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Circus Play Project
Circus Play Project – Mae Sot Thailand Nov 2022 – Feb 2023 We are delighted to announce the Circus Play …
Winter 2020-21? We can’t do it. Panned by the pandemic
Hello Friends and Social Circus supporters. I dearly hope you are all healthy, well and surviving the pandemic, and the …

Happy New Year!
Wishing you all a Happy New Year from Social Circus Myanmar! A mahoosive thank you to those of you who …

5 days left for Crowdfunding!
Only 5 days left to help us reach our target for Crowdfunding! £400 still needed. Please donate whatever you can …

What a big surprise!
What a big surprise! We got two really big donations to our crowdfunding – which took it over our tipping …

Juggling – what is good for? Academic skills, learning, health and more!
There are an increasing number of reports being published about the effects and benefits of social circus activities and circus-skills …

Fundraising for 2019-20 season launch!
We have launched our fundraising campaign to support our 2019-20 programme and project work. We have launched our fundraising campaign …

Social Circus models – projects running in different locations around the world.
Here are just a few examples of Social Circus projects running in different locations around the world. We include a …

Sad News – Ko Pho Ke passes away
It is with great sadness that we have learned that our dear friend Ko Pho Ke has passed away in …

Social Circus Myanmar Season 2017-18 Project Report
Social Circus Myanmar Season 2017-18 Project Report The Report appears below in text only, to see the photos please download …

Our Crowdfunding Campaign 2017-18 ends in success
Our Crowdfunding Campaign ended on 11th Dec. Thanks to everyone who contributed! We raised pledges of $4,735, way more than …

International Social Circus Day 2017
A day of global celebration When the call went out to celebrate social circus around the world with the 2nd …

More International Social Circus Day 2017 photos
These photos gathered from facebook posts for the second annual International Social Circus Day April 2017. We held our small …

International Social Circus Day 2017, 1st April
Social Circus Myanmar were able to gather in Mahabandoola Park in the centre of Yangon for an informal Circus workshop …

A Workshop Experience
Photographer and guest blogger Jeanne Hallacy joins a workshop with the Scholarships 4 Street Kids social circus team in Perle, …

Sold! Stanley Donwood giant Glastonbury wristband. Thank you!
Sold! Thank you! Stanley Donwood is well known as the artist responsible for every Radiohead album since 1995 and has …

Serious FUNdraising for Social Circus Myanmar
FUNdraising through crowdfunding Our fundraising for the Social Circus Myanmar project has received support from people around the world who are backing …

Social Circus Myanmar
We have launched our new Crowdfunding Campaign to support Social Circus Myanmar in the dry-season project Nov 2016 – March …

The S4SK Social Circus Kids
Social Circus Myanmar Teams The second profile on our social circus teams in Myanmar focuses on the Scholarships for Street …

Social Circus Weekend
Celebrating Social Circus in Yangon When the international call went out back in January to help create a chain of …

Social Circus Weekend info and flyer
Social Circus Weekend April 2nd-3rd Free circus skills workshops and a photo exhibit at The Yangon Gallery, People’s Park, to …

Day of Fun 2016
Dozens of children and young people joined in the Day of Fun last Saturday, coming from different parts of the …

The Thanlyin circus team
This is the first of a series of posts about the circus teams that Serious Fun is working with in …

Social Circus Yangon
Our project in Myanmar We’ve just launched a campaign in support of our Social Circus project in Yangon 2015-2016, with …

circus4all launched in Yangon
A week of teacher training in adaptive circus, lead by Thomas Hinz from Circability in New Zealand, has led to …

Webisodes launched
The Serious Fun in Yangon series of webisodes are rolling out now on our facebook page and there’s a complete …

Festival Restrospective – Monastery School Show
A group of performers and crew visited a monastery school in Insein, northern Yangon, on Friday February 13, to put …

Festival Restrospective – Fire Show
Thousands of people gathered outside Mahabandoola Park on February 14 to see the spectacular fire show starring international jugglers. The …

Festival Retrospective – Day of Fun
The idea behind staging the Day of Fun was to bring people together and have fun together with public participation …

Festival Retrospective – the Big Show
The Big Show took place lakeside at Kandawgyi Park on February 11, featuring performers from all over the world, hosted …

Festival Retrospective – the Big Show
The big show took place lakeside at Yangon’s beautiful Kandawgyi Park on February 11 and featured performers from all over …

Festival Retrospective – Day 1, February 9
Day 1 started with dawn juggling at Mahabandoola Park, next to the famous landmark at the centre of Yangon, Sule …

Festival Retrospective – Sule Shangri La Brunch
What happens when you invite a group of international jugglers into the 5 star Sule Shangri La hotel for Sunday …

Festival Retrospective – 50th Street
The first ever International Juggling Festival in Myanmar went by in a bit of a blur for those of us …
Day of Fun
Day of Fun, Kandawgyi Park, February 14 – shows, walkabout theatre, workshops, masterclasses, and of course the juggling olympics. Great …
Eden Center for the Disabled
A fantastic workshop with the amazing kids from Eden Center for the Disabled …
The Big Show
Thousands gathered for the opening night performance in Kandawgyi Park where they were wowed by jugglers and comedians from around …
YMCA Preschool Children’s Activity
Jugglers, comedians, hoola hoops, face painting, bubble making and balloons! …
50th Street Bar and Grill -preview show to festival
50th Street Bar and Grill Peformance by the International Juggling Festival at the popular night spot, the 50th Street Bar …
Junction Square Yangon 8th Feb
Tonight we played a big outdoor show at Junction Square, Yangon. Massive stage, big lights, LED screen, the works. Haggis …
7th Feb Junction Mawtin, Yangon
At Junction Mawtin shopping centre today we wowed crowds with circus acts never before seen in Myanmar …
The Press Conference – Festival Launched!
The Press Conference took place today at the Sule Shangri-la Hotel and was a great success. Many journalists, newspapers, TV …
What keeps us going…
What keeps us going … is engagement with the Eden Centre for Disabled Kids and the British Council librarians. Workshops …
Busy times and difficult working conditions
It’s been a while since the last posting here. We’ve been posting to facebook mostly as that the most commonly …
10th Jan Mahabadoola Gardens free workshop
Every Saturday. New jugglers every week. Elmar’s focused sitting down class balances the wildness of some of the little kids …
Boys Training Centre, Thanlyin 7th Jan 2015
The fourth week at the Boys Training Centre, Thanlyin. What a great group. Great development of skills and now sharing and …
S4SK Hlegu 6th Jan 2015
We made another long journey today, out to Hlegu, a good 2 hours north. We met up with our group …
5th Jan Insein Karen Hostel
Warmly welcomed at the hostel which is tucked away in the township of Insein, north of Yangon town, 90 mins …
Sunday 4th Jan Independence Day Myanmar – bo tha thung ferry sunset
Moonrise, Sunset, Independence Day in Myanmar. Streets closed off for community football. Went for a quick sunset juggle at Bo …
Sunday 28th Monastery School Thanlyin – workshop for 30!
Sunday 28th saw Lin and Jules and driver Pho Ke back on the workshop trail. This time to Thanlyin Monastery …
24th Dec Institute Francais workshop
After 5 mornings of workshops with these young people from three diverse groups – street kids, ex-child-soldiers, kids from poor …
Let’s Juggle
If you’ve been following our facebook feed you’ll know that the Serious Fun community juggling workshops have begun in Yangon, …
Great Day Out -7th Dec, Yangon
Alice Vernat’s Photos from the Great Day Out. On 7th Dec 2014 the British Ambassador’s Residence in Yangon was overrun …
The Great Britain Day Out – photos Jules
The Great Britain Day Out – 7th December 2014 at the British Ambassador’s Residence Yangon was a whole load of …
Everyone needs to have fun!
This is our tag-line for the Festival in Yangon “everyone needs to have fun!” In the long rainy season comes …
Thanks for the Props!
Thanks for the Props! Alice Vernat and Lin Thet Naung display our Thank You For The Props banner in Yangon …
SERIOUS FUN COMMITTEE Concept Note
SERIOUS FUN COMMITTEE Concept Note www.seriousfunglobal.net “Everyone needs to have fun!” Updated 28 October 2014 International Juggling Festival Yangon, February …
Yangon Juggling Festival update #1
As word about the juggling festival in Yangon spreads, it has brought us into contact with people involved in the …
Yangon Festival fliers and posters
Download flyers here. Chose colour or black & white, jpg or pdf. Festival logo pdf (1.1 mb) Yangon flyer A5 …
Burmese Jugglers in Imperial Britain
Burmese Jugglers in Imperial Britain Posted on May 8, 2013 by jonathansaha http://jonathansaha.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/burmese-jugglers-in-imperial-britain/ (Article reproduced here. Copyright Jonathan Saha) Whilst I …
Our Next Serious Fun Juggling Festival
Our Next Serious Fun Juggling Festival Serious Fun juggling festivals in Laos and Thailand became the stuff of legend because …
International Juggling Festival – Burma/Myanmar
International Juggling Festival – Rangoon, Burma – Yangon, Myanmar Date: February 2015 More detail soon come …