The wheel of death is at both sides of the image, an acrobat is in each wheel and the title reads 'The Nose Dive Assembly' in colourful text

Dance Physical Theatre and Circus

The Nose Dive Assembly

In Nose Dive Assembly we meet Pierrot, the distracted mistress of ceremonies, who is meant to be running the show – but she can’t focus. The circus swirls around her, yet something’s holding her back. While the troupe take to the skies, she’s stuck on the ground. She yearns to fly. Featuring a range of large-scale contemporary circus disciplines including teeterboard, highwire and the Wheel of Death – a huge rotating apparatus described as 'hypnotic to watch... when momentum builds, it’s as if the person reaching the summit has a moment of zero gravity' (Guardian).

2 - 23 August 2025, 4:10 pm

Underbelly's Circus Hub on the Meadows