TRANSFORMING PERSONAL STORIES INTO EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE.
SADIQ ALI COMPANY CREATES BOLD, VISUALLY STRIKING CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS THAT COMBINES CHINESE POLE, DANCE AND PHYSICAL THEATRE WITH DEEPLY PERSONAL STORYTELLING.
Produced by Turtle Key Arts, the company has quickly established a reputation for creating ambitious, socially engaged work that explores themes of identity, belonging, faith and resilience through powerful circus performance.
Led by artistic director Sadiq Ali, the company's productions are rooted in lived experience, using spectacular physicality and emotionally honest storytelling to connect with audiences. Through an inventive fusion of circus and theatre, each production explores contemporary issues with compassion, humanity and hope, inviting audiences to see familiar stories from new perspectives.
The company's debut production, The Chosen Haram, received multiple five-star reviews, won the Summerhall Lustrum Award for Unforgettable Performance at the Edinburgh Fringe and toured extensively across the UK and internationally. Building on that success, Tell Me explores HIV through a contemporary and compassionate lens, combining Chinese pole, aerial artistry and dance to challenge stigma and celebrate resilience.
“one of the best meditations on all the moods of the hiv crisis that i have ever seen” - Plays to See (TELL ME) ★★★★★
Working in close collaboration with Sadiq Ali, Turtle Key Arts supports the development, production and touring of the company's work, helping to bring bold new circus to audiences across the UK and beyond while championing stories that are rarely seen on stage.
“An astonishing fusion of circus and storytelling” - Fest Mag (THE CHOSEN HARAM) ★★★★★
