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Performance Experience Tickets Calendar Shop News Contact FAQ Select Page Circus With a Purpose Cambodia’s Best Modern Cultural Performance More than just a circus, Phare performers use theater, music, dance and modern circus arts to tell uniquely Cambodian stories; historical, folk and modern. The young circus artists will astonish you with their energy, emotion, enthusiasm and talent, making Phare Circus the top-rated modern cultural performance in Siem Reap. Phare artists are students and graduates from Phare Ponleu Selpak’s ( www.phareps.org ) vocational training center in Battambang. The association was formed in 1994 by 9 young men coming home from a refugee camp after the Khmer Rouge regime. They were greatly helped during that time by an art teacher using drawing classes as therapy and wanted to share this new skill among the poor, socially deprived and troubled youngsters in Battambang. They founded an art school and public school followed to offer free education. A music school and theatre school were next and finally, for the kids who wanted more, the circus school. Today more than 1,200 pupils attend the public school daily and 500 attend the alternative schools. Phare Ponleu Selpak also has extensive outreach programs, trying to help with the problems highlighted in their own tales. Phare The Cambodian Circus offers these students and graduates somewhere to hone their skills and a place to earn a decent wage. Money that will take them out of poverty and give them self-respect and freedom. BUY TICKETS Cambodia’s Best Modern Cultural Performance More than just a circus, Phare performers use theater, music, dance and modern circus arts to tell uniquely Cambodian stories; historical, folk and modern. The young circus artists will astonish you with their energy, emotion, enthusiasm and talent, making Phare Circus the top-rated modern cultural performance in Siem Reap. Phare artists are students and graduates from Phare Ponleu Selpak’s ( www.phareps.org ) vocational training center in Battambang. The association was formed in 1994 by 9 young men coming home from a refugee camp after the Khmer Rouge regime. They were greatly helped during that time by an art teacher using drawing classes as therapy and wanted to share this new skill among the poor, socially deprived and troubled youngsters in Battambang. They founded an art school and public school followed to offer free education. A music school and theatre school were next and finally, for the kids who wanted more, the circus school. Today more than 1,200 pupils attend the public school daily and 500 attend the alternative schools. Phare Ponleu Selpak also has extensive outreach programs, trying to help with the problems highlighted in their own tales. Phare The Cambodian Circus offers these students and graduates somewhere to hone their skills and a place to earn a decent wage. Money that will take them out of poverty and give them self-respect and freedom. BUY TICKETS Siem Reap Showtime & Venue Hours Modern circus performances nightly Cambodian Street Food, drinks, shopping and pre-show entertainment from 5:30pm Show time 8:00pm (show lasts 1-hour, followed by the opportunity to chat and take photos with the performers) TICKETS SECTION A US$38.00 Adult (age 12+) US$18 Children (age 5-11) Reserved Seating in the front three rows of the middle section. Refillable sports bottle filled with cool water. BUY TICKETS SECTION B US$28.00 Adult (age 12+) US$15 Children (age 5-11) Open seating in the rear three rows of the middle section. BUY TICKETS SECTION C US$18.00 Adult (age 12+) US$10 Children (age 5-11) Open seating in the two side sections. Some spots have partially obstructed views. BUY TICKETS Looking for Phare shows in Battambang? Visit the Phare Ponleu Selpak non-profit school in Battambang to tour the campus or watch a circus show or other cultural performances by the students. Learn more about where it all started. PHARE BATTAMBANG SUPPORTING A CAUSE Phare Ponleu Selpak non-profit school Phare, The Cambodian Circus is the social business extension of Phare Ponleu Selpak non-profit school. The circus provides well-paying job opportunities to the school’s graduates, breaking the cycle of poverty. Revenue generated funds the school’s academic and artistic education programs as well as community support and engagement. Phare Ponleu Selpak – roughly translated, The Brightness of the Arts – is a Cambodian non-profit arts school located in Battambang, offering support to children, youth and the surrounding communities through artistic, educational, social and community outreach and engagement programs. Over 1000 students are empowered every year through our schools and programs: performing, visual and applied arts leisure classes, and vocational training aid children and young adults to develop their creativity, communication and concentration skills, and to access a sustainable artistic career whilst preserving and promoting Cambodian arts and culture. Find out more about Phare Ponleu Selpak: phareps.org Shopping The Phare Boutique offers a showcase of original art produced by students, delightful mementos from the circus and a variety of locally made handicrafts. Dining After passing through Phare Boutique, browsing the unique gifts and authentic paintings and drawings, you emerge into the open-air seating of Phare Café, where you can continue your Phare experience with a cold drink, light snack or a complete dinner from Fish Amok to Beef Kroeung. Special set menu, show packages or buffet dining – also for groups – please contact us: +855 (0)92 225 320 +855 (0)15 499 480 sales@pharecircus.org NEWS Put Smiles on Faces: Invite a Family to the Circus Invite a family to experience Phare Circus. Your gift also helps fund free academic and artistic education and sustain good jobs in the arts. read more Sokha”: A Powerful Journey of Healing Through Art Phare Circus’ "Sokha": A Journey of Healing Through Art "Sokha" is a powerful performance by the Phare Circus that tells the story of a young girl haunted by the horrors of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. It’s a deeply moving tale of resilience, healing, and the... read more Phare Circus Dazzles Tainan and Pingtung Tainan and Pingtung, Experience the magic of Phare Circus as Cambodia’s renowned troupe arrives in Taiwan this March. Don’t miss out! read more GO TO NEWS READY FOR THE SHOW? 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