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Welcome To Greentop
Greentop Circus Centre is one of the UK’s leading circus centres with classes and courses for adults and young people, professional circus artist development, and tailor-made programmes and events for schools, communities and businesses. Greentop is a charity with over 25 years’ experience as the region’s circus centre.
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Our Classes And Events
Youth classes
youth classes
A range of circus classes in aerial skills, acrobatics and skills from juggling to wire walking. Age appropriate classes for 3-18 year olds.
Adult classes
adult classes
Discover a fun, social and alternative way to develop your fitness, creativity and new skills. Six-week courses, suitable for all levels from complete absolute beginners to advanced.
Hire Us
Hire Us
Greentop are available to hire for a host of occasions, celebrations and events. We cover everything from venue hire to circus skills sessions in schools.
Spectrum Circus
spectrum circus
Please use the button below for quick access to booking on Spectrum classes. Once in Bookwhen, scroll through the list of classes in the left column to find Spectrum classes.
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Buy a unique circus experience for your friends or family.
The voucher can be made out to any value to suit you and is
redeemable against any course or event.
For further details please contact: admin@greentop.org
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What people say
Thanks to Greentop’s team who do what they do best and create an impact in most simplistic ways
Senior Manager
Groundwork South YorkshireOne of Sheffield’s unsung treasures
Alexander Kelly
Third Angel Theatre Company
Circus Club – May Half Term Holiday
This May Half Term, we are running Circus Clubs on Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th May, here at Greentop Circus. There will be a lot of circussy-fun including aerial hoop, trapeze, silks and floor-based circus skills activities including dance, acrobalance and other circus skills. Suitable for ages 7yrs – 16yrs, with or without previous experience. Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th May 9.30am – 4.00pm Please bring lunch, drinks and snacks.
Spring 2024 Bulletin
Welcome to our Spring Bulletin. We’ve got news about Youth and Adult classes, updates on Easter and Summer activities and a big event at Chatsworth House as well as new classes and details about price increases. Read More…
Early Spring 2024 Bulletin
Welcome to our optimistically named Early Spring Bulletin. We’ve got news about our exciting new Audience Development project, Youth and Adult classes, updates on Half Term activities and a Spring Scratch Show. Read More…
Circus Club – February Half Term
This February Half Term, we are running a two-day Circus Club here at Greentop on Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th February and a one-day Circus Club on Wednesday 14th. There will be a lot of circussy-fun including aerial hoop, trapeze, silks and floor-based circus skills activities including dance, acrobalance and other circus skills. Suitable for ages 7yrs – 16yrs, with or without previous experience. Monday 12th & Tuesday 13th February 2024 9.30am – 4.00pm Please bring lunch, drinks and snacks.
Audience Development / Digital Marketing Consultant or Agency sought
Exciting news: We are initiating an Audience development with support from Arts Council England and are seeking an experienced Audience Development / Digital Marketing Consultant/ Agency to help us meet our audience development goals as we grow our brand profile and engage with audiences, maximising occupancy and ticket sales. A detailed brief is available here. Fee: £6000 (assuming 12 days x £500/ day) Duration: 9 months – selection January 2024 for start early February. Project completion September 2024. Deadline: Monday 29th January noon.
Winter Bulletin 2023
Welcome to our Winter Bulletin. We’ve got news about our Youth and Adult classes, updates on Christmas Special events and our Christmas Cabaret show. Read More…
Greentop Christmas Cabaret
Join us at Greentop Circus Centre on Friday 15th December for an evening of fabulous performances. Get your tickets here: Weekend Workshops – Booking by Bookwhen
Autumn 2023 Bulletin
We have a lot going on here at Greentop: new blocks of adult and youth classes, an Aerial Hoop masterclass, Spectrum Circus, Circus Minis, our latest Scratch Show on Sunday 22nd Oct and our Christmas Cabaret on Friday December 15th. We also have news about the Victoria Works Bursary Award Winners. Read More…
The Opportunities Bulletin
Friends! A quick edition newsletter of Opportunities including the Victoria Works Legacy Bursary Scheme – closing 24/09/23 & Digital Marketing Lead job – closing 28/09/23 plus our Programme Manager position. {Soundtrack: Career Opportunities – The Clash / Opportunities – The Pet Shop Boys / Opportunity – Sia / Them Heavy People – Kate Bush / The Show Must Go On – Queen) Read More…
We’re recruiting!
We’re looking for a talented Programme Manager with a passion for participation and an experienced freelance Digital Marketing Lead to help us meet our Audience Development goals. See here for details… Programme Manager: Working 3 days/ week, this is an exciting opportunity for a determined individual with a passion for participation with excellent relationship, customer service and organisational skills to ensure provision of teachers and artists for circus participation activity and events in a range of settings Part time role of 3 days/ week salary of £15000 (pro rata £25000 pa) For further details and application please see https://www.greentop.org/home/opportunities/ Deadline: Thursday...
September 2023 Bulletin
We hope you made it to one of our Troupe 2023 performances of “Connections”, they have done an amazing job this summer, performing to audiences of over 1500. Troupe Director Maddie shares her thoughts below. There are lots of activities coming up including Family, Youth & Adult Taster Sessions (2nd September), Concerteenies for Babies, Spectrum Circus, Circus Mini’s, This is Circus for schools and new blocks of classes starting up. We have exciting news about the Victoria Works Legacy Bursary Scheme to support artists create new work, and a job opportunity coming up later in the month. You have the opportunity to buy a...
Victoria Works Legacy Bursary Scheme
Greentop are honoured to be managing this legacy of Victoria Works as part of its support for emerging and experienced artists and teachers. Victoria Works was acquired as a semi-derelict building on a temporary meanwhile lease in 2013. Following several months of work by local performers, artists and volunteers it was transformed into a training, rehearsal and performance space for circus and other arts in Sheffield. It closed its doors in October 2021. The Victoria Works Legacy Bursary Scheme: Aims To support circus artists and community circus arts practitioners local to Sheffield to create new works, explore ideas and practice...