Make Space Circus

Make Space Circus Female & disabled-led circus company making kick ass shows!

Woohoo! We’ve been nominated for a One Dance UK Award! 🎉Image: A deep purple background with 2 dancers in the top left a...
05/12/2024

Woohoo! We’ve been nominated for a One Dance UK Award! 🎉

Image: A deep purple background with 2 dancers in the top left and bottom right corners. In the middle, under spot light, are the words ‘we’ve been nominated One Dance UK Awards’ in white.

Where do I sit?We have loved collaborating with the fabulous Tamba Africa Social Circus on this project! Watch our short...
01/11/2024

Where do I sit?

We have loved collaborating with the fabulous Tamba Africa Social Circus on this project! Watch our short documentary about the project here: https://youtu.be/va8XyiL1KFY

Image: A still shot of a black woman with braids from behind from the documentary Where do I sit? with the logos for Unlimited, British Council and Arts Council England overlayed.

Where do I sit?Tanya is one of the performers in the show, she is a poet, women's activist and all round queen!Tanya use...
29/10/2024

Where do I sit?

Tanya is one of the performers in the show, she is a poet, women's activist and all round queen!
Tanya used poetry to reinvent audio descriptions and work as the ultimate hype woman in the show.
Do you find it easy or difficult to audio describe yourself? give it a go in the comments below! (bonus points for poetry)

Watch out for our short documentary about the project here: https://youtu.be/va8XyiL1KFY

Image: Black female in her mid 20s. She is curvaceous and has maroon braids/extensions in her hair which is up in a bun. She is standing in front of a microphone with an orange jacket draped over her shoulders.

Where do I sit?Our work represents disabled people and people from marginalised backgrounds. We believe it's important f...
28/10/2024

Where do I sit?

Our work represents disabled people and people from marginalised backgrounds. We believe it's important for these groups to have a voice in all aspects of the making process and we couldn't have had more fun talking, designing, and playing throughout the process of making Where Do I Sit?

Short documentary about the project here: https://youtu.be/va8XyiL1KFY

Image: Seven people sitting in a circle on orange chairs in a tall space with a ceiling-to-floor black curtain backdrop.

Where do I sit?Or should the question really be where do I fly, and speak, and perform and entertain! The answer of cour...
27/10/2024

Where do I sit?

Or should the question really be where do I fly, and speak, and perform and entertain! The answer of course is in the incredible Windy Van Hooten tent from

So many people to thank for making this show such a joy on the day. Big love to our access support: and BSL interpreters: Rose Nest, Clare Baars

Watch a short documentary about the project here: https://youtu.be/va8XyiL1KFY

A few snaps from our tech rehearsal and show at Shambala;
Image 1: Karina; a slim white woman, is in a stag leg pose balanced through the strop of an led aerial hoop suspended above a stage bathed in pink light with glimpses of the audience all around her below.

Image 2: Amy; a slim white woman with long limbs, is in the splits in an aerial sling bathed in blue lights flying above a stage with the audience stairs and chairs behind her.

Where do I sit?Quick pic just before we went on stage to perform our show; Where Do I Sit? Lots of excitement, a few ner...
26/10/2024

Where do I sit?

Quick pic just before we went on stage to perform our show; Where Do I Sit? Lots of excitement, a few nerves but nothing a shimmy and a shake in our fantastic costumes couldn't flutter away.
Together our costumes represent the Disability Pride Flag, the Suffragettes Flag, and use the Zimbabwe Chevron pattern. These are the three main influences and inspirations throughout this project and it seemed a fitting tribute to make sure they were all displayed in full glitter and ruffle on stage.

Now where can we wear these again? You can spot them in our new short documentary here: https://youtu.be/va8XyiL1KFY

Image: Four female performers standing close together with arms raised in front of a large circus tent wearing colourful costumes. From left to right, Caro is a white woman with dyed red hair wearing a purple button down shirt, ruffle rara skirt in shades of purple, black and white chevron pattern tights. Tanya is a black woman wearing a red silky and glittery jump suit with matching head band and black and white ruffled sleeves. Amy is a slim white woman wearing a one shoulder turquoise leotard with ruffle detail on her hips and shoulder, matching head band and black and white chevron leggings. Karina is a white woman wearing a black and white chevron leotard with turquoise ruffles on her hips and matching head band, yellow tights and a floor length white glitter cape.

Karina Jones Aerialist

24/10/2024

Where do I sit?

What a wonderful day. We performed 'Where do I sit?' for over 30 audience members who traveled from L'Arche Zimbabwe, a wonderful disability provision. Having Make Space Circus, Tamba Africa and L'Arche Zimbabwe all together to watch the show, have a go at flying themselves, dance together and share a meal has to be one of the many highlights from the trip.

Watch our short documentary about this project here: https://youtu.be/va8XyiL1KFY





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Where do I sit?We were lucky enough to have the absolute rigging wizz that is Barnz from Pirates of the Carabina with us...
23/10/2024

Where do I sit?

We were lucky enough to have the absolute rigging wizz that is Barnz from Pirates of the Carabina with us in Zimbabwe. He ran an amazing accessible rigging workshop with the Tamba artists and some of the wider disabled artist community in Zimbabwe. Everyone had a go at lifting each other and we tested some really creative

We have a short documentary about this project out now! https://youtu.be/va8XyiL1KFY

Image: a 50 year old white 6 ft man with a shaved head who looks like a pirate wearing silver earrings and a patterned blue palm tree shirt. He’s surrounded by rigging kit, laying it out, in an industrial looking gymnastic space.

22/10/2024

Where do I sit?

Dee, who is deaf and Karina, who is visually impaired sharing the joy of dance through touch! There is always a way to make art forms accessible, it's all about finding new and creative ways to do so. The laughter and smiles in the video says it all.

We have a short documentary about this project out now- watch it here: https://youtu.be/va8XyiL1KFY

Video: A young black woman is doing fast hip rotations while a visually impaired middle-aged white woman stands in front of her with her hands on her hips to feel the dance movements.

Where do I sit?During rehearsals for the show, we also ran some skill exchange. We paired up and audio described each ot...
21/10/2024

Where do I sit?

During rehearsals for the show, we also ran some skill exchange. We paired up and audio described each other, we wrote poetry, shared the challenges and barriers we face, designed rigging and much more. We've come away with a huge colourful diary having used multi coloured pens on huge pieces of paper to document every step of the way.

A short documentary about the project is out now! Watch it here: https://youtu.be/va8XyiL1KFY

Image: A group of 6 black, white and asian people. The Make Space Circus and Tamba team sat on the red mat of the gymnastics gym with large white sheets of paper and colour pens around ready to write down ideas. Everyone is smiling towards the camera and Dee, a young black woman sat in the middle is posing with both arms up in a strong woman pose.

Where do I sit?What's more exciting than hanging upside down on an aerial hoop? Hanging upside down on an LED light up a...
20/10/2024

Where do I sit?

What's more exciting than hanging upside down on an aerial hoop? Hanging upside down on an LED light up aerial hoop of course! Loving this jazzy piece of kit at the moment. Especially when the lights are low in a performance space having thing that light up are so helpful for visually impaired people.

We have a short documentary about this project- watch it here: https://youtu.be/va8XyiL1KFY

Image: A middle-aged white woman is in a gazelle position on an aerial hoop that is made on led lighting showing blue lights. She is wearing a white top and black leggings and you can see a colourful gymnastics gym in the background.

Where do I sit?R&D workshopping in the wonderful Flying Fantastic studio before making the trip to Zimbabwe for our show...
19/10/2024

Where do I sit?

R&D workshopping in the wonderful Flying Fantastic studio before making the trip to Zimbabwe for our show development! So grateful to be able to skill share and work in such great spaces in London

We have a short documentary out now about this project- check it out here: https://youtu.be/va8XyiL1KFY

Image: 2 white women both holding on to strops rigged up high in an aerial studio with multicoloured blue and green lights on the ceiling above them. They are smiling at eachother.

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