About

SouthWest Circus wants to bring the fun and craziness of learning and being involved in Circus to the Busselton community and surrounds.

Meet the team

SouthWest Circus Director/Trainer - Miriam Cawley

Miriam has over 15 years of circus art experience and is known for her enthusiasm and encouragement to everyone she teaches.

From growing up in Busselton Dreaming of joining a circus, to following her dreams when she moved to Melbourne and completed her 3 year Bachelor of Circus Arts degree at the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA). She then moved back to Perth where she continued to teach and perform for companies such as Kinetica Circus Arts, Circus WA, the Performance Company and more.

As well as a circus teacher and Performer, Miriam is a qualified High school Teacher specialising in Dance and Drama. She has a strong love for teaching and helping people achieve there goals. She has now moved back to Busselton and is excited to bring the opportunity to learn all things circus to the southwest community.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor of Circus arts

  • Working with Children’s check

  • Police clearance

  • Senior first aid certificate

  • Diploma of Education (high-school)

  • Doggers and basic rigging certificate

  • Working at heights certificate

Coach/Trainer - Leah McMahon

My passion for circus arts began at the age of 16, inspiring me to travel around Australia in search of new training opportunities and experiences. I went on to join Club Med as a flying trapeze instructor and performer, where I also performed on a variety of aerial apparatus. I later travelled to the US to work at a summer camp, sharing my love of aerial arts with kids of all ages, teaching disciplines including flying trapeze, static trapeze, lyra, and triple trapeze. I then spent three years working on a flying trapeze rig in Perth sharing my passion with adults and kids of all ages.

Outside the circus world, I am a registered nurse and a mum of three daughters, who seem to have inherited my love of spending time hanging upside down!

  • First Aid Certificate

  • Working With Children’s Check

  • Registered Nurse

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  • SouthWest Circus is a registered business under ‘ SouthWest Circus Company’

  • We have a 30 million dollar public liability insurance policy with added aerial teaching insurance.

  • All coaches will have a working with children check and excellent experience in Circus teaching and safety.