Parklife and Barricade
Circus Facilitator
Images (below) from Parklife, 2009-2010. A community project, created and directed by Orit Azaz and produced by Ali Williams, for No Fit State Circus. In two-week residencies in different parks, we met with locals, performing light-hearted daytime interventions, learning skills from community groups, and sharing our circus environment. This would culminate in a public show featuring circus professionals, volunteers, interns, and community participants. Each residency was extraordinary, exhausting and hilarious. Photos by Mark Robson
Parklife
Professionals and volunteers performed a spectacular show at the end of each residency
A game, 'airball,' was invented for aerialists to play
The show involved an MC
The show involved aerialists on eccentric structures
The show was a celebration of time spent in a community, sharing skills
Community groups brought their hobbies to the table... bicycle ballet...
... parkour ...
... cheerleading ...
... balancing ...
A talent spot was held in the park for anyone to show up to
Huge crowds turned up to see friends and family perform with world class circus artists
Performers created interventions in the park
Rehearsals were open to anyone to watch
Circus Director
Images (below) from Barricade, 2011, (directed by Orit Azaz for No Fit State) which emerged from Parklife and played out on a huge raised stage made up of two lorries. The show was preceded by workshops with local groups finding sculptural and acrobatic things to do with all manner of tyres. Groups came and performed with their tyres before shows of Barricade. Photos by Mark Robson
Barricade
