Life’s a circus,
You might as well be part of the show!
Big Top (Surgery): A Circus Cabaret
Time & Location Dec 07, 2025, 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. The Redwood Theatre, 1300 Gerrard St E, Toronto, ON M4L 1Y7, Canada About the event Come one, come all! Witness a celebration of circus, camp, queer joy, and community! Rainbow Circus, an inclusive circus company, and Mac Tavish, your humble circus hunk, invite you…
Summer Halloween Circus Show
Halloween is here early! Our Rainbow Teen camp will spend the next week crafting a silly and scary Halloween-themed circus show. Family friendly! Show at 6:30 pm, doors at 6 pm on Friday, August 22nd. Tickets are:$20 for adults (19+)$15 for youth (ages 13-18) $10 for kids (5-13) If cost is a barrier, please reach out…
Rainbow Circus Apparel Available!
Merch drop/scholarship fundraiser! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🦋✨Our Protect Trans Kids shirts and sweaters are available to order, just in time for Pride weekend! Now, more than ever, we want to get this message out in the world to let Trans kids, youth, and adults know that they are seen, loved, and respected.✨The best part? These super soft shirts…
Celebrating 30 Circus Scholarships!
Originally titled “Community Scholarships”, the Rainbow Scholarship program started in 2020 as a way to create access for folks struggling with the rising class costs that came with reduced class sizes for in person pandemic programming. They started as a collection of $20-$50 donations from circus community members, to keep youth accessing circus. These scholarships…
Sliding Scale Rainbow Camps
In the past three years, we have been grateful to receive grants and support from ArtReach and the Toronto Arts Council that have allowed us to offer two weeks of free camps for 2SLGBTQ+ youth every summer. This programming has been a part of the foundation that’s made the Rainbow Circus community what it is…
Catch us on CityTV/ The Green Line
We had the wonderful opportunity to share about our programming with Toronto’s City TV and The Green Line. Watch the news clip: You can also find the full story here: https://thegreenline.to/stories/greenwood-coxwell-redwood-theatre/ (If you’re sharing about this on socials in Canada you can use this page to share as media channels are not able to be…
Circus Social
We’re having a community movie night! Join us on Saturday October 14th from 6-9pm (movie starts 6:30) for a Rainbow Circus social night to watch the Barbie movie and have some social time with your circus friends. You’re welcome to dress up in Barbie theme! Everyone is welcome, you don’t need to be a student…
Forgotten Toys Circus Show
Our youth performers will blow you away with their talents! After a weeklong intensive creation period, our intermediate student performers will present to you their show “forgotten toys” full of circus specticles. This all ages show will feature aerial silks, hoop, dance, contortion, and more! Get your tickets here! Sliding scale community tickets are available…
Finding Helix Show
Finding Helix circus and dance show! Friday, May 5 at 7:30 pm Saturday, May 6 at 7:30 pm Sunday, May 7 at 3:30 pm
Finding Helix – Informal Showing
Finding Helix When you lose a part of yourself and then find it but it was changed and grown and this makes it uncomfortable, wonderful, and scary. “Finding Helix” is A quirky look at connection within self and with others. This is an informal studio showing (no lights and costumes) with a chat with the…
Querying Gender
“Querying Gender”, a new creation by dancers Paul Lewis Jayeden Walker and Mateo Galindo Torres performed in an informal studio setting.
Pop-up Circus Classes
Interested in moving with me? Learn to climb on the silks, make fun shapes on an aerial hoop, or increase your flexibility in the park! Pop up classes for the month of June! Saturdays: Aerial Classes: King & RiverPrice is 35$ per class (including HST) 5pm Aerial Silks (all levels) 6:15 Aerial Hoop (all levels)…
Move with Pride!
Come join us for sliding scale workshops on June 4th and June 5th to learn from some amazing coaches in the LGBTQ2S+ communities.
Harbourfront Co-Motion Festival
Erin Ball and I are absealoutely thrilled to be performing at the upcoming CoMotion Festival celebrating Deaf and disability arts! perform April 24 2pm & 4pm.
Fempocalypse 2022
Erin Ball and I are excited to be showing some Pirate and Mermaid magic in this upcoming show! Our act will feature audio description and open captioning, with transcripts available, as well as ASL interpretation.
Pirate Tails Pride Performance. Live & Online
This family-friendly circus performance reimagines the childhood tropes of the pirate and the siren through lenses of Queerness and Disability. Join this high-flying hoop duo for some under the sea shenanigans.
Top Ten Circus Gifts
As a circus professional and experienced coach, trust me when I say that there are plenty of great gifts for the circus human in your life. Here are my top 10 just in time for the holidays!
Should You Buy Aerial Silks for Your Kid?
If you’re thinking of gifting your kid their very own aerial fabric, there’s a lot of stuff that comes along with it. Because make no mistake, having access to a silk of their own will encourage your child to go hang it off of random structures. How do I know? From lived experience.
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