Youth Circus Training Camp
Sunday Evening 28th Sep - Sunday Morning 5th Oct
An evening and Six days of training, shows, and performing with incredible circus artists and trainers
The Training Intensive
An immersive youth circus training intensive for advanced troupe members and young circus artists (recommended age 12-24)
Youth Circus Program features:
- 35 Hours of skills training and performance development masterclasses from industry-leading artists and coaches (details below!)
- A custom program designed for each student informed by preferences
- Performance opportunities
- Tickets to shows
- For young artists who train, perform, and/or volunteer to work the festival, we can write a letter detailing hours worked and tasks undertaken for school credit, CV, where applicable and useful (by request).
- Specialty coaching in: Aerial (Nearly sold out!) | Tumbling | Acrobalance | Pitch/Banque/Toss | Juggling | Group Bike | Teeterboard |
Artists in attendance:
The National Institute of Circus Arts - Earl Shatford from NICA will be teaching advanced juggling, group bike, and more!
Rooke: presenting Nimble - Performing
Freyja Wild - Specialist workshop
Annabel Carberry - Coaching, Directing
Flick Lannan - Coaching, Performing
Tommy Matthewman - Coaching, Performing
Samuel Matthewman - Coaching, Performing
Riki Morgan - Coaching
Rosie Stanbury - Coaching
Idris Stanbury -Coaching, Directing
Tom Davis - Coaching, Festival Director
Nina Robertson - Coaching, Performing
Cassia Jamieson - Coaching
James Regan - Coaching, Performing
The Gagliardes: Lil, George, and Harpo - Performing
Swashbuckle Circus: Caesar, Ryn, Jay, and Ellis - Coaching, Performing
Nicholas J Johnson! & The Bad Science Show – Performing
Pablo Latona! & The Ridiculous Show - Performing
The Trainer Training program features: A mix of practical and theory workshops
Topics covered in 2025:
- Class structure, preparation and planning. Class design for maximal flow and engagement from students
- Talking about new approaches for engagement and inclusion for coaching neurodiverse artists and artists with disabilities
- Efficient warm-up and conditioning for minimising injury and maximising training outcomes
- Teaching Aerial: safe progressions for early and mid-level students
- A handful of games and why we play them!
And where/when is it again?
It’s at Warehouse Circus in Canberra, from the evening of the 28th Sep - morning of the 5th Oct 2025.
If you would like to volunteer to help us put up the tent, we kick off on the 24th of September. The more hands on deck, the merrier!
This all sound great. Where do we enrol?
You can click here to enrol and pay a $50 deposit to reserve your place. Once that’s done, feel free to get in touch and we can talk payment plans, issues, logistical stuff, and more, and we will do our best to help troubleshoot options and opportunities.
Thanks for your interest, and we hope to see you at the festival!
CAMP PARTICIPANT TICKETS
$880 inc. GST
- Enrol before April 30
- 5 days of training (35+hrs)
- Lunch included Mon- Fri
- Tickets to select Big-Top Shows
- Under 15s encouraged to have adult chaperone (troupe leader, or trusted adult travelling with the troupe)
$920 inc. GST
- 5 days of training (35+hrs)
- Lunch included Mon- Fri
- Tickets to select Big-Top Shows
- Under 15s encouraged to have adult chaperone
CHAPERONE TICKETS (18+)
$200
Chaperone ticket only:
- Tickets to Circus shows
with your troupe - Lunch during the training intensive
- Must have a valid WWC or WWVP card
$400
Chaperone Season Pass
- Tickets to all Circus shows!
- Lunch during the training intensive
- Must have a valid WWC or WWVP card
If the chaperone is a circus trainer – add $475 for the Trainer training development program!
CIRCUS TRAINER TICKETS
All participants have opportunities to perform work at the festival in different formats. Bring acts, props and let us know as early as possible if you would like to perform!
