Darryl is a juggling clown with more than 20 years’ experience within the circus-arts industry. He has been creating, producing, and performing comedy juggling shows around the world to audiences of up to 20,000 people, at events, festivals, theatres and galas.
He found his talent as a juggler when he was teenager, a skill that enabled him to concentrate and focus on a new passion in life. He mastered this new talent quickly and went on to hone his performing skills. He has been entertaining willing crowds ever since.
Professionally trained at the Circomedia School of Contemporary Circus and Physical Theatre, Darryl is a trained trapeze artist and juggler and is adept at entertaining a range of audiences, from corporate parties and celebrations to festivals and theatres. He is neurodiverse with ADHD and is committed to increasing visibility and normalising neurodiversity for the benefit of both neurotypical and neurodiverse audiences.
Darryl became the head of juggling on the BTEC Course at Circomedia, one of the UK’s premiere circus schools, where he developed a workshop to teach anyone to juggle in 30 minutes. He can even be challenged to teach someone who has never juggled before, to learn in just 3 minutes in a one-on-one setting!
Repertoire
Darryl specialises in the following areas:
- Stage Shows
- Roaming/Mingling
- Team Day Workshops
Act information
Darryl can be hired for stage based shows as a warm up for an awards night or company get together, alternatively he can mingle with guests and help provide a focal point of entertainment and humour, or even participation for guests! He has a range of costumes that he can wear to fit certain themes and add a bit of theatre and drama.
During his 8 years leading the BTEC course at Circomedia, Darryl wrote and developed a syllabus to take people from any background to become professional circus performers. Here he learned that this could be a great ice breaker tool with groups of people. He has used his juggling workshop to galvanise and energise management teams on the morning of away days, preparing them for a productive day. Now he uses his workshops for Team Building, Athletes’ Reaction Times, and Community Engagement.
