THE SUGAR BEAST CIRCUS SHOW
Sugar Beast Circus was founded in 2006 as a production platform for interdisciplinary collaborations between circus performers and new technologies. Sugar Beast Circus toured multiple works in the UK, EU, and US, as well as held residencies at the Camden Round House in London, UK; Blast Theory Creations Space in Hove, UK; and La Brèche Circus Center in Normandy, FR. The name comes from an imagined conversation between P.T Barnum, who asks Charles Darwin where he hides the cubes of sugar to get his animals of science to perform. SBC has produced numerous collaborative projects and community events. Notably, we were artists in Residence with Blast Theory (UK), 2010, and collaborators with Future Cinema and Lost Vagueness at Glastonbury Festival 2009/2010.
The Sugar Beast Circus Show was also the first project produced by Sugar Beast Circus, narrated through an imagined conversation between Charles Darwin and P.T. Barnum, three circus trained performers explore the close relationship between science, showmanship, fact, fiction and the power of an overactive imagination.
Interactive Media Design: Jean-Christophe Nicolas
Original Cast: Lilli Mühleisen, Natalie Reckert, Sara Jane
Direction, Set Design, Costumes, Choreography: Geneva Foster Gluck
Commissioned by Croydon Clock Tower, New Circus Series, London UK, and short listed for a Jeunes Talents Cirque Award, 2008.
Performed at Macon National Theatre, France, 2012 • La Breche Circus Centre, Spring Fest, France, 2010 • The Roundhouse Circus Fest, London, 2010 • Festival of Magicians, Big Top, Poland, 2010 • Shunt Lounge - City Circ, London, 2009 • Jackson’s Lane, London. 2009 • Opt de Mark – Jeunes Talents Cirque Award showcase Belgium, 2008 • Croydon Clock Tower, New Circus Season, London. 2008
