickly applied to the Arts Council for research and development money, were succesful and so continued putting together our show 'the road', which toured festivals and parks throughout the uk in summer 05.

We are now working on our next show 'Running Away' and are due to start the 2006 tour in Whittington Park, Holloway Rd 18th - 22nd may, then onwards to Victoria park in Tower Hamlets and Clissold park in Stoke
Newington, to name but a few.....

THE SHOW:

'Running Away' is a high energy circus show rammed with all the usual circus performers, swinging about the roof pulling 'wow factor' moves.
The difference is our tent has been invaded by urban artists.

A hip-hop circus show packed with breakdancers, illusions,
disappearing b-boys and video bombing. The ringmaster/rapper, “Unknown MC”, spits lyrics from the stage as aerialists fly through the air and acrobats flick flack to breakbeat tracks.

Inside the tent you will find giant, spinning technics decks and
graffiti landscapes capped with CCTV cameras watching you back.

Come and see the new faces of UK Circus. You won’t regret it!

“The most exciting show on the street! Miss it and miss out”
Undercover Magazine
“Quirky colourful costumes and unusual routines, wonderful” The Stage

The Workshops: MC / Rapping, Dj skills, Breakdance, Trapeze,
Juggling, Spinning Plates, Graffiti, Tightwire.

Please have a closer look at who we are, watch our showreel and
listen to some of our beatz on the download page, and check our early tour dates on our website:

www.basslinecircus.org.


Thankyou for reading, and even more for your support

Please get in touch if you would like more information or photos

thankyou
natalia colville 07890 520565
BASSLINE CIRCUS


THIS SUMMER'S LONDON DATES

MAY:
Holloway Arts Festival, Whittington Park, Holloway Rd, London, N19
Wednesday 17th - Free Workshops tbc / After school club @ 3.45 - 5pm
(No Show)
SHOWS
Thursday 18th - 5:30pm
Friday 19th - 7:30pm FREE WORKSHOPS - 16.00 - 17.30
Saturday 20th - 8:00pm
Sunday 21st - 3:00pm and 7:30pm
‘Fusion East’ Paradise Gardens, Victoria Park, London
£3 special! all shows are half price, thanks to Fusion East. Bigup!
Friday 26th - 7:30pm
Saturday 27th - 7:30pm
Sunday 28th - Free workshops 1pm - 3pm, Shows 4:00pm and 7:00pm
Bank holiday Monday 29th - 4:00pm and 7:30pm
JUNE:
Stokefest06, Clissold Park, Stoke Newington, Hackney, London, N16
Stokefest is FREE. More festival info visit www.stokefest.co.uk
Saturday 10th - 7:30pm
Sunday 11th - FREE FESTIVAL 12 - 8pm. Show - 8:00pm
Tuesday 12th - 7:30pm
Wednesday 13th - 7:30pm
Thursday 14th - 7:30pm
Friday 15th - 7:30pm
Saturday 16th - 4:00pm and 7:30pm
Sunday 17th - 4:00pm and 7:30pm

Robin Collings and Natalia Colville
- e-mail: bassline_circus@yahoo.co.uk
- Homepage: http://www.basslinecircus.org

Download this article in pdf format >>

Email this article to someone >>

Submit an addition or make a quick comment on this article >>

Publish

Publish your news

Do you need help with publishing?

Kollektives

Birmingham
Cambridge
Liverpool
London
Oxford
Sheffield
South Coast
Wales
World

Other UK IMCs
Bristol/South West
London
Northern Indymedia
Scotland

Manchester Topics

Analysis
Animal Liberation
Anti-militarism
Anti-racism
Bio-technology
Climate Chaos
Culture
Ecology
Education
Energy Crisis
Free Spaces
Gender
Globalisation
Health
History
Indymedia
Iraq
Migration
Ocean Defence
Other Press
Palestine
Public sector cuts
Repression
Social Struggles
Technology
Terror War
Workers' Movements
Zapatista

Manchester Actions 2010

Flotilla to Gaza
Mayday 2010
Tar Sands

Manchester Actions 2009

COP15 Climate Summit 2009
G20 London Summit
Guantánamo
Indymedia Server Seizure
University Occupations for Gaza

Manchester Actions 2008

2008 Days Of Action For Autonomous Spaces
Campaign against Carmel-Agrexco
Climate Camp 2008
G8 Japan 2008
SHAC
Smash EDO
Stop Sequani Animal Testing
Stop the BNP's Red White and Blue festival

Manchester Actions 2007

Climate Camp 2007
DSEi 2007
G8 Germany 2007
Mayday 2007
No Border Camp 2007

Manchester Actions 2006

April 2006 No Borders Days of Action
Art and Activism Caravan 2006
Climate Camp 2006
Faslane
French CPE uprising 2006
G8 Russia 2006
Lebanon War 2006
March 18 Anti War Protest
Mayday 2006
Oaxaca Uprising
Refugee Week 2006
Rossport Solidarity
SOCPA
Transnational Day of Action Against Migration Controls
WSF 2006

Manchester Actions 2005

DSEi 2005
G8 2005
WTO Hong Kong 2005

Manchester Actions 2004

European Social Forum
FBI Server Seizure
May Day 2004
Venezuela

Manchester Actions 2003

Bush 2003
DSEi 2003
Evian G8
May Day 2003
No War F15
Saloniki Prisoner Support
Thessaloniki EU
WSIS 2003

Languages

english

IMCs


www.indymedia.org

Projects
print
radio
satellite tv
video

Africa

Europe
antwerpen
armenia
athens
austria
barcelona
belarus
belgium
belgrade
brussels
bulgaria
calabria
croatia
cyprus
emilia-romagna
estrecho / madiaq
galiza
germany
grenoble
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
la plana
liege
liguria
lille
linksunten
lombardia
madrid
malta
marseille
nantes
napoli
netherlands
northern england
nottingham imc
paris/île-de-france
patras
piemonte
poland
portugal
roma
romania
russia
sardegna
scotland
sverige
switzerland
torun
toscana
ukraine
united kingdom
valencia

Latin America
argentina
bolivia
chiapas
chile
chile sur
cmi brasil
cmi sucre
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
puerto rico
qollasuyu
rosario
santiago
tijuana
uruguay
valparaiso
venezuela

Oceania
aotearoa
brisbane
burma
darwin
jakarta
manila
melbourne
perth
qc
sydney

South Asia
india


United States
arizona
arkansas
asheville
atlanta
Austin
binghamton
boston
buffalo
chicago
cleveland
colorado
columbus
dc
hawaii
houston
hudson mohawk
kansas city
la
madison
maine
miami
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new hampshire
new jersey
new mexico
new orleans
north carolina
north texas
nyc
oklahoma
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rogue valley
saint louis
san diego
san francisco
san francisco bay area
santa barbara
santa cruz, ca
sarasota
seattle
tampa bay
united states
urbana-champaign
vermont
western mass
worcester

West Asia
Armenia
Beirut
Israel
Palestine

Topics
biotech

Process
fbi/legal updates
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech