Circus training centre to open up for sector

One Fell Swoop and Na Djinang among those circus companies looking forward to the appointment of a new site operator.
One Fell Swoop Circus has welcomed the news that the Perry Street, Collingwood training facility will remain a home for circus and physical theatre artists. Two circus artists stand on a blue stage, holding overlapping white ropes. A third circus artist balances on the ropes where they are intertwined.

The Victorian circus and physical theatre sector will soon have renewed access to the purpose-built Circus Oz training and rehearsal facility in Collingwood, addressing one of the most urgent needs of the state’s circus artists.

Access to a facility where circus and physical theatre artists can train at an affordable rate, meet and network with colleagues, skill share and collaborate was identified as a critical sector need in Creative Australia’s recently released scan of the Victorian circus and physical theatre sector.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts