I performed a bespoke aerial act as a character harnessing the ritual of light, at the Interiors House event for Italian designed chairs. The event was curated by Hoxton Lab, with art director Erica Mainini directing the aerial performance as the focus of the event. Anna Walker made my bespoke white aerial costume. The room at The Worx Studios was decorated with chairs and art sculptures, with an emotive soundtrack and atmospheric lights, so that the ambience was more art exh

Katie programmed a selection of sensual and impressive ambient and stage circus acts for a Valentine's masked ball on Raven's Ait Is

I have just spent a week in the beautiful grounds of Blenheim Palace, for the very first BBC Countryfile Live event. The long running television programme has 9 million viewers, and the live event drew crowds of tens of thousands to the Oxfordshire venue. Cirque Bijou worked with the BBC to produce a 30 minute main arena show to take audiences through Britain's seasons and how they affect the countryside. Hosted by a farmer character, with beat boxer Grace Savage, the cast in

The weather for the King George weekend at Ascot was a hot as in Ibiza. For the Saturday entertainment, a cocktail bar and white outdoor lounge area were set up by the events team at Ascot Racecourse, with Dj A-Roxx (Andy Critchlow) playing chillout music as guests took a break from watching the races. I provided the aerial entertainment with four, twenty minute long sets of freestyle aerial silks dance to the Dj music throughout the day, in a white a multi-coloured Ibiza the

Impact Artists invited Starfiz to perform at the Celtic Manor in Wales, as the wow factor entertainment at a Roman themed charity ball for Alzheimer's Research. Leyla was away, so the talented Rebecca Rennison joined me for a synchronised silks act and a doubles hoop act. Guest, Richie Jones, tweeted a little clip of our silks act... "How fab was this?" (click for link to Tweet). Posing backstage with one of the Gladiator entertainers, in our doubles hoop toga costumes & Roma

Today you can visit the Mead Carney gallery near Green Park in London, and see a selection of Kirsty Mitchell's prints from the Wonderland series. It's free to view and all of the limited edition prints are available for sale. The exhibition runs until 13th June. Here Kirsty answers some FAQs about the show. Last night was a proud and happy evening as the exhibition opened with many of the Wonderland team, friends and family. The actual team has been very small, with Kirsty m

Earlier this month I went to the Royal Albert Hall to teach a circus workshop with the National Centre for Circus Arts (NCCA). The fundraising event saw us teaching tightrope and juggling skills to children who were later to watch Cirque du Soleil's KOOZA, as a fundraising event with a delicious lunch, face painter, balloon modeller and magician. The magical event was held in one of the areas surrounding the performance space, so that the children and their parents could see

Last night was Lisa Tchenguiz's 50th birthday party at the Troxy in London, and I was one of four aerialists contorting and dancing in silks loops above the guests, being lowered and taken high on a winch. The aerial performers were organised by Graeme Clint, who himself performed a doubles trapeze act. Other acts included an aerial birdcage, showgirl dancers and some pretty great musicians! The party was extremely glamorous and we sparkled in white showgirl costumes with fea

Here is a video of my last job in 2014...stilt walking at Gatwick Airport on Christmas Eve, with The Dream Performance. You can spot me in an LED costume with a gymnastics ribbon. December was a month full of stilt walking jobs for me, with just a couple of aerial performances. January is usually a very quiet month so I took a holiday in Morocco...only to return to lots of silks jobs! Can't wait to share where I'm going at the end of this month...somewhere far far away! #stil

I had the great honour of performing silks at the Macmillan Enchanted Ball earlier this week. The event was held at the Savoy Hotel in London, and the theme was my favourite - enchanted woodland! #macmillan #specialevents #savoy #savoyhotel #london #ethereal #silks #cirque #enchanted #woodland #nymph #ambient #wowact #corporateentertainment #events #charity #fundraising #aerialist

This year I had a busy Halloween! The two events I worked at were Riverside Walk in Kingston, and Belladonna's party in Chelsea. RIVERSIDE WALK On 31st October I provided the walkabout entertainment for the Riverside Walk development of bars and restaurants, through my social enterprise, Circus Suburbia. Working with Creative Youth, I booked two ghost stilt walkers and a human statue bride character to entertain diners and to draw more customers to the beautiful riverside are

Switch - Epigenetics illustrated through aerial dance, light sculpture and soundscape with a narrative. Switch by Metta Theatre, aerial choreography by Katie Hardwick and Leyla Rees. "Congrats and thank you for putting on a great show last night. A big success and much appreciated by all." - Mark Henderson, Wellcome Trust. "I think it achieved its purpose of introducing London society to Wellcome in a very good way. Lots of attention to detail on the various acts making scien

Switch - Epigenetics illustrated through aerial dance, light sculpture and soundscape with a narrative. Switch by Metta Theatre, aerial choreography by Katie Hardwick and Leyla Rees. "Congrats and thank you for putting on a great show last night. A big success and much appreciated by all." - Mark Henderson, Wellcome Trust. "I think it achieved its purpose of introducing London society to Wellcome in a very good way. Lots of attention to detail on the various acts making scien