Image shows the word "Between clowning + activism: a trickster laboratory 6-12 september" on the left hand side; an image of CIRCA in action on the right. The image shows a group of clowns standing next to a troupe of armed police.

Send in the Clowns: rediscovering the clown army ahead of COP26

Police at the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, in 2005 were prepared for protesters. What they got was 200 clowns.  The Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army (CIRCA), and the disruption, humour and creativity it brought to Gleneagles, has since gone down in the annals of both protest and performance.  Now, 15 years after CIRCA faded as an active protest group, Bristol-based activist, performer and director … Continue reading Send in the Clowns: rediscovering the clown army ahead of COP26