recent team members

Tim Woolliscroft

Tim has moved on to a new job - he works Healthy Cross and can be found at 49 Southey Avenue, Sheffield, S5 7NN. Tel 0114 234 4445. Fax 0845 4210 789. Web site http://www.healthycross.ik.com/p_homepage.ikml
Tim was the Managing Director for Swamp Circus in Yorkshire and is a director of ROAR (Rotherham Open Arts Renaissance). In the past he has travelled the world as a freelance circus/street theatre performer and created shows as the artistic director of Foobar Theatre. Performance highlights included pre-show entertainment for the Rolling Stones in Sheffield and in the BJC public show to 700 jugglers. Other past achievements include setting up and leading a circus theatre tour of refugee camps in Croatia Slovenia and Bosnia in 1994. He also has an understanding of the urban environment through academic study including a degree in urban planning and an MA in Sociology and Social Policy.

Sean Morris

Sean delivered workshops for the Positive Activities project in Summer and Autmn 2008 and ran the YPPT youth circus workshop in York each week. He is based in Manchester and can be found via www.alltheskills.co.uk

Sarah Pearce - Office Manager/Community

Prior to joining Swamp Circus, Sarah has been a care worker, administrator, marketing assistant and stand up comic. Whilst running a dance project in Cambodia she was inspired by the work of the international clown doctor Patch Adams. She joined Swamp Circus Trust to help us develop valuable community arts projects in South Yorkshire and help our office run smoothly. Sarah went on to be the General Manager with Point Blank Theatre Company in Sheffield. Sarah has since moved on from this job and is currently writing and performing her stand-up comedy material and is based in London.

Haley Cox - Entertainment/Education

With a teaching degree in Drama and Education, Haley is a theatre-in-education drama practitioner from North Lincolnshire. With a particular emphasis on physical theatre, she has successfully developed and toured numerous curriculum based productions with workshops around the UK and California. Prior to working for Swamp Circus, Haley worked as a Drama specialist within an English department at a large comprehensive school. This role showed her just how significant and important the arts should be within the education system, and managed to find a company that shared this ethos in Swamp Circus Trust.

Dave Ford - Productions/Community workshops

Dave is a skillful circus artist specialising in fire manipulation. He has created shows for private, corporate and community audiences. With this, dave has experience of leading circus workshops combined with a decade of experience working with people with learning difficulties. He continues to thrill, burn and entertain as www.thefiremandave.com/

Claire Saddington

Claire was our Community Project Manager. Claire trained in dance at The Thompson Dance Studios, which initiated her interest in teaching and choreography. She continued her training at the University of Surrey, Roehampton which inspired her to explore Community Dance. She is a certified IDTA Associate Ballet Teacher and works widely within the local arts sphere with Open Minds Theatre Company, SWAMP Circus, Maltby Minors Youth Society and Rotherham Culture Company. She is available at www.rotherhamculture.org/

Cindy - Marketing Manager

Cindy Studer has been performing professionally for 10 years and ran her own clothing manufacturing business for 3 years prior to that. She has experience in corporate entertainment, running a performers agency, event organising and costumes creation. A top class perfomer, he is available at http://www.trueleepeachi.com/

Cleo Cutcher

Cleo worked for us from July 2009 to March 2010. She is a multi-talented performer who is pursuing a career as a freelance Artist specialising in Aerial performance and is current based in Sheffield.

Alison McNeill

Alison worked with us during the summer of 2009, dealing with gig enquiries, marketing artists and shows, and running projects such as the Rotherham Youth Circus. Talented and brilliant, Alison lives in Leeds and if you contact us, we'll pass on any message.

Nic Wray

Nic left us in July 2010 to take up the role of communications officer for the British Tinitus Association and we wish her all the best with her new job!