For years, people in Ireland have literally been running away with the circus – in terms of training anyway.  

There was never a professional circus course here and so any aspiring circus performers had to travel to Europe or elsewhere to develop their skills, and most often they’d stay there to work professionally. 

However a group of 12 artists are about to complete Boost - the first ever professional course, and we’re joined by their director, Aoife Raleigh