The Palestinian Circus (Palestina) Tuesday 16 June at 7.30 pm Marquee Recommended age: 14 and over “We are forced, We had no other option. Dragged to an uncertain end, On a road full of obstacles and checkpoints that we could barely pass. Our destiny unknown. During the long and rough journey, We kept dreaming of the moment we would arrive, Continuing our path towards the unknown. Finally, We arrive. Have we reached our goal? After floating earth and oceans, We discover the unexpected. It really was nothing, but a mirage.” A Tragic Theatre Circus, that was produced in 2017 to highlight the...

FLIC Circus School Saturday 13 June at 7.30 pm Sunday 14 June at 7.00 pm Marquee Free admission, subject to availability Recommended age: suitable for all ages A project exploring the transition from training to the stage. Six young artists from FLIC Circus School (Vijay Deegan, Ileana Deidda, Gaia Angelini, Cecilia Bossi, Enrico Canoci, Rebeca Códolo Belice) are guided in the development of their own ‘essais de cirque’ by artist and director Riccardo Strano. Artistic residencies, mentoring, festivals, meetings. From Turin to Udine, from Muggia to Reggio Emilia, four stages to transform an...

Los Gonzalos / My!Laika (Italy – France) Saturday 20 June at 6.00 pm Sunday 21 June at 6.00 pm Main stage Free admission, no booking required RUNNING TIME 40 mins Recommended age: 4+ Technical virtuosity, family drama and laughter blend in a delirious performance with a breathless pace. The Gonzalos brothers captivate the audience and transport them to a world they themselves do not know, and there, together, they lose themselves. Dale! is a neorealist example of how it is possible to entertain and move an audience without knowing why. A fake flamenco serves as the soundtrack to this...

Pistacatro Productora De Soños S.L. (Galicia – Spain) Sunday 21 June at 9.00 pm Main stage Free admission, no booking required Duration: 75 minutes Recommended age: Tout public – Grand finale Amidst music stands, instruments and rows of chairs, the circus takes over the space of a forty-piece band and transforms it into a dynamic universe where balls, hoops and clubs dance through the air to the melodies of clarinets, saxophones and trumpets. The six jugglers turn the concert into a collective interplay of rhythm, movement and surprise. The musicians are not mere accompanists,...

My!Laika | Side Kunst Cirque (Italy – France) Friday 19 June at 8.30 pm Saturday 20 June at 8.00 pm Sunday 21 June at 7.45 pm Side Big Top Duration: 70 minutes Minimum age: 7 Amidst the ruins of an old museum, in the piano room, a thousand stories intertwine. Time flows unpredictably amidst dusty collapses and fleeting apparitions: centuries can pass in an instant. Strange characters cross the stage, giving life to a continuous flow that slowly advances towards the cold end of an inner winter. Reflections on death, the weather and even the texture of a Calippo ice lolly accompany...

Ertza (Spain – Mozambique) Thursday 18 June at 8.00 pm Park Free admission, no booking required Duration: 25 minutes Recommended age: There is no age limit ‘You have watches, but we have time.’ In the West, time is measured, organised, bought and sold: it is something objective, separate from people, and often something we feel is lacking. In Africa, however, time is lived: it belongs to people, it is subjective, something to immerse oneself in and which is rarely lacking. The place where we are born inevitably shapes our relationship with time and, although it is not an immutable...

Company Midnight (Belgium) Saturday 20 June at 9.00 pm Sunday 21 June at 7.30 pm Park Free admission, no booking required Duration: 50 minutes Recommended age: 6 years An unhealthy mix of knife-throwing, a rogue computer and a whole host of terrible ideas. A portrait of two unique specimens of Homo Sapiens Idioticus. Accomplices in the crime of having discovered everything that can be done with knives. At the heart of the show is a third protagonist: the structure. Suspended above the stage, 100 objects dangle in constant suspense. They could fall at any moment — triggered by a bespoke...