About Lavrak
We are a female-led alternative circus company, creating empowering and enabling circus.
We are a Bristol based company, with the aspiration to involve everyone in the bonkers world of circus. Founded by Amy Nicholls and Nicole Pretlove, Lavrak is a contemporary circus company, incorporating dance, theatre, live music and circus in our sell out shows.
We are a Bristol based company, with the aspiration to involve everyone in the bonkers world of circus. Founded by Amy Nicholls and Nicole Pretlove, Lavrak is a contemporary circus company, incorporating dance, theatre, live music and circus in our sell out shows.
Meet the company
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Nicole Pretlove
Co-Director Nicole is a Producer and Performer. Recently working on our cabarets; She Who Dares and Dismantle. These empowering shows dissect stereotypes of gender, sexuality and feminism. She manages festival bookings, having run the circus tent at Maui Waui, and curated cabarets for Nozstock. Nicole has worked, trained and performed in the UK, Greece, Czech Republic, Spain and New York, having worked with Bassline Circus and No Fit State (to name a few). |
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Amy Nicholls
Co-Director Amy is a Producer and Performer; having recently worked with Circomedia, The Island Bristol and St Pauls Adventure Playground on our ACE funded children's show Reach. The show was described as ‘a heart warming experience’ by Theatre Bristol. She has also worked with Circus City, The Baltic Nordic Circus Network, The Eden Project and Flying Fantastic. Her social circus work was described by St Pauls Adventure Playground as ‘brilliantly inclusive, accessible and creative’. |
Internships
We understand that aerial training can be extremely costly and that production/ stage manager skills are hard to acquire. We provide internships; giving you a chance to gain experience working on current productions, opportunities to teach workshops, perform, learn aerial and other circus skills as well as production knowledge.
We tailor the internship to each individual, asking you what you'd like to gain!
If you are interested, please get in touch for more information and current opportunities.
We tailor the internship to each individual, asking you what you'd like to gain!
If you are interested, please get in touch for more information and current opportunities.
What our interns thought
‘Working with Lavrak was a great opportunity to learn about the working field in a safe environment, led by two amazing women. Amy made sure that I learnt the skills I wanted to at the same time as giving me other tools I hadn't considered were needed or could be useful. In 1 week I acquired aerial skills, producing skills and backstage management skills. They treated me as one of their own from the start which made the experience a lot more pleasant. I definitely recommend both Amy and Nicole, they make an amazing team and I am grateful to have been able to work with them!’- Ana De Albuquerque (2018)
'Working with Lavrak was such a great experience. I learnt so many new skills from them and these skills not only included circus and aerial skills like hoop but also what it’s like behind the scenes of a company and what Amy’s role as a director entails. My favorite part of the experience was getting to train with the company and improve my own aerial skills. Amy always ensured she had time to help me personally with what I wanted to improve on. Overall the whole experience was amazing as I got to take part in the training, rehearsal process and also be a part of the performance!'- Molly Birnie (2017)
‘Working with Lavrak was a great opportunity to learn about the working field in a safe environment, led by two amazing women. Amy made sure that I learnt the skills I wanted to at the same time as giving me other tools I hadn't considered were needed or could be useful. In 1 week I acquired aerial skills, producing skills and backstage management skills. They treated me as one of their own from the start which made the experience a lot more pleasant. I definitely recommend both Amy and Nicole, they make an amazing team and I am grateful to have been able to work with them!’- Ana De Albuquerque (2018)
'Working with Lavrak was such a great experience. I learnt so many new skills from them and these skills not only included circus and aerial skills like hoop but also what it’s like behind the scenes of a company and what Amy’s role as a director entails. My favorite part of the experience was getting to train with the company and improve my own aerial skills. Amy always ensured she had time to help me personally with what I wanted to improve on. Overall the whole experience was amazing as I got to take part in the training, rehearsal process and also be a part of the performance!'- Molly Birnie (2017)
