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About Us

Head First Acrobats are a multi-award-winning performance company. Based in Melbourne, they are regulars on the international touring circuit, and specialise in acrobatic entertainment for festivals, theatres, corporate and street events.
Head First Acrobats have a talent for developing shows that are the talk of the town, filling theatres to the rafters with thrilled audiences.

Their big-hitting shows have been national and international sensation, Elixir, which was the smash hit of 2018 and won the Best Circus and Physical Theatre Award at Adelaide Fringe, along with a slew of sold-out shows all over the world. Railed’ debuted at Perth Fringe World in 2019, and is a riotous high-energy comedy Western that takes no prisoners, sets the bar on fire, and hightails out of town leaving a trail of broken hearts in its wake.

Their next show, Godz took audiences by storm winning a slew of awards including, Best Circus Fringe World 2022, Adelaide Fringe Critics Circle weekly award 2022 and the People’s Choice award at the Melbourne Fringe Festival 2022.

 Head First Acrobats also run the off-chops festival hub Fool’s Paradise, playing at festivals around the world.

Current Shows

Show Archive

Headfirst Acrobats have been producing works since 2018.
Past works include:

Elixir 2017
Arr We There Yet? 2017
Circus-Cision 2018
Railed 2019
PreHysterical 2022
Godz 2022
Creme de la Creme 2022