Acrojou - The Wheel House

Acrojou is a young circus company that uses the German Wheel as a vehicle for original new street performance. The two company members are two of only six practitioners of the German wheel performing in the UK and they currently have a range of German wheel and acrobatic theatre acts which they present in large scale outdoor events and in theatre shows. Their last show was commissioned by the Trafalgar Square festival and directed by Jean Paul Zacarini, but to date their work has not been seen at many outdoor festivals apart from London and Manchester.

As part of its commitment to developing innovative work in a range of forms, styles and scales Without Walls proposes to commission Acrojou to create a new strolling piece using the German Wheel. This will be the first time that a strolling piece has been created for the German wheel. The company’s work has a distinct visual aesthetic and the piece will be based on the idea of the creation of a highly visual topsy turvy world within the wheel, where the motion of the performance means that there is an ever changing, gravity defying, reality of the top and the bottom. Inspired by the surreal work of artist Escher the piece will be developed with the support and input of the Without Walls partners.

A Without Walls Commission.

Appearing at:
X.trax Feasts Festival Manchester
Norfolk and Norwich Festival
Winchester Hat Fair
The Bristol Do
Greenwich and Docklands Festival

www.acrojou.com