Flowing through the town, setting up in a city square, unfolding washing lines, flags, umbrellas and piles of bric-a-brac, there is no big top but a colony of musicians and circus performers exploding out of caravans - a joyous menagerie of circus chaos setting the town alive.
Building on the open hearted approach to collaboration with local communities of Parklife, and the thrilling, large scale circus theatre of Barricade, Open House is a daytime experience for public spaces, activating the city centre, high street or park for an hour, a day, a weekend or a week and transforming it into a circus village, where passers-by become spectators, communities become spectacle and everyone feels part of the story.
Past show dates
2014
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John Street, Cardiff
24 May - 24 May 2014
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Northbrook Street, Newbury
14 June - 15 June 2014
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Green Man Festival, Crickhowell
15 August - 17 August 2014
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Appetite, Stoke-on-Trent
23 August - 24 August 2014
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Exeter, Town Centre
31 August - 31 August 2014
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Queens Gardens, Hull Freedom Festival
06 September - 07 September 2014
2015
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Newbury, The Corn Exchange
13 June - 13 June 2015
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Doncaster, Right Up Our Street
20 June - 21 June 2015
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Walsall, Creative Black Country
25 June - 26 June 2015
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Wolverhampton, Creative Black Country
11 July - 12 July 2015
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Barking & Dagenham, Creative Barking & Dagenham
01 August - 02 August 2015
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Stratford (London), Stratford Circus
07 August - 09 August 2015
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Sandwell, Creative Black Country
15 August - 16 August 2015
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Leicester, Leicester Festivals & Events
22 August - 23 August 2015
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Peterborough, Viva City
05 September - 06 September 2015