{"id":694,"date":"2022-04-26T07:58:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T06:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/badoosh.co.uk\/?page_id=694"},"modified":"2023-10-25T17:42:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T16:42:28","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/badoosh.co.uk\/?page_id=694","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-513d8c4c alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-343b39c6\"><h1 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">About Badoosh<\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-info-box uagb-block-d4260ef6 uagb-infobox__content-wrap  uagb-infobox-icon-above-title uagb-infobox-image-valign-top\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-content\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-title-wrap\"><\/div><p class=\"uagb-ifb-desc\">Badoosh is a contemporary aerial circus company founded by Artistic Director Greville Matthews.&nbsp;We make dynamic tongue-in-cheek work that fuses aerial, acrobatics, magic, dance, theatre and comedy together to make arresting shows that will delight and amaze you.<br>&nbsp;<br>Greville is an accomplished aerialist &amp; all round circus performer and the founder of Badoosh a new circus theatre company. His background is in gymnastics &amp; dance. He has a wide range of skills &amp; has worked for a variety of projects for circus, theatre, TV, arenas, cabaret, burlesque nights &amp; theme parks both in the UK &amp; abroad. Company members have extensive backgrounds in circus, stunts and martial arts.<br>&nbsp;<br>Greville is a graduate of The National Centre for Circus Arts (NCCA) Degree program where he specialised in aerial straps focusing on integrating comedy. He has been performing professionally since 2007<br>&nbsp;<br>He is the designer of the world&#8217;s only Strapeze &#8211; a unique &amp; powerful new discipline combining single-point trapeze &amp; straps.<\/p><div class=\"uagb-ifb-button-wrapper wp-block-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grevillematthews.co.uk\/\" class=\"uagb-infobox-cta-link wp-block-button__link\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" onclick=\"return true;\" alt=\"\"><span class=\"uagb-inline-editing\">Click here for more info on Greville&#8217;s solo work<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-d028ea41\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-cd440aaf wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/badoosh.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DSC03609-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-1341\" width=\"2560\" 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