About our Founder
Kyle Sipkens
For more than 17 years, Kyle’s worked as a professional street performer, actor, circus artist, and award-winning entrepreneur. He holds a BFA (Honours) in Acting from the University of Windsor and was one of the first OUT LGTBQ+ Busker on North America’s busker festival circuit!
Kyle walks on stilts, juggles knives, breathes fire, stands on nails … and he's making a BIG impact! He also performs Lucky Barber Show - a SHARP juggling show - at festival, events, and busks at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre as one its regular street performers.
Through the pandemic, Kyle’s rising to meet the evolving needs of his festival partners with innovative solutions like Stilt “Physical Distancing Officers”, turning his living room into a virtual studio, and creating free online #JugglingMentalHealth video tutorials teaching juggling & mental health skills together!
In addition to performing at festivals & events internationally, Kyle actively works in Ontario’s film & television industry - both in front of the camera & behind the scenes - and is an ACTRA Apprentice actor. Kyle's served as Artistic Director of a Busker Festival and co-curated the first in-person Busker Hall of Fame exhibition. He's also worked with Toronto’s top experiential marketing companies, and has appeared on national TV shows like CBC’s Dragons Den & The Goods.
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INCIRQUE is proudly LGBTQ+ owned and operated.