This week we bring you another Featured (Board) Member.  Joshua Hoare is a new ACAPTA Board Member and also the Artistic Director of the South Australian Circus Centre and Cirkidz. WHICH STATE DO YOU LIVE IN? I live on Kaurna Country (Adelaide, SA)  and grew

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Charlie Wilkins was this year’s National Youth Circus Day Spirit of Circus National Award Winner. He was nominated by Lolly Jar Circus and recognised by ACAPTA for embodying the values, vitality and passion of the circus arts in his commitment to training, performing, teaching and breathing circus!

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HOW DID YOU GET INTO CIRCUS/PHYSICAL THEATRE? I started performing as a dancer and gymnast and then moved to Cirkidz after an ankle injury. WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO? Ride horses WHAT DOES CIRCUS/PHYSICAL THEATRE MEAN TO YOU? Circus and Physical Theatre mixes both my

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HOW DID YOU GET INTO CIRCUS/PHYSICAL THEATRE? Both Marina Gellmann and Taylor Dawson (performers from the latest show, 3 Steps Ahead) originated from Adelaide and began taking circus classes as young children where they found a deep love and passion for circus. This led to

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HOW DID YOU GET INTO CIRCUS/PHYSICAL THEATRE? After working as an usher for Alegria (Cirque du Soleil) I fell in love so much with the roving characters that I wanted to be one! An artist in the company told me my best chance would be

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HOW DID YOU GET INTO CIRCUS? I started circusing at the age of nine primarily to try and absorb some of my excess crazy child energy. I did this at Cirkidz, in Adelaide. I was invited into the performing troupe later that year where I

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