Martin's Circus Skills Workshops
Plate spinning with the people of Leeds
Here's the tale of how I became entranced by the world of circus skills. It all started back at Great Georges Project (The Black-E) in Liverpool. The Black-E attracted volunteers from all around the world with an amazing variety of skills and talents. Quite a few were eye catching jugglers and only too keen to share their enthusiasm for juggling. This is when I fell in love with the art of juggling.
At first I borrowed other people's bean bags and quickly learned how to juggle three balls smoothly. Not satisfied with this I started to experiment with different throws, catches, patterns and developed a series of three ball tricks.
And from there I have spent oodles of time practising new circus skills, learning how to use different types of equipment - diabolo, devil sticks, clubs, balance boards, plates - for over 20 years. I have performed in parks, community centres, schools, city centres and anywhere there is a space to juggle. You can watch me in juggling action in the video above. [Video plays in Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox and Safari.]
I'm now looking to spread my joy of juggling in schools, offering tailor made workshops to suit all abilities and ages. Book me to give your students a memorable juggling/circus skills experience they will never forget.