GREY Area

Grey Area is a street performance by Charles Brockbank, blending juggling, parkour, and clowning to reimagine the overlooked ‘grey zones’ of the urban landscape. This is a playful yet thoughtful response to the spaces we often move through without noticing. Created through a neurodivergent lens, Grey Area invites audiences to reconsider their relationship with the built environment — to pause, look again, and find moments of connection in the in-between.

Charles is a performance-maker and street artist whose practice is rooted in physical theatre, movement, and embodied exploration. His work often engages directly with public space and passers-by, creating gentle disruptions that offer alternative ways of experiencing the everyday. With Grey Area, he continues his exploration of how bodies and buildings interact and how a playful presence can quietly shift the atmosphere of a place.

Charles uses his surroundings as set and stimulus, responding in real time with movement, rhythm, and wit. Balancing, climbing, rolling, and juggling. His actions draw attention not only to himself, but to the architecture itself.

Grey Area doesn’t announce itself loudly. Instead, it unfolds in passing — surprising, disarming, and gently subversive. Rooted in Charles’s experience as a neurodivergent artist, the work follows instinct, sensory connection, and a deep responsiveness to space and audience.

At its heart, Grey Area is about presence: noticing the unnoticed, inviting play where it’s least expected, and bringing a splash of colour and curiosity to the concrete edges of city life.