Open Days & Visits

Degree Open Day

The next open day for our degree course will be running in our building on 1st December 2023, 12pm-6pm. We will be opening our doors so that you can experience what it is to be a National Centre for Circus Arts student and to help you determine if the National Centre is the right place for you.

The day will give you the opportunity to:

• See classes as they happen
• Take a tour of the building
• Take part in a circus specialisation workshop*
• Watch students’ performance pieces ‘in progress’
• Ask questions and chat to current students and staff
• Learn about the admissions process and how to prepare for our auditions
• Learn about the circus landscape and career pathways

*Please note that there are limited spaces for the specialisation workshop and places will be secured on a first come first serve basis.

How to Book

Please fill in our booking form to secure your place on our December open day.

There will be another open day w/c 4^th March 2024 (specific day TBC). To register your interest in our March open day please email joanna@nationalcircus.org.uk

Open Dress Rehearsals

Get insight into our production process, see a full performance and learn about our degree course.

These days will give you the opportunity to:

• See a dress rehearsal performance of one of our degree productions
• Take a tour of the building
• Attend a pre or post performance Q&A

The next open dress rehearsal day will be for our FD2 Ensemble production on Thursday 1^st February 2024. Please fill in our booking form to secure your place.

* Please note that there are limited spaces for our open dress rehearsals and places will be secured on a first come first serve basis. There is also an age cap of 16+.

Arrange a Visit

Unable to make an open day or happen to be coming to London? We offer ad hoc visits where you can take a tour of the building, learn about our degree course, and admissions process, whilst seeing classes as they happen (schedule dependent). Please contact joanna@nationalcircus.org.uk to arrange a visit.

Check out our 2021 virtual open day and other videos on our YouTube channel.