We Make Shows - Cirque Bijou

A large audience look onto a stage filled with bright LED coloured umbrellas being manipulated by onstage performers. There are two aerialists hanging from the big metal structure and both are lit by a bright white light behind them.

We make shows

Cirque Bijou seek out the new, unexpected and extraordinary, creating distinctive and unforgettable shows for any stage or space.

From early ideas to the final bow, we work collaboratively to bring people, storytelling and technology together in collective celebration and experience.

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An aerialist is lit with purple light against a smokey background

‘Limitless Possibilities’ at the O2

Client: Richer View Media

Two performers are suspended in the air holding onto two black straps. One performer is using a wheelchair and the other performer is facing him sat on his knees. There is an explosion of paint either side of the performers.

Extraordinary Bodies

Pyrotechnics waterfall at Sunderland Tall Ships.

‘Portolan’ – Sunderland Tall Ships

Client: Sunderland Culture

Kitchen Circus Project, 2015. Two performers are stood infant of a blue cupboard kicking their outside leg forwards towards where the audience are stood. Above them is a washing line of various lampshades. There is a rug on a grass floor, the performance is outside, there is also an armchair to the side.

Kitchen Circus Project

Client: Funded by the Arts Council and Bristol City Council

Pyrotechnics releases from the aerial carousel at Way Above the Houses. Performers crouched with umbrellas over their heads below the carousel. The audience watch on form a distance.

‘Way Above the Houses’

Client: Quays Culture

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Party on the Green, two female performers wave orange fan pots in front of Cirque Bijou backdrops.

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Latest news

An aerialist poses dramatically against a clear blue sky - yellow flags fly around her

Celebrating 25 Years – Battle for the Winds

5 September 2024

Continuing our celebration of 25 Years of Cirque Bijou, each month we’re looking back at some of our favourite projects. Battle for the Winds

Celebrating 25 Years – Camp Bestival

5 August 2024

We’re celebrating 25 years of Cirque Bijou. Each month we are looking back on some of our favourite projects of the last quarter century. Cirque

Celebrating 25 Years – Bristol Harbour Festival

1 July 2024

We’re celebrating 25 years of Cirque Bijou. Each month we are looking back on some of our favourite projects of the last quarter century. There’s

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