Dear Circus Supporters,

Like many not-for-profit companies in the current coronavirus crisis, SA Circus Centre has had to postpone classes and suspend the employment of many casual staff.

All our classes have been postponed from Monday 23rd March.

Over 500 young circus students and their expert circus trainers are now without their weekly classes.

Artistic Director Josh Hoare and the team are developing online opportunities to stay active and keep Circus in their (and your) lives.

Luckily, we are experts at thinking outside the box and we are confident that we will find unique and innovative ways to continue to support young people to be confident, strong and creative.

Your donation will support the development of online circus experiences and the vital employment of circus artists.

Please follow our journey and stay connected via Facebook and our website.

SA Circus Centre - Home of Cirkidz

SA Circus Centre - Home of Cirkidz is a not-for-profit organisation. It receives less than 15% of its revenues from government support, and we rely on the income and donations from you, our patrons, to employ or staff and deliver our programs. Our ongoing circus programs are highly valued by our community. 

Why circus works

The SA Circus Centre and UniSA are dedicated to the ongoing research into Why Circus Works.

Circus in Schools 2015 : Research Summary Key Findings

• Statistically significant increase of troupe student’s means scores for Planning and Task Management compared to their peers (i.e. the non-troupe, control group students).
• Statistically significant difference between the beneficial decrease in one negative motivation and engagement to learning factor (Disengagement) for students involved in the Cirkidz troupe compared to their peers. These findings indicate that involvement by students in the regular circus based skills training directly affected their levels of motivation and engagement to learning.

2017 SROI study: Key Findings

• For every $1 invested, $7 of savings is generated via improvements in children’s health and wellbeing due to participation in our circus programs.

UniSA’s Richard McGrath and General Manager, Nick Skibinski speak about the latest SROI study and explain the results of the research in the clip below.