Circus Factory Residency Programme 2022 – Applications now open

Deadline for applications: Thursday 27th January 5.30pm 2022 Open / Download guidelines (including link for application form) as .pdf here Circus Factory are delighted to offer a total of 9 circus arts residency opportunities through an open call as part of our professional development programme 2022 – supported by Arts Council Ireland  In 2022 we

Paid Research and Development Opportunity for Circus Artists – Applications are now open!

Circus Factory is delighted to be in a position to invite 6 professional circus performers to spend a week investigating the storyline of the 4 lovers in Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. During a research and development week to be held at the Firkin Crane, through working in solos, dous, and ensemble R&D, we will
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Circus Factory is Hiring!

Circus Factory is an organisation dedicated to elevating Ireland’s Circus Arts to ambitious new heights through innovation and creativity. We are excited to be expanding our team with two new positions for January 2022 in the roles of Youth and Social Circus Coordinator, and of Communications and Marketing Coordinator. The two positions may be combined
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Funding News!

Some great news to close the week on. Circus Factory are delighted to be awarded funding support from the Arts Council Ireland Capacity Building Support Scheme Round 1 2021 helping us to grow our organisational reach through support in reporting, evaluation, marketing and fundraising strategies, sowing the seeds for some exciting future plans ahead.  

A home grown Factory Days recipient!

Kate Mitchell is one of our homegrown Circus Factory artists!  Kate began attending classes in 2014 and is now an emerging professional artist and youth tutor at Circus Factory. Kate is using her Factory Days residency to work with a variety of artists to prepare for an upcoming project at the Everyman Theatre and realise
Circus Factory Days Performance

Aduantas Aerial at the Marina Market Cork

Date: 28 June 2021 It was such a thrill to see our Factory Days residency awardees, @aduantas_aerial perform at the Marina Market Cork on Saturday to a real live audience. Thank you so much to Kate, Laura and Pierce from Aduantas Aerial, all the team at the Marina Market and to Arts Council Ireland for
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Announcing the Sixtth Factory Days recipient, Aduantas Aerial

We are delighted to announce that Aduantas Aerial, our Factory Days Residency awardees are with us now in Circus Factory from June 14th to 25th! Aduantas Aerial is an emerging aerial acrobatics dance and circus performance group based in Dublin, Ireland. They create work that blends storytelling, site-specific performance and the bizarre! They aim to
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Factory Days fifth residency in action!

In residency this week is Linda Cullen who is delighted to be in the creative space again looking at dance and choreography with Rachael Ni Bhraonain. Finding new movements of the body and creative expressions even with the limits of injury. The power house that is Noelle Ni Riagain is also contributing to the creative
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Factory Days news!

A few behind the scenes images from last weeks #FactoryDays #Residency artist Jude O’Neill working on a new solo show with mentor support from Noelle Ní Ríagáin. It has been great seeing snippets of all the Factory Days residency artists work in progress and we look forward to sharing more of the artists’ work as
1. Testero Utero Go! Litter Womb by Natasha Bourke Photo credit Lisa Meany and Miriam Kaczor

Announcing our third Factory Days Recipient

Circus Factory Professional Member & Factory Days Residency artist, Natasha Bourke will be starting her first week of Residency this week. Natasha will be working with an extensive creative team to develop a new solo show. Natasha Bourke is a Cork-based interdisciplinary artist of Irish/Dutch descent with an extensive movement, circus and fine art background.