Its been a great start to Summer for Zaz, now “back at work” after a little time off for the arrival of baby No2 Oliver George as he was born on St Georges day. So we dusted off & unpacked the Pazaz bigtop tent & all its equipment & hit the road. We have already visited many schools for both Saturday Fetes & fairs & during the school week teaching the children a fun & exiting circus show which they then perform after school in the bigtop for their teachers, family & friends. We spent a full week at Furley Park academy in Ashford to include almost every pupil in the school from years 1-5. The school made us very welcome during our stay & really utilised the shows to full fundraising capacity with a BBQ & showtime refreshments. We also pitched the bigtop next to the Chichester festival Theatre for Taste Artisan food festival We had a yummy time indeed & hope everybody enjoyed our shows! Next up is a special Birthday party! its 20 years since the Kidzfield within the Glasonbury festival was started. The field is probably the only place on site where parents can actually rest their eyes & relax with other parents whilst the kidz are captivated by the colour & magic of the kidzfield & the people that make it happen. Zaz is happy to be back performing in the bigtop again with the best in kidz entertainment! Click here to see the Amazing line up of things for Kidz & parents to do in the field. Heres a short film of the Famous Kidzfield red Bus making its journey to Somerset. After Glastonbury we reload & head to the next school Oakmere Primary School in Potters Bar then St Marys Primary School in Worcestershire we are very exited about this as the school are using the village green to hold their summer fete & the BBC News are coming to film a short film on Zaz & Circus PaZaz! more on that soon! See you at Glastonbury! if not enjoy watching it on the telly ;0)
Happy 20th Birthday to the Kidzfield @ Glastonbury festival!
24 Jun 2014 Leave a comment
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Summer is here! Circus Showtime!
08 May 2014 Leave a comment
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Not long to go now until we hit the road for Summer 2014′ This year we start our summer season a little late in June due to the birth of Mr & Mrs Zaz’s 2nd child born on St Georges day, happy to report that both mum & baby Ollie are doing just fine. We have heard from clown Vicar Roly Bain that he is kean to offer us another Circus christening under the bigtop just like baby Zac’s last year (read about it here)
This summer we look forward to taking our little bigtop tent to schools & family events again not forgetting the fantastic Glastonbury festival Kidzfield where Zaz will be performing for the 4th year running amongst the coolest children’s entertainers, characters & cbbc presenters. We still have a few avalible dates left so if your school PTA are still looking for a great fundraising addition to the school fete be sure to get in touch quick as we may still be able to help! Look out for Circus PaZaz this summer to keep track of when & where we are visiting you can follow us on twitter or facebook
Zazzy Christmas!
17 Nov 2013 Leave a comment
Its that time of year again….. Zaz often appears more as Elf, helping Santa get ready for Christmas. Well you could say an “Elf Clown” all the usual but with that extra festive cheer. Wherever you are, what ever your doing, We wish you & your family a happy Christmas & new year!
Thanks for a great 1st season with Circus PaZaz!
12 Oct 2013 Leave a comment
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Our bigtop tent is now packed away for winter, its been a fantastic & challenging first season touring Circus PaZaz! looking forward to summer ’14
Read more & see some photos here 
Thank you to everyone that helped, performed, & came to see Circus PaZaz! We are now booking dates for summer ’14, for more info on booking our little Circus experience for your school, family event or festival contact us here
Inside life – Clown Zaz filmed & directed by Long Sui
06 Sep 2013 Leave a comment
Inside Life – Clown Zaz
Directed & filmed by Long Sui for Brighton University MA Degree 2013.
This 20min documentary looks into the life of Matt Zaz who has been a clown since he was a child & lives in Brighton UK.
Back in April I was contacted by chinese film student Long Sui, he is here in the UK studying for his MA degree at Brighton University. Long was interested in the Clown & wanted to follow me at various gigs film & edit into a mini documentary. For his degree Long needed to use many filming techniques & created this story line based on my work as clown Zaz.
Playgroup festival 13′ kidz tent pics
25 Aug 2013 Leave a comment
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Here are some pics from last weekends Playgroup festival Nr Lewes E.Sussex 15/8/13 A colourful small & friendly festival We supplied our circus tents for the Little Bugs Kidz & family area. Over the weekend kids & families enjoyed making stuff in the little craft tent, poi passion circus skills, drumming workshops, Kidz disco & shows in the bigtop from Zaz, Dotty Spotty Socks & Bodger & Badger http://www.playgroupfestival.com/
Glastonbury kidzfield 2013
04 Jul 2013 1 Comment
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Were back home & all washed up after another great Glastonbury festival. Zaz was invited back to perform for the 3rd year! Now Europe’s largest FREE children’s festival the Kidzfield is bursting with colour, bigtop tents, peace & love, & just about everything a child could dream of. This year we felt even more at home as our own newborn baby Zac could enjoy all the fun along with the thousands of other children… Each morning we would go to the big top as baby Zac is an early riser. African musician Seikou Susso plaid traditional West African Kora music for all the field to wake up to. Zac happily watched us both as I practised my hat juggling to his beautiful music. So much hard work goes into the Kidzfield by a fantastic team of hundreds of good people from all over the UK. Everyone has a part to play from the Baby help tent to the sand in the sand pits, Set at the the top of the field is the giant helter skelter which can be seen from far. In the performance tent as usual were a mix of cool kidz performers including the CBBC presenters. Each night fun guy Alex Winters read bed time storys & on the Sunday night everyone danced as the tent closed with a massive family kidz disco! Zaz’s shows were fun in the huge bigtop, a fantastic line up of hand picked kidz performers, puppeteers, story tellers and musicians. Well done to all that made the kidzfield 2013 happen it is vital that such a big festival has a space for children and here the parents are at ease. We saw the Rolling stones but Izaac’s highlight must have been the many flags seen through babys eyes…..
On the road again….
25 Jun 2013 Leave a comment
Hi everyone, just catching up with Zaz’s blog before we set off for Glastonbury festival. So far this summer we have visited quite a few primary schools with more to come. Last week we visited Giffards in Essex, a sentimantal gig as this is the school where Fred & Chi chi performed as freds flying circus for the last time & our 3rd visit. This school are especially nice & always thrilled that we take the time to visit them. We like to arrive after school & build up the tent with the help of the pta ready for all to see in the playground next morning. The school bell rings, soon after the first year3 class are sat on the grass sketching the tent whilst taking registration. Each year Giffards primary year 3 choose circus as a project. After playtime the class and teacher join us in the circus ring for the rest of the school day. Together the class learn their own show to perform at showtime after school. These workshops are a inspiring & interesting tool help to increase play, concentration, team work & self esteem levels not forgetting fantastic happy memories for all the family. Both classes of children did a fantastic job together we hope there parents are proud of them and everyone enjoined the 2 fantastic after school community events. Here are a few snaps to see….
Now we head south west to Glastonbury country! Zaz is pleased to be part of the Kidzfield the biggest free children’s party in Europe. Zaz will be performing in the kidz tent with some of the coolest crew including the CBBC presenters & many more! If your at Glastonbury with your children come say hi you won’t want to leave the Kidzfield! click here for lots more info bye for now, Zaz
Summer is finally here!
04 Jun 2013 1 Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: children's entertainment, children's entertainmnet, circus pazaz, circus skills, clown zaz, school fetes
At last summer is here! Zaz & friends are all busy making the fun happen! Circus PaZaz whilst entertaining is helping PTA’s to raise funds at many school fetes this year. We perform & teach children’s shows in our circus tent for all the families entertainment. We are also happy to be part of some great family events & festivals again this summer. Locally the Kemptown carnival was a great start to the sunshine season, Zaz did well to keep Oswald the Ostrich under control in the massive carnival crowds as he’s a lively bird!
Zaz is happy to be confirmed for Glastonbury Kidzfield again this year. If you are at Glastonbury with your children come and say Hi! here is the fantastic line-up in the Kidzfield BigTop favourite events more local like Dromos, Lawnfest, & Hampshire water festivals. Looking forward to meeting friends new & old this summer! To keep updated on where Zaz & Circus PaZaz will be this summer follow him on facebook or twitter we will keep you updated with info on some cool events for kids to take part this summer!
Baby Izaac’s Circus Christening day
22 Apr 2013 4 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: circus pazaz, world circus day
In addition to zaz’s usual half term & kids party fun We’ve had a busy Feb/April getting final visits & arrangements in place for the summer season. My new project Circus Pazaz with the help of Fred from Fred’s flying circus is taking shape. One big job that was needed before opening was to wash the tent. By circus standards our tent is a baby to, but still, washing a 50ft tent is an operation. With that in mind I had arranged a spot in the farmers field to do this. We had a water tap in the field, all that was needed was sunshine, help from friends & lots of sponges. Most of our friends have kids, but due to work commitments they don’t see ‘Zaz’ that often sadly…..Drying the tent meant putting it up completely. We thought that it would be a perfect chance to celebrate the birth our first baby, Izaac & let our friends children & family enjoy a day at our new little circus. The farmer liked the idea & offered us a fantastic field set in the beautiful Sussex South Downs & we invited clown vicar Rev Roly Bain to perform, christen Izaac & bless our new tent in a circus way but still by the Church of England. Saturday the 20th April was confirmed & it truly was a day we will always remember. We invited friends & family for a midday service in the tent followed by BBQ games, family disco, ending the day with showtime! Some performer friends came as guests but also generously performed too. The weather was perfect, baby Izaac was so good & seems very at home under the canvas. When he is older we will show him the photos & tell him about his circus christening on world circus day. Photos thanks to Steve Jacks & Rob Shone
