14th May 2024
Dark Circus at Ardbeg
There are event gigs, and then there’s Dark Circus at a whisky distillery in torrential weather. Subtlety wasn’t the brief.

This commission for Ardbeg’s 2024 Dark Circus––part of their Ardbeg Day celebrations launching the limited‑edition Ardbeg Spectacular whisky––had me chasing performers around the distillery grounds, balancing fire and juggling clubs against sheets of rain and a moody Skye dusk..

It rained. It poured. But the show went on — and in places the skies even cooperated for a moment or two. These shots? Proof that whisky, weather, and circus make for oddly perfect partners.