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17/03/2025

Mid Life on tour: An ever-growing community.

It’s amazing to find ourselves already half way through the Mid Life tour. We’ve been blown away by our audiences in Plymouth, Brighton and Swanage: the atmosphere has been…
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07/11/2024
#DanceThroughMidLife A diverse group of women in their mid life dance. They throw their arms up, smiling - disco lights colour the image.

#DanceThroughMidLife

Join the rebellion and #DanceThroughMidLife!   Our 2025 production, Mid Life, ends in a dance party! Please join us for a boogie on stage or on screen. Here’s How Watch…
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22/10/2024
Three women in their mid life stand in front of a brick wall. On the left is Jacqui, a black woman with long brown braids, some of which are swept back and pinned with a red flower. In the centre is Claire, a white woman with short fair hair. The pieces around her face are bleached platinum, and she's wearing a sequinned jumpsuit. She beams at the camera. On the right is Karen, a white woman with curly grey hair. She wears a pride t-shirt under a black leather jacket, and is looking at Claire with disbelief.

Mid Life

Hold tight… there’s a change coming. Vivid, rebellious and joyful – Mid Life is a frank, comedic exposé of menopausal Mid Life. Join us as we laugh, roar and…
30/07/2024
The four dancers stand in a terraced garden on a sunny day with a grand, Victorian building in the background. On the left, on the top tier of the terracing, is Johnny who sits in his wheelchair. Next is Beatrice, who uses crutches to stand. On the next level down is Tilly. On the lowest tier, closest to the camera, is Chris. All four gaze off camera to the left. They all look strong and purposeful.

Earth, Wheels, Air

Earth, Wheels, Air is a creative collaboration between the UK’s first integrated circus company, Extraordinary Bodies, and Kenya’s leading inclusive contemporary dance company, Pamoja Dance. Together, they are creating…
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09/12/2023
An illustration of circle of people, with many different skin tone, swimming in a grey-blue sea. They hold hands in a circle. SW!M75 is in large letters in the centre of their circle.

SW!M75

In October, we worked alongside Super Culture to combine two of Weston-Super-Mare’s greatest assets: their beautiful marine lake, and the amazing staff of their incredible hospital, to create SW!M75…
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21/07/2023
Camp Bestival logo for the 2023 Lulworth Castle Dorset festival, taking place 27-30th July 2023. A khaki background with bright yellow and pink logo. The background is full of bright cartoon images of rainbows, hot air balloons, a robot and in pink letters "All you need is LOVE"

Bestival 2023

Diverse City is delighted to once again be supporting our friends at Cirque Bijou as they create another spectacular finale to Bestival. Cirque Bijou are once again producing Camp…
19/01/2023
A white woman in her fifties beams. She is swimming in the sea at Swanage Bay which is visible behind her. The sun is shining.

Swim Club – a new short film

Swim Club An uplifting new short film, exploring the community, camaraderie, and vulnerability of a close-knit group of wild swimmers as they prepare to take the plunge into performance….
14/06/2022
A group of women in bathing suits hug and leap at the water's edge. They are on a Swanage beach on a bright sunny day.

SW!M

Diverse City, in collaboration with The Mowlem Theatre in Swanage, were proud to present SW!M, a live event that took place on Midsummer’s Day. Inspired by the open conversations…
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08/09/2021
Black background. A photo of a woman and a man swinging in the air like a pendulum, looking powerful and graceful. They share a wheelchair which is held up in the air by black circus straps. She has frizzy brown hair, muscular arms and wears a grey tank top She is kneeling on his thighs and one of her arms holds the straps above her head while the other points down towards the floor. He has a neatly trimmed brown beard, muscular arms and wears a black tank top. He holds the straps to the sides of his chest with both hands. The image captures them at the highest point of the swing, to our right, bringing the man to an upside- down position with the woman above him. Their bodies are doing something hard, but their strength makes it look effortless. One word written in white, thick, brush-style letters above the photo: 'Human'.

The View From Here – a return to live performance

Written by Claire Hodgson Co-Artistic Director of Diverse City and Extraordinary Bodies  We are about to premiere a new circus show called Human and I have never felt so human. This past…
07/07/2021
Four women standing in line. On the left, a black woman with a Pride rainbow flag on her shoulder smiles, she is looking at the two in the middle who are hugging. One of them wears a black Diverse City t-shirt and has grey curly hair and the other wears a pink one piece and has black skin. The fourth woman on the right looks in front of her with a proud and determined smile.

Mid Life Meets the Next Generation

The team who brought you Mid Life and Mid Life: The Skin We’re In are back again to complete a triptych of explorations into the female experience.   We…
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15/06/2021

Anti-Racism Touring Rider

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30/04/2021
Mid Life: The Skin We're In Karen Spicer, a petite woman with curly grey hair, holds two ripe tomatoes up in front of her chest, as she stands in her allotment.

Mid Life: The Skin We’re In

Following the enormous success of Mid Life as Diverse City entered 2020, we were already thinking of ways that we could continue exploring that world. When 2020 turned everything…
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05/03/2020
White logo on a purple background reading: "Women Leaders South West".

Putting Women On The Agenda

Over the last few years, it has been easy to feel positive about the progress being made by fourth-wave feminism. Unifying movements such as #MeToo, #YesAllWomen, #NiUnaMenos have risen…
14/10/2019
Extraordinary Bodies Young Artists perform Till We Win at Lighthouse Poole - close up of Josh Ward, Natalya Howard and Rachel Orum performing centre stage.

EBYA Take Over The BIC in Bournemouth

Our youth company Extraordinary Bodies Young Artists are bringing their brand new production ‘Til We Win to The BIC on Tuesday October 15! The youth company are performing as…
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01/10/2019
Five women stand one behind another with their arms raised up. In the foreground, a woman with short bleached blonde hair and a golden sequin skirt look over her shoulder with a cheeky smile.

Mid Life Work In Progress Performances Keep On Wowing Audiences

[sp_wpcarousel id=”2745″] We are still buzzing from not the one but the two Mid Life work in progress performances we delivered this month! Following a successful Ferment Fortnight show…
06/03/2019
6 young artists standing strong in a triangle to camera - right fists raised in the air, determination and fierce expressions show they are fired up about something!

Extraordinary Bodies Young Artists take over Lighthouse Poole!

Extraordinary Bodies Young Artists (EBYA) will premiere Till We Win on 10th April at Lighthouse Poole, alongside touring show Grow Up and Just Love Chocolate, by EBYA Alumni The…
31/07/2018
Extraordinary Bodies, What Am I Worth? performance shot from Sunderland 2018: As the structure spins, Aislinn is climbing and balancing a top the set.

“Extraordinary by name, Extraordinary by nature”

Extraordinary Bodies’ new outdoor show ‘What am I Worth?’ is now half way through its tour for this year and the feedback has been incredibly positive! “I watched this…
01/05/2018
2 aerial artists suspended and entwined from straps: a white man in a wheelchair faces a muscular black woman - she is kneeling on his legs. There is an explosion of powdered paint around them in pink, green, blue and orange.

Rehearsals begin for groundbreaking new show from Extraordinary Bodies

What am I Worth? is the groundbreaking new show that shines a light on seven extraordinary cast members from across the world, including the US, Germany, Ireland and the UK. They…
10/01/2018
Extraordinary Bodies artist David Ellington in an aerial hoop, laying back with feet high in the hoop and hands falling towards the ground.

Extraordinary Bodies – What Am I Worth?

This short film has been made by the visionary filmmakers Proudfoot. What Am I Worth? A new outdoor show touring summer 2018 Seven extraordinary artists run, fly, catch, play and…
31/05/2017

Extraordinary Bodies… Our 2017 journey so far

Extraordinary Bodies travels the UK and Ireland in 2017 to explore the question, ‘What am I worth?’ Extraordinary Bodies is the UK’s leading professional integrated circus company and a…

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