Infinity Circus

15/04/2025

Best way for some of the Infinity Circus team members to have an evening off?

Why go and see another circus of course 😁

Circus extreme here we go!

14/04/2025

We've had a very fun filled and wholesome day teaching this lovely SEN group of people circus skills with some games thrown in at the end. 🎪

Huge thank you to Ronnies Way for having us
See you next time 😁

20/02/2025

Violet and Sarah had a such a lovely wholesome event yesterday.
Teaching circus skills in a mental health unit.
No photos as it was a secure unit but those who attended had a brilliant time with laughs, smiles and wholesome conversations 😁
Oh! And jokes, lots and lots of jokes 😃

If you're looking for some fun activities suitable for all ages and abilities why not give our workshops a try.

You can book yours by dropping us an email or checking out our event
www.infinitycircus.co.uk
[email protected]

17/02/2025

MEET THE TEAM MONDAY

Next we would like to introduce you to Glow Worm

Name : Glow Worm

Favourite prop - gotta be poi

Worst prop - I’d have to say hoop as I’ve never mastered it.

Prop I’d like to learn : as I did martial arts when I was a teenager I’d love to get back into nunchucks and martial art staff again (any chance of some lessons Manic please??)

Something about me no one would know:

I uses to be a nightclub dancer mainly as a cyber goth dancing with glow sticks which led to me getting my name live on the radio by an̈ old friend and then started performing in night clubs before branching out into other performing!

17/02/2025

Want to know when we're performing throughout the year? The first sets of gigs are now listed on our free page on Patreon! Check us out and subscribe to our paid tier for behind the scenes goodies, tutorials, and exclusive discounts

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11/02/2025

MEET THE TEAM MONDAY

(Yes it’s Tuesday and we are a day late - sorry!)

Next up we would like to introduce you to Spyros.

SPYROS

Hi, I’m Spyros, and I’m the multi-talented one of the group. You can ask me to teach you anything I know from the twelve circus props I am skilled with, and it will be done to the best of my ability and yours.
My favourite props are diabolo, yo-yo, devil stick and poi.
If you want a disliked circus prop, it will probably be the unicycle, because I never have the balance for it.
I am also a stilt walker, and a balloon modeller. Balloon modelling is still very recent for me, though.
Look for the guy with charm, and it will probably be me.

Something secret about me. I am also autistic.
Don’t be afraid to approach me, though. I am one of the nicest people you can meet.

04/02/2025

Exciting news everyone, we've just launched our new Patreon account! If you like our work and want to follow us more closely or support us month to month, here's your chance to get some bonus content for a little monthly fee.
patreon.com/InfinityCircus

We have four tiers available for our fans:

Free membership - find out where and when we are performing and come along and give us a wave! Intended mostly for people who have seen us once and want to see us some more, great for parents when it comes to the summer so you can keep coming back to our always-popular workshops

I want to perform! - A paid tier for aspiring performers. Behind the scenes updates, tutorials and more as we continue to develop. Aimed at older children and adults, parental supervision advised for under 13s

Event organisers - A paid tier for event organisers, with behind the scenes updates, discount codes for bookings, and priority development for new acts and costumes

Schools - A low-paid tier giving access to all our circus resources for teaching storefront, as well as a bulk ordering discount for circus equipment. All orders of equipment at this tier will come with information about safely working with the equipment when supervising groups of children, avoiding and treating common injuries, and what unsafe use of equipment looks like

All Patreon users can message the team directly on Patreon as well as through any of our social media, website, or email at [email protected]

28/01/2025

CIRCUS HISTORY MONTH

IVOR ROSAIRE

The family Rosaire are a generation of the circus family. They were particularly renowned for their skilful animal training. Ivor became known for his elephants.
Ivor Rosaire, born 8th July 1911 and died 24th December 2005 at the age of 94.
Ivor married Lucy Garner and had two children, Juliette and Derrick.
During the 1930’s Ivor presented elephants ‘Salt and Sauce’ which have become legendary. This was first at the circus Rosaire and then later on at other circuses.
Ivor grew up into a proud, powerfully built man who seemed very much ‘at home’ when walking into an acrobatic act and also when immaculately attired in safari style clothing. He was never photographed in the circus ring or on stage without a very confident showman’s smile.
Salt and Sauce came to Billericay in 1936 when Cissy Rosaire and Wally Shufflebottom married at St Mary Mogdelen Church in the High Street. The elephants were playing bridesmaids by carrying both the bride and groom from the church. A year later, Salt and Sauce appeared in the film ‘Elephant Boy.’
There were very famous in their time.

27/01/2025

MEET THE TEAM MONDAY

MANIC

Favourite:
Nunchuck isn’t really a circus prop so i think I’ll have to say staff? But in reality, just give me something I can set on fire and I’ll have a blast!

Worst:
Juggling....I don’t like Juggling.....

Prop I wanna learn:
Diablo

Something no one would know:
I came into the circus world completely by accident! I was an avid martial artist beforehand. But I got badly injured and couldn’t train properly for 8 months. So I got back into weapons training to stay active, without taking any impact.
Give a guy a stick?
He’ll play with it.
Set that stick on fire?
Ok now we’re talking!

20/01/2025

MEET THE TEAM MONDAY

TWISTED SARAH

Hi, I’m Twisted Sarah and I’m the group’s contortionist! This means I’m really flexible and can fit in small spaces (check your cupboards to see if I’m in there!). I am also an acrobat and love climbing on things (including my friends).
I’m really clumsy so you won’t see me doing a lot of any prop, but you can often find me dancing around to the music at any event.
I hope I can meet you soon!

16/01/2025

MEET THE TEAM MONDAY

BLUE SICX

Hi, I’m Blue Sicx
My main skill is contact juggling. That’s where I make a glass ball float.
I also juggle and stilt walk. And when we have show I introduce the acts and hype up the audience.
I want to be more flexible so I can help my friends with acrobatics. I love circus work and a great audience.
If you see me around say hi

16/01/2025

As we continue our reminiscence into the history of the circus, we take a look into Mabel Stark.

Mabel Stark, whose real name was Mary Anne Haynie was born on 9th December 1869 in Princeton and died 20th April 1969 on Thousand Oaks. Her parents were Hardy Haynie and Lela Haynie. Mabel Stark is perhaps the greatest tiger trainer of all time.
At the age of 17 Mabel began training as a nurse and also got a job at a hospital in Kentucky. She later left her nursing job and gained a job as a carnival dancer.
In 1913 Mabel opened her own act for the Barnes circus, working with 10 tigers in the ring. It was the biggest act of the that time in the US.
Stark adopter a sick tiger and nursed him back to health. His name was Rajah.
Mabel died from an overdose at the age of 79.
Mabel Stark was introduced in the circus ring of fine in 1996.

16/01/2025

CIRCUS HISTORY MONTH

Next we look into the history of Jules Leotard
A French acrobat performer and aerialist who was born in Toulouse on 1st August 1838 and died 16th August 1870 from smallpox. Jules Leotard invented the Leotard in 1860’s. He wore the tight fitting and stretchy garment whilst performing to show off his muscular body. Jules studied to become a lawyer but his father owned a gymnasium where he worked and was often found hanging and swinging from bars within the gym, this was the birth of his trapeze act.
Jules often performed to the song ‘The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze’ which was a song inspired by Jules sung by George Leybourne.
On 12th November 1859, Jules Leotard performed his first flying trapeze routine on three trapeze bars at Circus Napoleon where he would continue to work and perform his acts.
In May 1861 Jules made his music debut at the Alhambra Theatre Leicester Square with his flying trapeze act. He was flying over diners during this act.
Jules was paid £180 per week which is nearly £5000 in modern day times.
Jules Leotard often performed with a pile of mattresses as safety.

09/01/2025

It's Circus History Month!

Here at Infinity Circus, we always enjoy learning about circus acts who performed before us and leaning all about their history. So to see the new year in, we thought we would bring you Circus History Month.
Join us in stepping back in time to meet some famous historical figures and some more recent ones who have made history in the Circus world.

We'll be starting with P.T.Barnum so keep an eye out for the posts. Let us know in the comments if anything surprises you or if you have any suggestions on who we should feature.