Te Pooka

te POOKa is a performing arts charity dedicated to inspiring the public through performances and workshops. Nicknamed ‘the mischief makers,’ they perform throughout the UK and abroad, provoking and delighting audiences in city streets, ancient forests, international festivals, formal ballrooms and remote island villages.

te POOKa performances take many forms: fireshows (with music and/or live drumming); walkabout characters ranging from the sublime (e.g. angels) to the ridiculous (e.g. gargoyles); solo/smaller circus acts (e.g. aerial/trapeze, juggling, stiltwalking) and woodland shows (a mixture of physical theatre, circus and fire, based around local myths and legends).

Their cavernous West Port home, called the Big Red Door for obvious reasons, is a venue for all kinds of circus-based activity and performances. Alive with the promise of magic, aerial athletics and good old-fashioned storytelling, the Big Red Door looks set to become one of the festival’s most exciting new venues.