Special offer for Summer 2009 , Our " Little Top" or Solar Tepee, Book two workshop Tutors for a full day of entertainment and for 2009 we will provide this fabulous all weather cover for free!!!
WHAT DO WE OFFER The best quality props with qualified tutors to ensure a safe, fun, learning environment with juggling, unicycling, stilt walking, spinning plates, tightrope walking (low level) lasso's, hula hoops, pedalgos, Dragons tails, Hoops, Diablo's, rope tricks and plate manipulation all included even in our smallest workshops,
We even teach fire eating and fire juggling for those old and mad enough to try ! and provide clowning, performance skills and Acrobalance as well
HOW MUCH ROOM DO WE NEED AND HOW MANY CAN WE DO?
We can provide workshops in your Living room or in your Ballroom, inside or outside. anywhere that doesn't have a low ceiling is generally fine. For larger workshop we work on one Badminton court sized space for a maximum of 25 participants with ideally no more than 20 per Tutor at any one time depending on their ages and abilities, the younger the participants the smaller the numbers.
For large scale events, the more the tutors you have the better but 2 - 4 tutors can cope with good numbers with breaks .
Now we can offer our own " Little Top" or "Solar Tepee" for the larger events , if you book two or more Tutors for full days you get the Tent FOR FREE!!!! .
We've provided workshops for children's parties , wedding parties, exhibitions and corporate team building events to name but a few and up to 30,000 people attending Festivals (that one was BUSY!! :-) ) If you are looking to provide a community based provision for your club or association we can provide a PowerPoint presentations and risk assessments to assist with any funding bid.
HOW DO YOU DO IT ?
We make it entertaining, engaging, challenging and fun, "Can you do this?" "next trick !" " How about this/" try this , try that.
You'll be amazed what you can achieve with our help. Whether its training the cast to appear in a show, running community workshops during the summer, as a wedding gift, or as great entertainment for Fete's or just for the fun of it.
You can pick and mix ( hence
the name, cheesy I know but it sums up the range we offer) how about a workshop
and a show?
WHAT DO WE OFFER ?
We shape the workshop to suit your timings and your pocket, we can offer ;
1 30 minute, structured " taster" sessions for large groups during a day or they can be on a "drop in " basis, Suitable for birthday parties as well.
2 I hour workshops ( again, great for birthday parties or as part of a multi activity fun day )
3 3+ hour workshops
4 All day workshops, or all week or a series staggered over a number of days or weeks for a community or performance projects.
Circus skills offer blended learning, differentiation and down right fun.
Having the current British Balloon modelling champion teach you makes a difference we can tell you, when you book Pick "N" Mix Circus, that's exactly what you get !
Yes , well OK ,maybe you won't learn how to make all these
in 5 minutes, but you would be amazed at what we can teach you in short order.
Everybody gets to take their models home too. With Russ as the current British
Balloon Modelling Champion for the past two years, we can take you from simple and quick to balloon
caricatures and sculptures
Available on the same basis as the circus skills workshops, their different, fun and can be combined with another circus skills workshop to keep attention high throughout the session or day.
Cymru am Byth !!
Our base in Barry is the centre of the Magic
World! having Russell, Tomos, Jasper, Dr Bob and other members of the Cardiff Magical Society
on our doorstep, we have the
skills and experience necessary to provide excellent introductory and advanced workshops to some of the worlds'
classic magic tricks. Even the quite young get a lot out of them and better still
we
show how to make your own trick to confound your friends
Available on the same basis as the circus skills workshops, their unique and fun.
Whip Cracking , Lasso and Knife throwing Workshops
Either singularly or combined to suit the event
Yee Haw!! ever wanted to crack a whip and spin a lasso ? now's your chance!
Dedicated western skills workshops either as part of a themed event or just for fun, indoors or out.
led by Peter, international whip cracker, qualified
teacher and all round good egg, he's tutored whip workshops for Circus
degree courses at the Circus Space in London , the International Theatre
Workshop Festival
Burlesque Celebration, for martial artistes, for Oscar's 5th birthday party and
for stunt men and film stars .
We can arrange a set up to suit your venue , in this case the HAC in central London,
We use genuine Australian kangaroo and red hide stock and bullwhips , Cold Steel throwing knives and genuine Montana lassos .
( Pete running away!)
The number of tutors required will depend on the numbers attending and the skills required , both knife throwing and whip cracking are tutored on a "one on one" basis , students can be taught and assessed for safety fairly quickly but you might have queues , so please talk to us about your requirements . We can also offer fun "Shooting Gallery's" to keep queues quiet
Whipcracking, bit of an age limit on this on as you can imagine
But
as you can see, as long as you have the physical strength to throw it you could
be cracking it as loud as this young cowgirl was !!
we offer structured group and more casual drop in workshops for Corporate and themed parties or if you just want to learn on your own, one on one tutoring.
For dedicated workshops we can teach specific skills such as target cutting, body and arm wraps , multiple cracks and two handed techniques through to some scary cutting techniques. These require time so please call for details .
Featured on BBC News , Terry Wogan Show , No Girls Allowed, The Charlotte Church Show , Nuts TV, etc
spaghetti , pete with whip
worried
juggler dude
Lasso spinning and lariat throwing
Learn to spin a lasso, from tiny little ones for children to 20 ft circles , learn to start, stop, walk and talk with a lasso and when your done, learn how to throw a lasso or lariat on to a target with ease.
Lasso spinning and lariat throwing are a natural partner to whip cracking
nd you can also try your hand at knife throwing as well. Superb for Country and Western theme days and parties.
Safety Safety safety !!!
Whipcracking and knife throwing is inherently safe ( surprisingly to most people), however you have to be prepared to get the odd thwack from a whip, so it's not for the faint hearted. Field, range and target safety are all important , so be prepared to be told and supervised closely, Oh! and yelled at lots if you act up or don't appear to listen ! and sent off the field /area if you act in anyway dangerously
All necessary safety equipment, training and risk assessments are supplied.
How much room you have available and safety are the issues with these workshops so
drop Pete a line or give him a call to discuss your requirements
Peter@pick-n-mix.co.uk
For a fast response, click on the link to contact Pick "N" Mix Circus by email on
Peter@pick-n-mix.co.uk
Or by phone
on 44 (0)1446 740520 or mobile 44 (0)7774 448741
Russell
or 44 (0)1446 747176 or mobile 44 (0)7875 826773 Peter
Base address : 103 Broad Street, Barry ,Vale of Glamorgan ,CF62 7AH South Wales., UK
If you can't see exactly what you are after, please still contact us as we are happy to create bespoke characters , acts and costumes on commission or we have friends that we can recommend and arrange for your event.