Ireland's first professional circus course

Published: Nov. 24, 2023, 3 p.m.

For years, people in Ireland have literally been running away with the circus \u2013 in terms of training anyway.  

There was never a professional circus course here and so any aspiring circus performers had to travel to Europe or elsewhere to develop their skills, and most often they\u2019d stay there to work professionally. 

However a group of 12 artists are about to complete Boost - the first ever professional course, and we\u2019re joined by their director, Aoife Raleigh