Small in size but a giant performance: Circus FahrAwaY is a circus for all ages that blends artistry and craft. Our stories perform somersaults and you might catch a glimpse of a dream balancing across tightropes. And of course there is live music. Come see us open-air or in a tent, in cities and villages, on farms and all over Europe. In 2019, we were awarded a prize in the category “Nouveau Cirque” by the canton Baselland for our “unique charm”.

Once upon a time, when it all began, there was a summer adventure: Solvejg Weyeneth, Valentin Steinemann, Donath Weyeneth, Nina Wey und Jonas Egli got the ball rolling in spring 2010. Ever since, year after year, we take our tractors and wagons and plenty of heart, soul and effort on the road. We started out performing strictly in the open air, but since 2015 we have a tent to call our own and are able to perform all year round.

Every production is the product of living, rehearsing and working together. Besides classic circus disciplines, autodidactic curiosity and simple means have always been our most important ingredients. From our carefully restored wagons to our instruments – it’s all self-made. We build, paint, sew, organize, clean and repair – even in front of our audience. Join us on our next tour!

The Company

Valentin Steinemann

Artistic Direction

Valentin (*1987) is a clown, artist, actor, cultural operator and a metal worker. As such, he is in charge of all things vehicular. He transforms ideas into devices that unite trade and circus. Valentin keeps expanding his skills in circus arts as well as bookkeeping – or whatever else is needed. After training as a metal worker he was part of a number of projects in theatre, music and film and has studied at the school of clownery Le Samovar in Paris. Valentin is also part of the Station Circus collective.

Solvejg Weyeneth

Artistic Direction

Solvejg (*1989) is a diabolo-artist, acrobat, dancer, networker and treasurer. She’ll often be the one to shine a light on the FahrAway performances. Sovejg has always been a circus enthusiast: As a schoolgirl she toured with Zirkus Chnopf. She graduated from the Academy for Circus and Performance Art (ACaPA) in 2014 with her special focus, the Diabolo, and has since been working internationally as a solo artist. She is co-founder of the Station Circus collective, a place for contemporary circus in Basel, where she is part of the organizational and artistic direction.

Nina Wey

Artistic Direction

Nina (*1991) is an award-winning trapeze artist, tour planner and landscape gardener. Nina studied at the Academy for Circus and Performance Art in Tilburg (NL) and Le Lido, Centre des Arts du Cirque de Toulouse (F), where she graduated in her special subject, the static trapeze. In 2018, she received an award from the Societé Suisse des Auteurs and Pro Cirque for her solo piece “Nina”. Since 2019 Nina has been part of the company FelberWey. She also works as a gardener and is part of the Station Circus collective in Basel.

Donath Weyeneth

Artistic Direction

Donath (*1987) is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, instrument maker and a self-educated carpenter. He keeps listening for the right sounds and resounding words. He tinkers with all kinds of electronic equipment and comes up with novel instruments to find every production’s unique sound: Scrap metal blues, country road songs and back alley rap. Donath has a master’s degree in jazz guitar from the Jazzschule Luzern, but he also sings and plays the accordion and bass . From 2016 he’s worked with Tabea Martin, a choreographer from Basel, on several occasions. Donath’s latest music project, the band “Home Made Iscream”, plays fabulously trashy pop songs.

Thank you

for your support

buying our tent: Christoph Merian Stiftung, Swisslosfonds BL, Scheidegger-Thommen Stiftung, Ernst Göhner Stiftung

our anniversary event: Hertner-Strasser-Stiftung, Sulger Stiftung, Gemeinde Arlesheim, Jubiläumsstiftung der Basellandschaftlichen Kantonalbank

for the photos

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