For the first time, the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) is the home of circus for Melbourne Fringe Festival 2023 with the support of the Australia Council for the Arts, the State Government of Victoria, Melbourne Fringe, and the City of Stonnington.

NICA will support independent artists and small to medium companies to present works within NICA’s venue, the NICA National Circus Centre, in Prahran.

For two nights only, NICA’s third-year students will be presenting Head Count as part of Melbourne Fringe as well. Head Count features twenty displays of physical feats, brought to you by Company 23 and the National Institute of Circus Arts. Head Count will be showing Friday 6 and Saturday 7 October, 6pm

NICA’s Guang Rong Lu OAM National Circus Centre

39 – 59 Green Street, Prahran, VIC