For NICA, it's the people. The teachers who have passed on their knowledge. The students who have taken risks, found their feet and flown. The graduates who have carried NICA's spirit out into the world. The audiences, families, friends and circus community who have filled these spaces with energy for 25 years.
This November, come and celebrate with us.
Coming Home is NICA's 25th anniversary celebration: a spectacular, heartfelt and joyful trip through the stories that have made NICA what it is. Inspired by the NICA archives, the show turns the pages of 25 years, moving through different eras and bringing together the people who lived them.
On stage, generations of graduates return to perform alongside current students and teachers, creating combinations that span the organisation's history. They will take us on a ride across the years using wheels, hoops, bikes, aerials, foot juggling and plenty of circus that will have you wondering how on earth they do it.
Aside from a trip down memory lane, Coming Home is about what happens when all those stories come together. The final chapter looks forward, with students from Shaghai Circus School joining us for the final iteration of the Beyond Our Boundaries project. Their visit is a nod to NICA's growing international connections and a glimps towards the possibilities of the next 25 years.
The celebration will also launch NICA's new Student Scholarship Fund, with all ticket sales and donations going towards this effort to increase access to excellence for future generations of circus artists.
Now it's time to celebrate. Remember our roots and write our story of the the next 25 years.
Make yourself at home.
Directed and curated by Juliana Neves
