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Katie provides world class aerial entertainment for live events, corporate entertainment, commercials, theatre and screen.

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Latest work...

Please scroll down to see examples of the acrobatic aerial performances, stilt walking, circus choreography and movement consultancy work which Katie has undertaken in the last few months.

Links to blog posts.

Circus Consultant for Wynken AW23 Circus Acts kidswear campaign.

Freestyle Silks sets for TikTok's End-of-Year Wrap-Up Party at Printworks London.

Flapper and Werewolf double in Yova's music video for Hurt Like No Hurt.

Heliosphere in Cirque du Soleil's Opening of Riyadh Season 2022 show

The Dream Engine's Heliosphere, in Cirque du Soleil's show to open Riyadh Season 2022.

aerialist in gold catsuit performing aerial hoop in the clouds at dusk

Katie performed aerial silks and hoop on Loveart, and swivel harness on Heliosphere, with The Dream Engine.

Hummingbird stilt walkers on stage with DJ Claptone at Untold Festival, Romania, 2022

Katie performed with the Hummingbird stilt walkers at Untold Festival, Romania.

Katie played the roles of Mermaid and Pirate ensemble in Pirate Show Live.

Portrait of Katie Hardwick by Adrian Lowe

Portraits with Adrian Lowe, Birmingham.

Ambient freestyle La Luna for a Las Vegas themed party at the Corinthia Hotel, London.

Ambient hoop and silks act, stilt meet & greet for Kidney Research Gala.

Photo by Matt Crossick.

The Hidden People, by Hikapee and Huldufugl.

Heliosphere at Soundstorm, MDLBeast, with The Dream Engine.

Synchronised silks act for a Christmas party at East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf. High Performance Rigging.

Silks on The Dream Engine's Loveart inflatable heart rig. Opening The Glassworks Barnsley.

LoveArt Dream Engine silks Katie Hardwick

The Dream Engine Heliosphere Katie Hardwick

Flying with The Dream Engine. Heliosphere at Waltham Forest Fellowship Square.

Gatsby party aerial bar tending on freestanding rig

Aerial bar tending at a Gatsby themed summer ball.

Gyouree Kim Corset modelled by Katie Hardwick

Modelling for Gyouree Kim Corset Collection.

1920s Victim in Hurt Like No Hurt music video, Yova. Directed by Philip Reinking.

Katie joined Hikapee Theatre & Huldufugl to create a VR film about Icelandic folklore, as a sister project to their stage show, The Hidden People.

Motion Capture by Target 3D.

Lamstravaganza Katie Hardwick standing splits on hoop by Tangle Pho

1920s aerial show, live music and supper club at The Lamb, Surbiton.

Katie Hardwick aerialist home training during lockdown Covid-19

NEW - Covid safe private aerial lessons in my garden in Surbiton, on a 4.8m high rig, April to October.

Classes available in silks, hoop, rope and trapeze. Adults and children. DBS checked and insured.

During lockdown, Katie is continuing to train at home and to plan event entertainment for when we emerge the other side of Coronavirus.

She is also working with her family's VFX business, Invisible Arts, as a rotoscope artist.

Daenerys in Dame of Thrones music video.

Heliosphere with The Dream Engine. Photography by Gabe Edgar.

'The Rose Queen', Engage! Summit, Private Drama Events. Photography by Ben Finch.

'Stilts' short film by Dylan Holmes Williams. Part of Film4's Horror Season, FilmFear, Random Acts.

Aerial Silks performance at The Roundhouse Camden.

Greatest Showman silks performances with Serenity Performance & High Performance Productions at The Roundhouse. Photography by Scott Spock.

Silks performances at a wedding reception. Photography by Rahul Khona.

Model Katie Hardwick by Joanna Wierzbicka

Kunst Magazine, by Joanna Wierzbicka and Hawko Liang.

Silks explorations with Hikapee & Huldufugl theatre companies for the development of 'The Hidden People'.

Sailor stilt walkers at Meraki Festival

Gatsby Act on La Luna at Banqueting Hous

Great Gatsby party at Banqueting House

Doubles Pole with Diego Circus and Edison Events for Warner Leisure Hotels

La Luna aerial hoop performance at the Sky Garden

Manfred Baumann Photography.

Die Dame 05 Magazine Jo Metson Scott Kat

Die Dame magazine Issue 5, editorial by Jo Metson Scott.

Visit Scotland's Year of Coasts and Waters 2020.

Fashion Circus Catwalk Model Stilt Walke

Fashion Circus Tour - Stilt walking as a Catwalk Model with Bearded Kitten.

Silks aerialists with Hugh Jackman at the Brits Grestest Show opening

Greatest Show Silks performance with Hugh Jackman to open the Brit Awards 2019 with Acrobat Productions.

black and white portrait of katie hardwick

Portraits with Simon Kimmel Photography

Katie Hardwick provided silks and hoop aerialists for the opening of Boxpark Wembley

Katie provided three aerialists for the opening of Boxpark Wembley. A mixture of ambient silks and hoop performances to live DJs, in black and white to match the Boxpark branding.

Mother Earth hair and makeup by Samantha Norman on Katie Hardwick

Katie Hardwick stilt walking as Mother Earth for Petersham Nurseries

Mother Earth on stilts at Petersham Nurseries, Covent Garden, for a Winter Solstice Wedding.

Kirsty Mitchell Wonderland Exhibition CNN

Kirsty Mitchell Wonderland Fotografiska Stockholm Poster

Kirsty Mitchell's Wonderland at Fotografiska Stockholm until 3rd March 2019

Aerial Silks and Hoop with Cirque Bijou - Gatsby themed shows for the Railway Ball 2018.

Cirque Lumiere Aerial Net Act Katie Hardwick

Aerial Net performance in Cirque Lumiere, Bloomsbury Big Top.

Starfiz Aerial Sphere at Hoxton Hall Cabaret D'Insley

Starfiz Aerial Sphere at Cabaret D'Insley, Hoxton Hall.

'X' Katie Hardwick Aerial Silks by Tim Booth Photography

'X' by Tim Booth Photography

Autumn Leaves dance trapeze act with live band

Autumn Leaves Dance Trapeze with Charlie Bicknell at Electric Palace Theatre, Bridport.

Sailor Stilt Character - new nautical themed walkabout entertainment, up to two performers.

Modelling on Aerial Hoop for photographer Vicki King's submission to Primary Paper magazine.

Katie Hardwick woodlandfairy silks at Hotel du Cap Eden Rock with Private Drama Events

Midsummer Night's Dream Fairy silks for a rehearsal dinner at Hotel Du Cap Eden Rock, with Private Drama Events.

Mission Impossible aerial silks act by Katie Hardwick

Spy themed aerial silks act created for the Save the Children Arbitration Ball - Mission Possible.

Monaco Moonbird Rope Serenity Radio Band

Aerial Rope aboard the Moonbird, Monaco, for Serenity Performance. Music by Radio Band.

Anne Wheeler Greatest Showman Aerial Hoop Performance London

Performing Freestanding Aerial Hoop as The Greatest Showman's Anne Wheeler.

Spanish web performance with Malik Ibheis

Bespoke doubles rope act with Malik Ibheis for Les Enfants Terribles

Starfiz A Midsummer Night's Dream Silks at The Underglobe, London

Serenity Performance Circus Silks at the Eddie Stobart Summer Ball

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Sisters - Photoshoot by Rosie Hardwick, models Maddy & Katie Hardwick

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Katie Hardwick performing Aerial Silks as a bird at London Zoo Lates photographed by Matt Hurry

1920s Style Bird Performance on Silks for ZSL London Zoo Lates 2018

Ethereal Silks Act for Diego Circus' Fairies and Pixies Show

Katie Hardwick modelling with Simon Kimmel Photography

Simon Kimmel Photography Katie Hardwick model

Photo Shoot with Simon Kimmel Photography

Four girl synchronsed silks performance at the Hull DoubleTree by Hilton

Four girl synchronised Serenity Performance silks act at the Grand Opening of the DoubleTree by Hilton, Hull.

Midsummer Ball walkabout entertainment at Minterne House, Dorset.

Katie Hardwic head shot 2018 with A P Wilding

Headshots with A P Wilding

Bell ringing nun rope act by Katie Hardwick

Bell-ringing Nun Act on corde lisse at Cirque Du Chennai cabaret.

Starfiz Aerial Sphere at the Park Plaza Westminster Hotel

Greatest Showman Finale Show at the DIVA 2018 Dance Competion, Bridlington Spa Theatre.

Circus Stilt Walkers for 250 Years of Circus

#circus250

aerial silks performance at the RICOH Arena Coventry

Alpine Nights Show at the RICOH Arena, with Area 51

Alice in Wonderland circus walkabout acts

Alice in Wonderland circus walkabout with Circus Suburbia

Doubles Hoop with Serenity Performance, Brighton Hilton Metropole.

Gala Aerial Circus performance at The Hurlingham Club

Katie Hardwick as an aerial bat on hoop for Halloween at The Vaults in Waterloo

Las Muertas stilt walking with An Act Above

Woldingham Gala with Charlie Bicknell at The Hurlingham Club

Halloween 2017

Batcrobatics and Blood From Above on Aerial Hoop at The Vaults

Las Muertas Lightwalkers on stilts in Paisley.

Starfiz Aerial Sphere at the London Reign Showclub.

Aerial bar tending from hoop at Gatsby themed wedding reception

Serving champagne from an aerial hoop at a Gatsby themed wedding reception.

Ethereal mossy stilt walker for Petersham Nurseries Covent Garden opening

Stilt Walking with Petersham Road for the Petersham Nurseries Covent Garden Opening Party.

Ethereal Rapunzel aerial hoop act in birdcage

Rapunzel themed aerial act.

Aerial Hoop Duet performed by Sisters Maddy and Katie Hardwick

Sisters Maddy and Katie Hardwick on doubles hoop.

Aerial hoop to welcome guests to a woodland themed engagement party reception.

Wild Circus Weeks - We bring the circus adventure to you.

Circus performer on a unicorn at a French chateau

Wedding entertainment at Chateau Raysse, France

Starfiz Aerial Sphere Mirror Ball act in Le Bouge Neon at the Underbelly Festival 2017

Ritual of Light silks performance for the Interiors House design event at The Worx Studios, London. With GS Live and Hoxton Lab.

Starfiz Aerial Sphere in Le Bouge Neon cabaret, Underbelly Festival, London's Southbank, Leicester Square Theatre and Seychelles.

Beauty portrait of Katie Hardwick by Demis LW, raw image file

Test Shoot with photographer Demis Lyall Wilson and makeup artist Shannon Fagan

Acrobats in Cafe de Paris for the Interlude in Prague film premiere after party

Circus Consultancy for Voices of the Amazon

Ambient Aerial Hoop performance for the after party of the film premiere of Interlude In Prague

Circus Consultant for Voices of the Amazon, by Sisters Grimm

Aerialist Portrait of Katie Hardwick by Tim Booth Photography

Photo shoot with Tim Booth Photography

Eve walkabout meet and greet character for events

Eve walkabout character for Masks and Basques - Lover's Revenge. Valentines masked ball on Raven's Ait Island.

Katie Hardwick actor in Toyota Flow launch event with Les Enfants Terribles

Androgynous Usher in Toyota launch event, The Night That Flows. With Les Enfants Terribles.

Katie Hardwick playing Medusa in short film Medusa's Kitchen

Playing Medusa in The Northern Line Series' 'Medusa's Kitchen'

Alice's Adventures Underground 2017 Poster Model

Katie Hardwick is an international aerialist based in London, providing aerial acts for hire. She has London silks acts, hoop acts, stilt walking for hire and makes circus shows. Katie Hardwick is a choreographer of aerial shows for theatre, corporate events, gala dinners, site specific shows, shopping centres, indoor and outdoor venues. Katie trained as an acrobat and gymnast. Katie can provide themed circus acts such as cirque, 1920s, 1960s, ethereal, Bollywood, eastern, Kill Bill, Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz / Dorothy, jazz, Moulin Rouge, Christmas and much more. Katie takes on commissions to create bespoke aerial circus shows for all events.