By Emily Martin Puppets – A New Creation For the last month a group of circus and music students at Phare Ponleu Selpak have been creating a brand new show. They are the 5th generation of circus students and they hope to travel to France in 2016 with the new show they...
By Emily Martin Angkor Wat Bike4Kids Nine years ago a handful of people from Village Focus International (VFI) decided to start a bike race, raising money for a number of causes within Cambodia. This December 6, more than 800 people will take part in the Angkor Wat...
By Emily Martin ‘Chills’ is one of the regular performances at Phare, the Cambodian Circus Big Top in Siem Reap. It’s a captivating story about a group of school kids being hassled by ghosts and their efforts to defeat them. The story addresses the fears and anxieties...
By: Arthur Nguyen dao Why do we come to see a circus show? We want to be amazed. We want to be transported into another world. We want to see the sweat of physical abilities way beyond ours, the fragility of artists putting themselves in danger and we want to laugh...
By: Arthur Nguyen dao Phare artists perform live painting since years in festivals, workshops and events. Sokha, one of the earliest shows created in Battambang also has a live painting performance included in the show. Have you ever heard of live painting? Live...
Home for Phare Please help Phare secure a permanent home for our artists to earn a living and support themselves and their families. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drJkdbAsh-k] Since February 2013, Phare artists have come to Siem Reap and astonished...
