Kavanagh, Katharine: - "Katharine Kavanagh has a background in devised performance; she has been writing about circus since 2013 when she launched The Circus Diaries - a multi-platform hub for critical discourse centered on the circus arts. In addition to exploring how critical practices are nurtured among circus professionals, Katharine also leads workshops and residencies and lectures at the National Centre for Circus Arts in London. She has recently been awarded funding from the UK's Economic and Social Research Council to undertake a PhD, commencing in September 2018 at the School of English, Language and Communication at Cardiff University."