Cork Culture Night 2022 with Circus Factory and Pitch’d
20 September 2022
Cork Culture Night is just a few days away. As you all know, Culture night is one of our favourite nights of the year so we make a jam-packed programme for you to follow. This year you can find Pitch’d Circus and Street Arts Festival and Circus Factory Cork at our usual culture night hang-out,
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Pitch’d Circus and Street Arts Festival | Weekend 2
13 September 2022
The second weekend of Pitch’d brings a jam-packed weekend filled with late-night performances and daytime family-friendly fun. Something for Adults For those of us who are 18 yrs and older, the ‘Late Night Cabaret’ will be kicking us off with a bang. Filled with aerial skill, physical theatre and more, this cabaret will bring you
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Pitch’d is a festival celebrating Circus and Street Arts. It brings local, national and international artists to the streets and venues of Cork. The festival brings together artists, supporters and industry producers. Taking place 9th – 25th September 2022 The festival is taking place in multiple venues in Cork City including: Circus Factory Cork The
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Be a Pitch’d Festival Volunteer
2 August 2022
We Want You – as a Pitch’d Festival volunteer! We’re looking for people just like you to volunteer as: 1) Festival stewards to support artists and give information to the public as required and 2) Social media volunteers to do some live posting at our various events. If you have an interest in circus and
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Meet Your Circus Course Coaches: Cormac Mohally
25 July 2022
Cormac has had a passion for Circus from a young age, and has made Circus his career since training at the Belfast Circus School in 1999 – 2000. Cormac is now artistic director of Circus Factory, having been one of the founding members, and combines his love of circus with his passion for sharing knowledge
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Inma received a MA in Contemporary Dance Performance from the University of Limerick in 2003 and a MPhil from University College Cork (2015-2017). Inma is a guest teacher at Cork College of FET for the Dance Diploma course and runs weekly Contemporary Dance/Ballet/Improvisation Classes/Workshops in Cork. In 2022 Inma was invited as a guest choreographer
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Meet Your Circus Course Coaches: Nat Whittingham
17 June 2022
Nat Whittingham is an Acrobat, Mover and teacher. And now, one your circus arts course coaches. Working across circus, dance and physical theatre productions. Formed in competitive Trampolining, before later studying Teeterboard and Acrobatics at ESAC in Brussels, his career started with an apprenticeship from Nofit State Circus at the age of 18, where he
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What is Physical Literacy?
17 June 2022
If you interested in pursuing Ireland’s only 3 month full-time Circus Introduction course, you need to understand physical literacy. What is Physical Literacy? Physical literacy is made up of three areas. It’s how capable you are doing something physical, how you understand what you need to do, and how you feel while doing it.
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Meet Your Circus School Coaches: Noelle Ní Riagáin
15 June 2022
Noelle Ní Riagáin is a coach in Circus Factory’s Circus School – ‘3 Month Introduction Course in Contemporary Circus Arts’. Noelle studied physical theatre under the Direction of Belinda Wild. Joined an ensemble that produced Shakespeare plays through Mask and street troop, Criac na Coillte where she learnt Stilt walking and puppeteering. She worked and
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Meet Your Circus Course Coaches: Michaela Heyer
13 June 2022
Michaela Heyer is a coach on the Circus Course – ‘3 Month Introduction Course in Contemporary Circus Arts’. Michaela started her acrobatic career in the form of equestrian vaulting (acrobatics on horseback) at the age of 13. She worked as a trainer and also vaulted herself on a competitive level until the age of 20
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