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The Thanlyin circus team

The Thanlyin circus team

Jude Smith February 7, 2016February 8, 2016 Burma Myanmar 1 Comment

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…

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Webisodes launched

Webisodes launched

Jude Smith May 2, 2015April 2, 2024 Burma Myanmar

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…

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Festival Restrospective – Monastery School Show

Festival Restrospective – Monastery School Show

Jude Smith April 24, 2015April 2, 2024 Burma Myanmar

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…

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Festival Restrospective – Fire Show

Festival Restrospective – Fire Show

Jude Smith April 12, 2015April 2, 2024 Uncategorized

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…

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Festival Retrospective – Day of Fun

Festival Retrospective – Day of Fun

Jude Smith March 16, 2015April 2, 2024 Burma Myanmar, Uncategorized

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…

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Festival Retrospective – 50th Street

Festival Retrospective – 50th Street

Jude Smith March 5, 2015March 9, 2015 Burma Myanmar No Comments

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…

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Let’s Juggle

Jude Smith December 23, 2014December 25, 2014 Burma Myanmar No Comments

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…

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Burmese Jugglers in Imperial Britain

Jules August 27, 2014 Burma Myanmar No Comments

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…

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Recent Posts

  • International Social Circus Day 2017 April 8, 2017
  • A Workshop Experience January 9, 2017
  • Sold! Stanley Donwood giant Glastonbury wristband. Thank you! December 24, 2016
  • Serious FUNdraising for Social Circus Myanmar December 3, 2016
  • Social Circus Myanmar November 1, 2016
  • The S4SK Social Circus Kids October 18, 2016
  • Georgia – A Ground-breaking Festival August 27, 2016
  • Social Circus Weekend April 6, 2016
  • Social Circus Weekend info and flyer March 29, 2016
  • Day of Fun 2016 February 18, 2016

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