Please Get in Touch

If you're interested in booking, or have any questions at all, please just get in touch.

Based in Woburn Sands/Milton Keynes, Try Circus work primarily around the South East of England, but can be persuaded to travel further given the right circumstances.

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	Mobile	07957 303251 Please note: if you have questions you want to ask through text, please use email, as it makes it easier for us to respond than through text messages .

We are a small company, and as such, there isn't always someone by the phone; Please do leave a message - we will get back to you... and please remember to clearly leave your number when you do.

Our Booking Process

Making Everything Clear

There are a few things that we like to make clear when you are booking us for any event. We hope this doesn't sound officious, it's just that we think it's important that these things are clear from the start to avoid confusion later.

When you book us, we will ask you to confirm everything. either by email, or by post, so we all know what to expect. The sort of information we want from you is listed below, but remember, this is intended to make life easier, not harder, so if you can't supply it at the time, don't worry. If you want to phone first to check anything that's fine. Most people do.

Feel free to cut and paste the following list into an email, and answer the bits that you can.

[This information is copied to our 'job sheet' for the day, so please put the actual information and not links, i.e. please tell us your phone number, rather than telling us it's on your web site, or in your signature, as that information might not get copied to the job sheet - thank you]

Once you've sent us this information, and we've agreed it, that is considered a confirmed booking. We won't ask you to send this information until you're ready to confirm.

Your Name (and Company if that's relevant)

Date / Time / Location of event (a post code is helpful)
please note: if you have loading or unloading restrictions which mean we have to be there significantly before or after the event time, (i.e. not being able to move vehicles an hour before or after the public are on site) please tell us now. We charge for the amount of time we have to be on site. If that's two hours longer than the event time, that's part of the booking.

Contact Details (including Address for invoice & mobile number for the day of the event)

Note : we need an actual house/business address for this. We will email you the invoice (unless you specifically want a paper copy) but we need a physical address to write on the invoice. For clubs and societies, a home address of a group leader is fine, or the address of your head office.

Agreed Cost

What you're booking us to do - i.e. a circus workshop / walkabout performance / demonstration

How many people you're expecting (if you don't know, you can say that too) - Note, prices given are generally for up to 30 participants at any one time. If you're expecting more than that, let us know so we can provide the right number of people and the right price.

Anything we'll need to know about parking and access - remember for circus workshops we'll be bringing a lot of equipment.

It's helpful if you can let us know what surface we'll be working on if we're outdoors, grass or tarmac etc. so we know what sort of fencing to bring if it's necessary.

Anything else you want to be clear about that we shouldn't forget

Finally - where you first heard of us if this is the first time you've booked us

Once we receive this information from you, we'll enter the booking into the diary, confirm that we've done so, and ask you for a deposit.

Please note, from the point we enter the booking into the diary, we will refuse other bookings for that date, and our cancellation terms apply (See Below).
When working with children we do require that at least one other adult is on hand at all times to deal with anything that isn't circus related. They are of course welcome to join in and have fun too.
Many circus toys such as stilts and unicycles contain an element of risk. This is part of their attraction. However, that risk is significantly increased if the area being used is not kept clear and tidy. Whilst teaching, we can't be tidying too, so we ask that you please help us to keep the area tidier, and hence safer.
A complete risk assessment of our equipment is available on request. If you don't want us to include certain equipment due to risk, please tell us when making the booking.
For outdoor events you should also ensure that there's somewhere we can play if it's wet, as we require paying even if it rains. We do apologise for this, as we understand you can't control the weather any more than we can.

You can book a hall in your local area, or erect a suitable sized tent/gazebo. Alternatively, pop down the bookies and make a bet on it raining on the day - Then if you're event gets rained off, at least you'll have made some cash out of it. Alternatively, you can get the same result by taking out weather insurance.

Again, we apologise for this, but the alternative is that we could never accept bookings for outdoor events.

CANCELATION FEES : Again ... sorry about this bit - for 99.999% of customers it's not relevant, however..... Once we accept your booking, we will obviously turn down other events for the same day. Once you've agreed to book us, you have effectively agreed to a contract and you cannot cancel it without our agreement. Our cancellation terms are :

3 months before event :	25% of fee
2 months before event :	50% of fee
1 month before event :	100% of fee*

* feel free to ask us when canceling about knocking a bit off the bill for the fuel we don't have to use getting to you.

At our discretion we may agree a mutually agreeable alternative date. But don't count on it. If you're friendly, we'll more than likely oblige. It depends how much sleep we've had, if we've turned down invitations to anything else fun, and of course, how much we want you to book us next time. We generally want you to book us next time.

Agents who wish to book us but have different cancellation fees - talk to us, we'll generally oblige if they're reasonable.

Please Note: Cancellation must be in writing. This isn't to make it difficult, it's to make sure that everything is clear. Email from the same account you used to book us will do fine.

Our day rate for one person includes anything up to 5 hours including breaks. If your event is longer than that, please mention it, so that we can plan cover or breaks. We're generally far more willing to stretch the day a little bit if you pamper us, and make us lots of cups of tea and things like that to keep us going.
CORPORATE CLIENTS: if you have procedures that need to be fulfilled prior to entering the place we will be working, can you please let me know when confirming the booking. Firstly it allows me to arrive a little earlier to go through the process, and secondly, I have in the past been asked by one global company to sign a waiver that was so strict it would have not only invalidated my insurance, but also basic human rights.

It turns out that corporate lawyers aren't always reasonable - who knew?

I'm more than happy to comply with sensible and reasonable requests, but please let me have a copy of anything you're going to want me to sign beforehand, so we can resolve any issues before the day.
We try to be as friendly as possible about all of this. If there's anything that troubles you, seems unreasonable, or simply doesn't make sense, speak to us, and we'll do what we can to come to an agreement. We're not a big faceless corporation, and you can talk to us. We value our customers.

If you're happy with all that, then please contact us via any of the methods at the top of this page, and we will look forward to helping you with your event. Needless to say, if anything is not clear, please just ask.