Luke Burrage facts for kids

Luke Burrage (born 26 August 1980) is a British juggler, musician, entertainer, and author. He was born in Kent, England. He spent most of his life in the north-east of England, in places like North Yorkshire and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Since 2005, he has lived in Berlin, Germany.

Juggling Adventures

Luke Burrage is a professional juggler. He often performs on cruise ships and at street show festivals across Europe. He is very well known in the world of juggling.

Amazing Juggling Skills

Luke is very skilled at juggling many objects at once, which is called "numbers juggling."

• In 2003, he and Ben Beever set a new world record by passing 18 balls between them.
• They broke their own record in 2008, passing 19 balls!
• Luke was also one of the first people to juggle 12 balls for 12 catches.

Juggling Conventions and Shows

Luke is a popular guest at many national and international juggling conventions. At these events, he performs his shows and teaches workshops.

• In 2004, he won an award called the International Jugglers' Association People's Choice Award. This was for his great contributions to their festival.
• In 2007, Luke and Pola Braendle performed a full show called "Tonight" at the Israeli Juggling Convention. They also had a duo show called "The Art of Juggling."
• They performed in a big show called "Solas Circus" at the European Juggling Convention in Ireland in 2006.
• Luke is also a popular show host and teaches workshops on juggling.

New Juggling Ideas

Luke has played a big part in developing modern juggling.

• He helped make techniques like squeeze catches popular.
• He also uses video projections in his performances.
• He helped create rules for fun juggling games like Team Combat and Fight Night. These games are now popular at many large juggling conventions.

Helping Young Jugglers

In 2005, Luke started an event called the British Young Juggler of the Year. This is a show and competition held at the British Juggling Convention. He organized it until 2009. The goal of this event is to help young jugglers create new acts for the stage. It also shows off the best young juggling talent in Britain.

Sharing Juggling Knowledge

Luke has written many articles, interviews, reviews, and columns for Kaskade, a European juggling magazine. From 2006 to 2009, he created 63 episodes of the Juggling Podcast. He has also been active in the online juggling community since 1999. He hosted a popular juggling website from 2000 to 2003. He has released many juggling videos and has put together a "Top 40 Most Popular Jugglers of the Year" chart since 2003.

Other Activities

Since January 2008, Luke Burrage has produced and presented the Science Fiction Book Review Podcast. On this podcast, he reviews every science fiction book he reads. He has a regular audience of 3,000 to 4,000 listeners for each new episode. He has also been a guest on other podcasts like SFFaudio.com Podcast and Starship Sofa's Sofanaut Podcast.