This is the first of a series of posts about the circus teams that Serious Fun is working with in Yangon. Let’s start with the boys from Thanlyin. Serious Fun trainer Jules Howarth is teaching 25 boys in the circus…
Webisodes launched
The Serious Fun in Yangon series of webisodes are rolling out now on our facebook page and there’s a complete playlist below as well. The seven webisodes tell the story of the children’s juggling project, a key part of the…
Festival Restrospective – Monastery School Show
A group of performers and crew visited a monastery school in Insein, northern Yangon, on Friday February 13, to put on a show for the 400 children who are taught there. In Myanmar the monastery schools provide education for children…
Festival Restrospective – Fire Show
Thousands of people gathered outside Mahabandoola Park on February 14 to see the spectacular fire show starring international jugglers. The fire show took place on the Unplugged stage next to the famous Sule Pagoda in the heart of Yangon. Unplugged…
Festival Retrospective – Day of Fun
The idea behind staging the Day of Fun was to bring people together and have fun together with public participation games, workshops, shows, and a special performance from the Yangon juggling students trained by Mr Jules in the lead up…
Festival Retrospective – 50th Street
The first ever International Juggling Festival in Myanmar went by in a bit of a blur for those of us involved. Now, there’s time to look at the photos reflecting glimpses of an event brought to life by the efforts…
Let’s Juggle
If you’ve been following our facebook feed you’ll know that the Serious Fun community juggling workshops have begun in Yangon, led by Jules and Lin Thet Naing (who is doing a great job translating juggling terms and instructions) as well…
Burmese Jugglers in Imperial Britain
Burmese Jugglers in Imperial Britain Posted on May 8, 2013 by jonathansaha https://jonathansaha.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/burmese-jugglers-in-imperial-britain/ (Article reproduced here. Copyright Jonathan Saha) Whilst I was doing my research for my PhD I came across a couple of letters sent to the Government of India…