Backgammon for Beginners - part of Circus Fest 2012

The award-winning So & So Circus bring you an acrobatic account of a life lived without a safety net. In 1976 a bemused Iranian man arrives on a military jet in London. He holds nothing but a suitcase, a complicated past, and a love of backgammon.


Backgammon for Beginners skilfully interweaves stunning acrobatics and a breathtaking live score to tell the story of Roshan, a charming but ultimately flawed man, and his numerous adventures in a foreign and often frightening land.
Backgammon becomes a seduction tool, cockney accents cause confusion and the Iran he once knew disappears after the Islamic revolution of 1979.

Following on from the huge success of The Hot Dots, the award winning So & So Circus bring you this not-to-be-missed show which is at once funny, touching and entertaining, featuring acrobatics as you have never seen them before.

So & So Circus received the 2007 Deutsche Bank Pyramid Award for Circus Arts, and were shortlisted for the hugely prestigious Jeunes Talents Cirque prize 2010, as well as the London Cabaret Award 2012.

The show is directed by acclaimed circus director Mish Weaver and features design by Tamasha Theatre designer, Sue Mayes.

Director: Mish Weaver
Designer: Sue Mayes
Live score: Roshi Nasehi
Lighting design: Nick Flintoff
Publicity photos: Bertil Nilsson
Created with support from Arts Council England and Lab:time.
Produced in association with Jacksons Lane.