New Street Circus proposes an urban scale performance space to the New Street of Birmingham. It creates a linear event zone to counter the mono-culture of the city. The proposal creates capacity for everyday activities on the street, from performance to inhabitation. It capitalizes on the performative quality of the urban fabric, provides access to the underused space, and extends the public domain beyond the ground level. By repurposing the street into an event space, the project blurs the polarities between audience and performer and challenges the boundaries of public and private.