Hold Fast circus performer callout

SUPERFAN are looking for a performer for new contemporary circus & folk music show Hold Fast.

We are looking for a female-identifying, ground-based performer from the Global Majority for our upcoming development and tour of Hold Fast.  

A photo of the top of a rocky landscape against a bright blue sky with a few wispy clouds in the distance. Someone wearing a hooded jacket stands on top of the rocks, facing away from us.
Photo by Jassy Earl

Hold Fast is a new circus show created and directed by Ellie Dubois, with original music by Sarah Hayes. The show is being made with an all-female cast consisting of a live band of Scottish folk musicians and four circus performers. It’s being made in response to the lack of work that tours to rural areas and the Highlands where Ellie lives. The show will be developed in Glasgow and the Highlands in May 2023 before touring village halls around the Strathspey area of the Highlands in September.

We are looking for a performer for the show with skills in any of the following: Cyr Wheel, Acrobatics, Acrobalance, Handbalancing, Hula hooping, Contortion. You need to be comfortable devising and happy working in a team.

Circus artist Arielle Lauzon is flying in the air mid leap. Standing in the background, Sarah Hayes is playing the flute while watching her. They are both white women.
Photo by Jassy Earl

Key details:

Dates required: 

  • 2 development weeks beginning: 8th May 2023 (in Glasgow) and 15th May 2023 (in Highlands)
  • 3 weeks rehearsal and tour: 4th-22nd September 2023 (in Highlands)

Fee:

£800 per week (£4,000 total).

All travel and accommodation will be covered, plus per diem for time away (£25 per day).

To apply:

Send us a CV, showreel, or links to examples of your work to:
applications@superfanperformance.co.uk by Friday 3rd February.

If you have any questions about the project or how to apply, you can get in touch with us here.