More Than a Performance: How Every Zip Zap Stage Impacts Lives

More Than a Performance: How Every Zip Zap Stage Impacts Lives

At the start of this year, while MOYA was receiving standing ovations in theatres across Europe, our training space in Cape Town was slowly filling up again. Suitcases were being unpacked on one side of the world while takkies were being tied for the first time in...
When the Country Turns Purple, What Are We Really Seeing?

When the Country Turns Purple, What Are We Really Seeing?

This week, South Africa is turning purple, not for fashion, not for flair, but for fury. The Women for Change Purple Movement has sparked a national moment of reckoning. Across social media and city streets, South Africans are colouring the country purple to demand...
Dome, sweet Dome – A tribute to our Circus Home

Dome, sweet Dome – A tribute to our Circus Home

Saskia van Rensburg is the youngest daughter of Brent and Laurence, the Founders of Zip Zap Circus. Saskia spent the first 18 years of her life training, performing and coaching at Zip Zap. After obtaining an undergraduate degree in Political Science and a Master’s in...
A tribute to the many women making magic at Zip Zap

A tribute to the many women making magic at Zip Zap

Across the entire Zip Zap family, you will find a range of incredible women who work hard, defy the odds and showcase what is possible with hard work. This Women’s Day, we are shining a spotlight on the bold performers and passionate support crew who make Zip Zap...