Childrens Circus Workshops

Circus skills workshops for childrens and kids events

Schools

Circus skills are great for schools. Wide variety of skills that are age appropriate. Options in workshop to learn solo, in pairs and in teams. All our tutors are experienced at making circus skills fun and inclusive. Workshop for infants, primary and secondary schools. Option for children's or tutor shows to be performed

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Birthday Parties

Circus skills are great fun for birthday parties whatever age. Skills can be tailored for the age of children. Skills can include plate spinning, diabolo, stilts, hula hoop and many others (see below) Option for a circus / juggling show or other entertainment such as balloon modelling to be part of a package

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Fairs and Fun Days

Circus skills workshops for family events including fairs, fun days, festivals, parties, weddings and more. Varied fun skills to be learnt in a drop in style workshop that is suitable for all ages. Professional circus equipment provided and skills that everyone can try - children and adults alike!. Option for other entertainment

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Juggling

Juggling can be with scarves, beanbags, clubs or other props. As an element of a workshop it is tailored to the age and dexterity of the children so can involve one, two or three props. In addition buddy juggling and fun games can feature

Plate Spinning

Plate spinning is a perennial favourite. With a number of ways to get the plate spinning this skill can be done by all ages and additional tricks can learnt. Solo, buddy and team tricks and games are possible. Great fun!

Diabolo

Diabolo (meaning to throw across) is a great prop suitable for primary ages onwards. Multiple tricks are possible and therefore can be used in all workshops whether for beginners or more for more experienced participants

Flower and Devil stick teaching in a circus skills workshop

Flower & Devil Sticks

Flower sticks are the slightly easier version of devil sticks. They are suitable for all ages and involve throwing, spinning and catching a large stick with two other sticks. Fun? You bet it is as it is very popular. Multiple tricks can be learnt

Poi Spinning and Ribbon Twirling for circus skills workshops

Poi & Ribbons

Poi (invented by New Zealand Maori women) is a prop with a strap handle, long chain or string which is swung around the users body and the other poi in the opposite hand. Child friendly poi use socks with beanbags

Hula Hoop

Everyone knows what a hula hoop is. Don't they? Great fun and good physical exercise. Lots of tricks and stunts that most people won't have tried. Hula hooping is most suitable for primary age up although anyone can have a go

Object Balancing

Object balancing features in a number of circus skills such as flower sticks and club juggling but it can also be done as a specific skill. The most popular version is peacok feather balancing. This version is suitable for all ages

Stilt walking in a Circus Skills Workshop

Stilts

Stilt walking is great fun and can be performed by most age groups. Bucket stilts for younger participants, hold on stilts for older kids and even proper strap on peg stilts for oldest children. Most workshops only offer the former two however

Unicycling & Pedal Racers

Unicycling is probably the most difficult small circus prop skill to learn. But it is also great fun especially when the learning is shared with friends or school mates as helpers! Various sized unicycles are avaialble which make learning easier

Tightwire

Tight wire walking is a spectacular skill that many children may have seen at the circus. We offer low level tight wires as part of some workshops. With assistance most ages can walk across the tight wire giving a great sense of accomplishment

Aerial trapeze teaching for a circus skills workshop

Aerial & Acrobatics

Aerial skills are specialist ones and do not feature in standard workshops. However they are great for lots of events and ages. So if you want to add a challenge and great experience to your workshop ask us about adding an aerial rig

Wide range of circus skills for workshops

Other Skills

There are so many different circus skills that only the most common have been listed. Others include: rola bola (balance or teeter board), hat manipulation, contact juggling, cigar box manipulation, shaker cups and more

What This Is

The Mini or Mobile workshop is one that fits inside a suitcase. It provides a good selection of props but not any large ones like hand held stilts, unicycles or similar props. Exact content of workshop may vary between tutors. If there is a specific skill you want please make sure you specify this to us when you contact us

Skills

Skills in a Mini or Mobile workshop are those for props that fit in a suitcase: juggling (scarves and beanbags) diabolo, poi, and flowers sticks. Special options may include pot stilts, a pedal racer and juggling clubs

Suitability

Mini or Mobile workshops are great for a range of events where there is limited space or where the tutor is required to run the workshop in different places during a limited time frame. Please contact us for more information

What This Is

The 'Popular' workshop is one which includes most of the popular circus skills but at events where space or time is limited. This means some skills such as unicycling or low tightwire are not included. The exact content may vary between tutors. If there is a specific skill you want please make sure you specify this to us when you contact us

Skills

Skills in a 'Popular' workshop include all those in a 'Mini' workshop - juggling, plate spinning, poi, flower sticks and also hand held stilts, pot stilts, hula hoops, club juggling, and pedal racers. Special options may include hat juggling, rola bola, and cigar boxes if requested

Suitability

'Popular' workshops are suitable for most events and age groups. A suitable space that is safely demarcated will be required. Many tutors can provide bunting and poles to do this. Please contact us for more information

What This Is

The 'Premier' workshop is one that includes most skills and space and time allow participants to try out the more challenging ones. Skills such as unicycling and low tightwire are included in this workshop but not aerial skills nor some of the less popular skills unless specifically requested. Exact content of workshop may vary slightly depending on tutor

Skills

Skills in a 'Premier' workshop include all those in a 'Mini' and 'Popular' workshop - juggling, plate spinning, poi, flower sticks, hand held stilts, pot stilts, hula hoops, club juggling, and pedal racers. Included 'Premier' skills include unicycling and low tightwire. Special options may include hat juggling, rola bola, and cigar boxes if requested

Suitability

'Premier' workshops are suitable for many events and age groups. A large suitable space that is safely demarcated will be required. Many tutors can provide bunting and poles to do this. Please contact us for more information

What This Is

The 'Ultimate' circus workshop includes a bespoke choice of circus skills and also has the option of an aerial rig for participants to try swinging (not flying) trapeze.

Skills

The 'Ultimate' workshop includes all the skills in the 'Premier' workshop and a choice of the on or all of the skills of cigar boxes, hat juggling, and rola bola and has the option for an aerial rig for swinging (not flying) trapeze

Suitability

The 'Ultimate' workshop is suitable for any event as long as the space and suitable surface is available to accommodate the skill. Please contact us for more advice

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Solo

One to one teaching of circus skills is possible but for children is often not cost effective. However one to one teaching can be great as a gift or if a specific difficult skill needs to be taught. If you would like more information please contact us

Groups

Most circus skills workshops are taught in groups. The ratio of tutor to participants is usually of the order of 1:20-30. If larger numbers are involved additional tutors will be required or the workshops spread over a longer time period

Large Groups

Circus skills workshops for large groups such as whole schools, girl guide summer camps or community fun days is possible. If the teaching is to be structured then multiple tutors may be required. If the worksho is a drop in one, as is the case at fun days and fairs then a single tutor may suffice

What It Is

Drop in workshops are workshops where the participants come to try any skill offered for as long as they want. Participants are shown how to do the skills but teaching time is often limited by the nature of the sturcture of the workshop

Skills

Drop in workshops include a wide range of skills but by necessity may have to exclude time intensive skills or skills that require one to one supervision by the tutor. These include unicycling, low tightwire, aerial trapeze and event stilt walking

Suitability

Drop in workshops are hugely popular because of their flexibility. Participants can try skills at their leisure. Therefore events that have multiple activities running at the same are usually best having a drop in workshop

What It Is

A structured workshop is one where each skill is taught in turn and participants then try the skill. The workshop can be run by one or more tutors and skills can be taught in a round robin way with each skill taught at a skill station

Skills

Skills in a structured workshop can be any of the ones shown on this page including popular ones such as plate spinning, diabolo and hand held stilts as well as challenging ones such as unicycling and low tightwire

Suitability

Structured workshops are most suited to events where a group or groups are able to be taught in a class situation. These include schools, guide and scout groups, youth groups and similar

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How Many?

We have great tutors based across the UK that provide professional circus skills workshops. How many tutors you require for your event will depend on the skills taught and the number of participants. Please contact us for further advice

Location

We provide circus skills tutors and workshops to all parts of the UK and internationally. We often have tutors available locally but they may have to travel from other regions subject to availability of locally based tutors

Availability

Circus skills workshops are very popular. We have a large number of tutors able to offer this service from across the UK. However locally based tutors may not be available for your event date but we can always offer tutors from other regions

Experience

All our tutors are either circus school trained or very experienced workshop leaders. The teaching level for workshops is of a high standard. However if you want a specific level of, for example, juggling skill to be taught please let us know so we can offer the appropriate tutor

Insurance & Risk Assessments

All our tutors have public liability insurance (PLI). Cover is at £5-10 million. All tutors can provide risk assessments prior to the event for the activities they teach and also method statements if required. On site risk assessments can be undertaken prior to the event at extra cost

Child Safety & DBS

All our tutors teaching children can provide a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if required. Our policy is to require that a responsible and authorised adult is, in addition to the tutor, always present during the workshop (teacher, parent etc)

Local

We have an extensive network of circus workshop tutors so it is likely we have one located near to you. Of course it all depends on availability and therefore we may have to access tutors further afield

Areas Covered

We provide tutors to the following areas
London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Bristol, Southampton, Cambridge, Sheffield, Newcastle, Bourenmouth, Plymouth, Oxford, Nottingham, Derby, Norwich, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Cardiff, Swansea and all towns and cities between

National

Our national network of circus workshop tutors means we can provide tutors to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We can also provide tutors to Ireland, Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and further afield to Europe and other countries

Circus Shows

Many of our circus workshop tutors can perform a circus / juggling show. This option can be a great addition to a school circus day or a birthday party workshop. Please contact us

Other Workshops

Some of our circus workshop tutors can also provide other workshops. Most commonly this is a balloon modelling workshop but can include other workshop skills as noted below

Other Entertainment

Some of our circus workshop tutors can provide other entertainment such as stilt walking, fire performance, balloon modelling or other skills. Please contact us

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Stilt Walkers

Fabulous stilt walking acts that are larger than life to animate your event. Wide range of themed costumes and also multi-skill options. Meet & greet and roaming entertainment at its best to entertain everyone at your event

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Jugglers

Fantastic juggling acts that will amaze you. Brilliant skills and a range themed costume options. Juggling shows, roaming jugglers, fire jugglers, glow LED jugglers, comedy jugglers and more

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Clowns

Clowns are brilliant fun for children's events. We have a great range of quality clown acts that will keep you kids laughing. They perform roaming, ambient or show entertainment using an array of skills and comedy

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Magicians

Marvellous magic acts for children. Our kid's magicians can entertain as roaming or show magicians. Quality interactive children's magic acts that will keep kids laughing and entranced. Contact us for more details

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Face Painters

Face painting for your family event. High quality face, arm and hand painters who create amazing body art. Favourites such as tigers, fairies and flowers to - almost anything you can think of!

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Punch and Judy acts for children's events

Punch & Judy

Ever popular punch and judy acts. Acts based across the country. Various options from traditional to themed. Other puppet acts available including roving puppet acts and show acts. Themed act options

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Balloon Modellers

Brilliant balloon modellers creating fabulous balloon art for your event. A vast array of balloon models for kids and adults to take away. Fun and crazy hats, animals, flowers, and more. Themed costume options

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Puppets

Fantastic puppet acts for your event. Puppet shows, puppets as part of a roaming act, giant puppet acts. We provide an extensive range of interactive and fun puppet acts. Themed acts are available

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Would you like to know more?

All our acts are professional performers. They are trained, experienced artists who have public liability insurance, can provide risk assessments and method statements and if necessary have DBS checks. Please contact us for more details about our professional artist

We supply acts nationally across the UK and internationally. Acts are based across the UK. We may have an act local to you but these specialist acts are in high demand so the act available may be based anywhere in the UK. We provide acts to England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland and all the regions including North, North East, North West, Midlands, South East, South West, and East Anglia. We have acts in the major cities and towns of the UK including London, Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, Liverpool, Bristol, Southampton, Nottingham, Bouremouth, Brighton, Leeds, Norwich, Plymouth, Cardiff, Swansea, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, and Belfast

If you would like to enquire about the acts we supply go to our contact page. We will need the date, times, and location of the event. We will also need to know which act/s and what style of performance you want. We are happy to advise about the most appropriate acts and performances

Booking an act through us is easy. We check act availability, send you options for your specific requested entertainment and then send you a quote. If you want to proceed we send you an online contract. A deposit for the booking is usually required. Payment can be made by bank transfer or online via card payment. Further terms are applicable. Please contact us for details

Children's Workshops

Kid's Circus Workshops

Workshops for any children's event

Schools

Birthday Parties

Fairs and Fun Days

Shopping Centres

Community Events

Street Events

Skills Taught in Workshops

What circus skills do you teach?

Juggling

Plate Spinning

Diabolo

Flower & Devil Sticks

Poi & Ribbons

Hula Hoop

Object Balancing

Stilts

Unicycling & Pedal Racers

Tightwire

Aerial & Acrobatics

Other Skills

Workshop Types

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Workshop Structure

How the skills are taught

Solo

Groups

Large Groups

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Workshop Tutors

We offer workshops run by professional tutors

How Many?

Location

Availability

Experience

Insurance & Risk Assessments

Child Safety & DBS

Local

Areas Covered

National

Circus Shows

Other Workshops

Other Entertainment

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