First Name:

Ashley

Last Name:

Brophy

Do you come from a Circus or Show Business background?

Yes 4th generation

Tell us about yourself and your background!

Below is a bit more about me and you can see more at my website

Early days.
Ashley is from a large show business family that dates back to the early 1900's. In 1975 he started performing age of ten with his family, Parents Mick and Norma, sisters Shayne and Kym and brothers Warren and Gary (Ashley is the youngest). The first show was Hoyland Bros Circus and then later with Brophy Bros Circus. Since then with his performance on the Tight Wire he has broken two world records and created a new one. At the 1st Adelaide Grand Prix in 1988 Ashley shattered the old marathon endurance record by walking on a 20m high wire 11.5 km in 3.5 hours. (old record 3.5 km in 3.5 hours) Later with a skipping rope he became the first person in the world to break the 100 barrier going on to jump 393 times consecutively on the tightrope for the television show Just For The Record and at Moomba Festival 1987 Ashley became the only person (still to date) to walk a moving tight wire set on a moving float a distance of 5 km.

The Flying Angles produced by Brophy Bros Attractions.
In 1989 Ashley and Warren along with three other Stuntmen and women performed a never tried before Carousel on the High Wire over the famous Yarra river at Melbourne's Moomba festival this included 5 people with a motorbike and Carousel with full sized Horses 80m above the river . The Flying Angels then did a two year tour of Capital shows and events as the major center ring attraction around Australia.

International .
In 1990 Ashley was sponsored by Uncle Tobys Breakfast Cerial to compete in Paris were he became a prize-winner, at the Mondial du Cirque de Demaine with a performance including dancing and somersaulting on the Tight Wire. This performance earned him international recognition. For ten years afterwards he went on to perform in theaters, clubs, circus and corporate venues throughout the U.K., Sweden, Europe, Asia and South Africa all the time constantly perfecting his performance not only on the Tight Wire but also with other Circus Mediums.

How did you hear about CircuSpace?

Networking and catching up

Name of friend, family or member that referred you to CircuSpace

I have heard about it for some time but with a busy life haven't really checked it out. Now I was sent a link from my brother Gary Brophy (Circus Sunrise)

Preferred Language

English (British)