Spawned from a "dog-egg" in a kerbside gutter, Skewed Circus is the guerilla stunt wing of Komedy Kollective, designed to stimulate brains, move booties to basslines, tingle necks with guitar riffs, and please everyone from underground ravers with hard hats and luminescent glowsticks, to arthouse indie heads with unusual looking quiffs. Our absurdist mission is to engage, enlighten and enpower unsuspecting audiences through offbeat theatre, modern and contemporary music, quirky comedy, madcap stunts, and all the fun of the fayre, served up with a twist of the alternative.
Operating across Northern England, from several different locations, Skewed Circus is a pioneering nightlife concept designed to transcend artistic and musical boundaries, cross-fertilising genres, and ultimately, bringing people together.
Working as a co-operative of renegade artistic visionaries rather than a single entity, we are committed to our vision of creating circus entertainment that is eclectic, modern, and remarkably enticing. Our own unique brand of free-standing events are held every so often, but to test the waters of experimentation, we love to collaborate with like-minded individuals and collectives.
Anyone who shares our desire to break down barriers, and challenge preconceptions through live performance art, is welcome to become involved. If you are an artist/group of artists or a promoter, and you would love to expand your horizons and work with Skewed Circus on an extra-special event, don’t hesitate to get in touch. Likewise, if you’re looking to invest money in our projects, and sponsor us, we would also love to hear from you.
Website
komedykollective.com
Influences
Cirque de Soleil, Prodigy, Mark Thomas, Jim Rose, League of Gentlemen, Mighty Boosh, Rob Newman, Michael Moore, dance music performers and punk bands, jugglers, political artists, clowns, fire-eaters, and anti-capitalist situationalist clowns.
Members
The anti-egotistical organisers of Skewed Circus, prefer to remain anonymous, watching on, like stage directors, while the real stars of the show, our artists, take to the stage. Organising not-for-profit events from Leeds, Manchester, and Bradford, we are always offering opportunities for local acts and performers to get involved.
The "Skewed Circus All Stars" are the magical, mystical, frenzomanic conquerers of apathy, and our pan-northern motley crew of magicians, jugglers, fire-performers, graffiti and visual artists; DJs, absurdist comedy acts, face-painters, musicians, and Jackass-style freak show acts, are especially groomed to rock the party. To discover more, or/and share your talents with the North of England, check out the following link: -
We actively oppose racism, homophobia, class divisions, musical snobbery, corporate meglomania, and war, and our socially-conscious streak shines through our circusesque activities, our push towards cultural inclusivity, reflected by our mission statement, which anybody is free to download by clicking the following link (c) 2008: -
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Skewed Circus's Interests
General
Skewed Circus showcases all artforms including music, comedy, juggling, stunts, interactive installations and graffiti art. To reduce our carbon footprint, we source local talent from Manchester, Bradford, and Leeds, and also work in association with grassroots community arts development organisations including BradFactor, offering the opportunity for emerging artists to appear alongside established performers.
Music
Live musicians of all styles and genres, and dance DJs, are welcome to participate in Skewed Circus events.
Movies
Various Skewed Circus club nites feature short comedy films from independent movie-makers. Film-makers are invited to submit windows media files via the e-mail, or DVDs to our postal address.
Heroes
Anti-heroes include warmonger George Bush, meglomaniac Rupert Murdoch, and sweatshop corporations. Heroes include Che Guevara, duck-billed platypusses, B-Movie swamp monsters, Mitchell and Webb.
Our truest heroes are undoubtedly our artists and fans, creative, fun-lovin' peeps who demand a diverse range of entertainment, and our trade union partners Unite (encorporating Amicus).
If you would like to get involved, e-mail us at ......team@komedykollective.com or better still. give us a ring......
Welcome to the eclectic dungeon of Skewed Circus, the aficianados of rave cabaret. An integral member of the Komedy Kollective Underground Arts Co-operative family, the certifiable clown princes of ultrachaos guarantee to open minds and reconfigure consciousness through music, arts and circus vibes.
Pass the bouncers, through the doors, and you're part of the interactive nightlife experience, the static electricity of the Skewed Circus All Stars zapping your spine to jelly.
From intimate bars and cosy live music venues through to warehouse parties, prepare yourself for a veritable feast of fun rocket propelled by awe-inspiring stunts and ass-kicking choonz. Action packed by distinctive DJs, live rock, punk, hip hop, electro, drum ’n’ bass, rock, punk, dancers, world music, magic and performance art, the Skewed Circus experience is dangerously addictive.
Wherever possible, choreographed dance artists raise tempos and temperatures, Skewed Circus underground cabaret events showcasing both established acts and wonderful new discoveries. Witness how Yorkshire's fabulously stylistic burlesque troupe Bone Shakers exploded onto the scene on Valentine's Day 2008: -
CLICK THE GOLDEN GRENADE FOR BONE SHAKERS AT SKEWED CIRCUS
Innovation is the lifeblood of Skewed Circus. We don't just feature existing forms of choreographed dance in our performances. Plans are afoot to unleash groundbreaking fusion styles, and experimental installations onto the unsuspecting Northern public.
Endowed with a seriously fun underbelly, our revolutionary arts-nightlife crossover concept is tailor-made to reinvigorate the flacid commercial clubbing scene. Jam-packed with visual fireworks, tainted with interactive tomfoolery, and blessed with a wealth of existing and emerging talent, the only predictable feature of a Skewed Circus event, is the minimal entrance fee and the warm welcome that greets you on arrival. With no dress code (fancy dress, welcome!), no cliquish attitude, and a communal spirit of creative inclusivity, whatever music you listen to, whether you're a student, working, or unemployed, come join the Skewed Circus.
As well as our own events, we are always up for collaborations with like-minded collectives. People we have worked with include Manchester's Everything Goes crew and the one and only Bolton party starters - Gash Collective.
Who I'd like to meet:
Artists, musicians, DJs, bands, stunt performers, face-painters, performance artists, film-makers, and anybody else who wishes to get involved with our subversive cabaret cult, especially people who dislike musical snobbery and love to party. If the vibe is cool, be it punk, house, rock, rap, garage, folk, trance, bhangra, techno, punk, drum and bass, cabaret songs, theatrical balads, accoustic or grime, it needs to be heard.We would also like to meet promoters, venue managers, PR professionals, and other positively-minded people keen to help expand our dreams of universal cabaret inclusivity beyond the narrow confines of tradition.
Skewed circus performances currently take place throughout Yorkshire and Manchester, but when we have enough eager volunteers and benevolent sugar mummies and daddies to carry the pioneering concept far and wide, we will expand throughout the solar system, the milky way, and the outer reaches of the universe, until musical snobbery is no more.
Dive into our whirlpool of eclectic artistic passions and join us while we reject tired and worn cabaret convention, bringing together rock, dance, urban and world music in a living cocktail of vibrant contemporary culture. Skewed Circus isn't a narrow concept just designed to appeal to one demography, sub-culture, scene or social class. True art heightens human consciousness, crossing genres, bridging boundaries, uniting mankind.
Bring forth the clowns, and together we'll freak-out every town!!!
@ Rougham Airfield,Nr.Rougham Ind Est, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk East Anglia,Sign Posted off the A14 east & west
The main day starts saturday 1st august at 11.OO am and goes on till 01.00 am sunday morning. The bar will open friday 31st july to start us off and allow everyone to settle in nicely and sunday 2nd august you will be able to chill out and relax and soak up the sun.
REGGAE,PUNK,SKA,CELTIC & DUB bands main stage, One Foot Skank Reggae sound system stage 2
MAIN STAGE P.A-PYRAMID AUDIO
INNER TERRESTRIALS # TARANTISM # P.A.I.N
JAH FREE & GARY JAMES # WAYNE McArthur & UNIVERSAL PLAYERS
STEVE SWANN # AOS3 # THE FACTION (CHRIS BOWSHER-RDF)
HEADJAM # CRACKED ACTORS # LIVING ROOTZ # JAH H3AD
SKA FACE # LUVDUMP (BURY St. EDMUNDS)
ONE FOOT SKANK CREW # UPRIZING
STAGE 2 ONE FOOT SKANK SOUND SYSTEM
SKANKINDAVE # MISTERTOBES
WAYNE (DIRECT IMPACT) # F.R.C, # UPRIZING
FREEDOM SOUNDS & BOPPER RANKIN # REVELATION 2K
ROOTS ODYSSEY # JAH SOUNDS # BERNIEMAN
PAT THE PUNK # CULTURE SHOCK # GINO(RUN THE RISK)
DJ WEIRDITUDE # SAM (PEOPLES CHOICE)
TICKETS ARE £3O EACH , NO BOOKING FEE OR EXTRAS . LIMITED TICKETS for this special event. AVAILABLE AT SUNRISE DIRECT , St. JOHNS St,BURY St. EDMUNDS 01284755551 OR EMAILING skankindave@hotmail.com or calling 07903468402(dave)www.onefootskank.co.uk A half ticket can only be arranged by calling me.
Stalls Artist merchandise - clothing-printed tee shirts - handmade bags - jewellery - crafts - festi requirements music & record stall(direct impact) - hair & dread braiding + more
cloth cat and anorakism present electric kitty – a 10 year anniversary showdown.... introducing caro snatch (anorakism) the live one-woman eklectronic avalanche. paul green (peterloo massacre) with a tenori-tastic live electronica set. output deliverng live deep house grooves and lo-tech spinning tech house flavoured vinyl. bringning up the low end will be anorakism label mistress paizan with a deep techno infused dubstep set.
Vampire Blues is the duo of guitar player Jon Collin (Serfs, The Whole Voyald) and harmonium player Jon Marshall (The Hunter Gracchus, Peril Hill). They have a pretty special tape out on Blackest Rainbow. We can't recommend them highly enough.
The Fifth Band is the gobsmacking trio of Stephen Lawrie (The Telescopes), Bridget Hayden (Vibracathedral Orchestra) and Chris Hladowski (The Family Elan). Oof.
A Wake is the duo of Nick Mitchell and Fliss Horrocks who also play in Beach Fuzz. This will actually probably end-up being a Beach Fuzz performance - this incarnation's first inside the UK.
PRESTON MADHATTERS SOUNDSYSTEMS FIRST PARTY OF THE YEAR. THE MADHATTERS TECHNO PRISONERS PARTY, IN PRESTON SATURDAY 11TH APRIL, 9 TILL 4 AM. WE HAVE TWO ROOMS, MAIN ROOM: LIVE MUSIC PLUS YOUR MADHATTERS RESIDENTS, DJ'S CLUMSY, MARRA AND SLICE. 2ND ROOM, CHILLOUT ROOM: MADHATTERS CHILLOUT DJ'S
SPREAD THE WORD The Preston Madhatters Soundsystem are inviting you indoors for a change, TECHNO PRISONERS. It's been a while! We are trying a new venue, so come and have a nosey, we like the function room and staff, we hope you enjoy them too. We will be giving you all the Madhatters madness in heaps so come and see what fun you can have. As it is indoors we will ask you for a fiver so be warned. There is a bar with a reasonably priced tariff, its sorted so dont bring your own. Bring your mates and mates mates. You can get more info by e-mail.
We are always looking for DJ's, bands, jugglers and fire poi artists for these events. So tell your mates and get in touch.
info@preston-madhatters.co.uk See pictures of the last one we did in our gallery.
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