BAMBOO
The artists break through the crowds to an empty stage, brandishing a variety of beautiful bamboo sticks, on which they climb, vault and spin. They discover bundles that unfold and erect into towering sculptures, 6 metres high. The towers morph and evolve into an animated circus installation, with grace and poignancy, impressive feats of strength and agility, humour and humanity, and a sense of never having seen anything like this before.
BAMBOO is a show like no other; it changes the lived experience of a place for all who witness it. High Streets and civic spaces are forever changed by the memory of the bamboo circus forest that passed through like a whirlwind.
BAMBOO is available for touring in 2026 and beyond. For more information, please email our Creative Producer, Dann.
Past shows
2025
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Peterborough Celebrates, Peterborough
17 May - 17 May 2025
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Barnsley Garden Party, Barnsley
24 May - 24 May 2025
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The Culture House, Cleethorpes
26 May - 26 May 2025
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Out There Festival, Great Yarmouth
30 May - 31 May 2025
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Whirligig Festival, Weston-super-Mare
7 June - 8 June 2025
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Glastonbury Festival
27 June - 29 June 2025
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Bell Square, Hounslow
5 July - 5 July 2025
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Cairde Sligo Arts Festival, Ireland
11 July - 12 July 2025
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Earagail Arts Festival, Letterkenny, Ireland
13 July - 14 July 2025
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IF: Milton Keynes International Festival 2025
18 July - 20 July 2025
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La Strada, Austria
29 July - 2 August 2025
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Sziget Festival, Budapest, Hungary
6 August - 11 August 2025
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Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Romsey
20 August - 21 August 2025
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Greenbelt Festival, Kettering
23 August - 24 August 2025
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BAMBOO in the Brownfield Parklet, Stoke
28 August - 28 August 2025
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Bamboo-Castle, Newcastle-under-Lyme
29 August - 29 August 2025
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Harbour Festival, Whitehaven
30 August - 30 August 2025
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Rotherham Show, Rotherham
6 September - 7 September 2025
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Festival of Thrift, Billingham
20 September - 21 September 2025
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Ettelbrooklyn Street Festival, Luxembourg
27 September - 27 September 2025
Past Events
2024
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Wye Valley River Festival, Monmouth
4 May - 4 May 2024
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Wye Valley River Festival, Redbrook
5 May - 5 May 2024
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Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Norwich
11 May - 11 May 2024
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Viva Cité, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France
18 May - 19 May 2024
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The Walled Garden, Tywyn
28 May - 28 May 2024
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The Lawn, Y Plas, Machynlleth
29 May - 29 May 2024
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The Park, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown
30 May - 30 May 2024
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Foyle Maritime Festival, Derry, Northern Ireland
29 June - 30 June 2024
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Timber Festival, Leicestershire
5 July - 6 July 2024
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Hatfair, Winchester
7 July - 7 July 2024
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Mouth of Tyne Festival, Tyne and Wear
13 July - 14 July 2024
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Ensemble Festival, Royal Docks, London
20 July - 21 July 2024
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Manchester Day, Manchester
27 July - 27 July 2024
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Stockton Riverside, Stockton
2 August - 3 August 2024
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Eisteddfod, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
7 August - 9 August 2024
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Colby Woodland Garden, Amroth
10 August - 10 August 2024
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Cardigan Castle, Cardigan
14 August - 15 August 2024
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Into the Park, Right Up Your Street, Doncaster
17 August - 18 August 2024
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The Big Feast, Stoke on Trent
24 August - 24 August 2024
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Birmingham Weekender, Birmingham
25 August - 25 August 2024
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Gŵyl Parc Fest Bamboo, Anderson Fields, Cardiff
31 August - 31 August 2024
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Splott Park (near to STAR Hub), Cardiff
1 September - 1 September 2024
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Imagine Bamboo, Nuneaton and Bedworth
14 September - 14 September 2024
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To the Sea, Cosmeston Lakes, Penarth
15 September - 15 September 2024
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Streets of Cov, Coventry
20 September - 21 September 2024
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Harbour Festival, The Ladder, Redruth
28 September - 29 September 2024
BAMBOO Trailer
CREDITS
Mish Weaver - Director
Tom Rack & Orit Azaz - Co-Artistic Directors
Dann Carroll - Creative Producer
Tarn Aitken - Circus Engineer
Rhi Matthews - Costume Design
Hannah Hunter - Rehearsal Stage Manager
Performing company
Fabricio Fernández Rodino
Felix Fogg
Jake Madhatter
Lawrence Swaddle
Lily Moss
Loana La Rosa Corbalan
Sarah Jeneway
Former Company, and thanks to:
Tarn Aitken, Guillem Fluixà i Martí, Rosa Schmid, Nicoló Marzoli, Laura Moy, David Insua-Cao.
Cast & Crew
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View the teamphotography by mark robson and luke witcomb
