Aislinn Mulligan

Award-winning writer, director & creative campaigner
Co-Founder & Artistic Director of Circumference

Note for Arts Council Panel:
In accordance with the guidance, in this portfolio videos are intended as a visual reference not to be watched all the way through.

Staged
Circumference

Staged is theatre in circus’ clothing, exploring the spread of disinformation through manufactured technical issues, faked online controversy and audience Q&As which delved into the depths of what divides us.

It sold out at the Edinburgh Fringe and won a Total Theatre Award.

Written and directed by Aislinn Mulligan and Pablo Meneu.

Supported by The National Centre for Circus Arts, Jackson's Lane, Lab:time- Esmée Fairbairn, The Invisible Circus, Glastonbury Arts Commission, King's Cross and Arts Council England.

Reviews

"CIRCUMFERENCE ARE TESTING THE CONCEPTUAL BOUNDARIES"

The Observer

"TOTALLY MESMERISING"

A Younger Theatre

"A TOTAL ONE-OFF"

Time Out

“THE MOST EXCITING THING TO HAPPEN TO CIRCUS THEATRE IN THE LAST DECADE"

The Circus Diaries

"CIRCUMFERENCE SUGGEST THAT CIRCUS IS TAKING FLIGHT"

The Guardian

"STAGED... TIPPED CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS IN ITS HEAD, INTELLIGENTLY REINVENTED THE FORM AND ASTOUNDED AUDIENCES"

Adrian Berry - Jacksons Lane Artistic Director

"STAGED IS THE MOST WELL-CONSIDERED, CULTURALLY-AWARE PIECE OF CIRCUS I HAVE SEEN"

Daniel Pitt - Senior Circus Producer - Roundhouse

What Am I Worth?
Diverse City- co-production with the National Theatre

Seven extraordinary artists run, fly, catch, play and sing on a flying, tipping, and spinning stage, as they grapple with what it means to value each other in a world of instant judgment, exploring what it’s like when your values as a human being are taken apart and reassembled.

What am I Worth? was developed with 10 communities across the UK and Ireland, supported by Arts Council England’s Ambition for Excellence fund and with residencies at the National Theatre’s New Work department.

It was Associate Directed by Aislinn Mulligan.

Extraordinary-Bodies-What-Am-I-Worth-National-Theatre-©Alexa-Ledecky-e1539622274157-768x51

1/5

Freelance Theatre & Circus

London 2012 , Paul Smith World Tour, Brit Awards

Cirque Du Soleil, Circa, NoFit State Circus,

National Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Cirque Eloize

Warner Bros- Wonder Woman 1984

&MaxW=640&imageVersion=default&EP-150118885.jpg

Reviews

"Aislinn Mulligan gives absolutely one of the most mesmerizing performances I have ever seen.... I not only give her 4 stars, I’d give her the moon and the stars if I could."

Chicago Stage Review

Screwtape Letters at Mercury Theatre

"A single, female trapeze artist performed a poignant journey, from trembling fear to airborne mastery, as she wound herself up a double cloud like a human spider, minute calculations of weight, timing and balance, music constructed in air.

The Arts Desk

Illuminations at Aldeburgh Festival

Aislinn Mulligan’s tomboyish Tinkerbell is mute but memorable as she evolves from fairy petulance to something like battlefield heroism."

Chicago Theatre Beat

Peter Pan at Lookingglass Theatre

"The silk act was impeccable!"

Huffington Post

Midnight at Montreal Completement Cirque

"Aislinn Mulligan and Nich Galzin are breathtakingly fearless and nimble."

The Times

Shelter me by Circumference

"Impressive, delicate, and sensual number, despite the physical strength required to run it. Amazing!"