Anyday

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A man with dark hair and a beard, dressed in a light blue-grey short-sleeved shirt, grey trousers and pink socks is sat on a chair, flyng through the air as he bounces off a large trampoline. Surrounding him and the trampoline are items you'd expect to find in a house: a side table with a bottle of water and glass; a lightshade hanging down; a shirt hanging up; and a bird cage, also hanging. The setting is outside in a park gardens with bushes and palm trees. The scene is from a show called Anyday by Max Calaf Sevé.

Anyday by Max Calaf Sevé performed at Grove Park, Weston Image © Mark Gray

Anyday

By Max Calaf Sevé

Circus | Theatre | Clowning

12pm and 2.45pm at Market Place (Location 1)

Each performance lasts 40 minutes

Suitable for all ages

Advisory: some louder music and brief gentle audience interaction near the start

Access

Speech-free show – there is no spoken language
Audio Described performance at 12pm
What to Expect Guide available here as a PDF and as a Word document
Accessible viewing area

Comic, absurd, surreal — a trampoline show that redefines the limits of what circus can be

A circus show like no other, and a day in the life like no other!

Max lives on a trampoline, with only his little pet bird for company. Every day is the same — until Max decides he wants a change, and together they embark on an adventure. Follow the two friends in their funny, bouncing daily routine, with breathtaking trampoline skills and hilarious clowning, in a brilliant and unique show for all the family.

Featuring extraordinarily acrobatic trampolining and set to an original score by Matt Huxley, it explores loneliness with darkness, light and ultimately bouncing joy — transforming the boings and clangs of unbearable hope to make our spirits soar.

Themes: loneliness and longing, handled with warmth, comedy and with happy ending.

Superb performance of Anyday — jaw-dropping trampolining set to gentle narrative; imaginative family show. — Malden Family Theatre

: Sometimes life turns upside down, literally. Max performs Anyday all from a trampoline. Image © Julian Winslow

: A rather bemused looking Max in the show Anyday. Image © Marlon Bonila

: Reading a book, lying on your side, mid air! It’s all to be expected in a day in the life of Max in the show Anyday.

: A large crowd is mesmerised by Max Calaf Sevé, seen mid air, as he performs his show Anyday from a trampoline.

Brilliant that such a complex narrative can be delivered through purely physical, non-verbal means — the children were totally engaged.” — Audience member, Jacksons Lane

About Max Calaf Sevé

Max Calaf Sevé is a contemporary circus artist specialising in trampoline acrobatics, object manipulation and physical theatre. He creates indoor and outdoor performances, challenging himself to obliterate the boundaries of what is possible on the trampoline. His performance aesthetic alerts us to the trampoline’s infinite possibilities and the stories it can articulate — tangible, physical, emotional, artistic.

Max trained at Rogelio Rivel Circus School and La Central del Circ in Barcelona, and at the National Centre for Circus Arts in London. He holds a postgraduate degree in Physical Theatre from Royal Holloway, and continued his training in Paris at the international theatre school Jacques Lecoq. Alongside performing, he is an accomplished circus teacher and facilitator.

Creative team

Performer: Max Calaf Sevé

External eye: Ricardo Gallardo

Original soundtrack: Matt Huxley

Set / costume: Cathy Wren, Jon van Beek

www.maxcalaf.com