Dynamic, tongue-in-cheek aerial circus
Badoosh is a contemporary aerial circus company founded by Artistic Director Greville Matthews. We make dynamic tongue-in-cheek work that fuses aerial, acrobatics, magic, dance, theatre and comedy together to make arresting shows that will delight and amaze you.
Badoosh’s first show was Infiltration – a 45-minute outdoor live-action spy thriller aerial-combat show with innovative flying techniques, martial arts, acrobatics, slapstick and clowning.
Greville is an accomplished aerialist and all-round circus performer and the founder of Badoosh a circus theatre company. His background is in gymnastics & dance. He has a wide range of skills & has worked on a variety of projects for circus, theatre, TV, arenas, cabaret, burlesque nights and theme parks both in the UK and abroad. Company members have extensive backgrounds in circus, stunts and martial arts.
Greville is a graduate of The National Centre for Circus Arts (NCCA) Degree program where he specialised in aerial straps focusing on integrating comedy. He has been performing professionally since 2007
He is the designer of the world’s only Strapeze – a unique & powerful new discipline combining single-point trapeze & straps.
Aerial, Circus, Dance, Physical Theatre, Street Theatre, Walkabout
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