Our Directors

Michael McHugh - Operations & Fundraising Director
works full time and has a keen interest in the Circus Arts. He has been involved in various productions by Cirque Nova and other Arts based companies.

Jean-Marie Akkerman - Artistic Director
4th generation Boltini - a Famous Dutch Circus Family

The Story of JM Akkerman's Family
My great grandfather, a farmer of German origin, once visited a funfair-variety performance, where he came across a magician; the work of this man enchanted him so much that he left the farming life to join the funfair-variety world and became a magician...