Durham City Jugglers meet every Tuesday to practise juggling and other circus skills, chat with friends, meet new people and go to the pub.

Open the doors to Shakespeare Hall on North Road in Durham on a Tuesday evening and you could be forgiven for thinking there's a circus in town.

Balls, rings and clubs are being thrown into the air. There's a man on a unicycle and another trying to balance a walking stick on his chin. Over in the corner a man is balancing a woman in a handstand on his feet. Welcome to the wonderful world of Durham City jugglers.

Andy juggling clubs

Andy Norwood has been juggling for 13 years, after someone bought him a "how to juggle" book for Christmas.

He comes to the Durham jugglers club because it's a good social group and he's made a lot of friends there.

He goes to juggling conventions all over the country, where fellow jugglers swap tricks and generally enjoy getting together. The Durham jugglers convention usually takes place in October and last year it attracted around 170 people.

Watch Durham City jugglers in action

George with a diabolo

George Kolovos demonstrated the diabolo, but he's also a master of the rola bola or teeter board. He's been juggling and balancing for about four years.

He likes the creativity of working on new tricks, there are always more to learn.

Watch George on the rola bola Watch George with the diabolo

Anwen and Colin practising acrobalance

Anwen and Colin were practicing acrobalance, but they also juggle and Colin started off unicycling. Acrobalance is something like gymnastics, but more static. You need a great deal of trust in your partner not to drop you as you move through a variety of lifts, holds and balances. Anwen and Colin enjoy the physical and mental workout.

Watch Colin and Anwen demonstrating acrobalance moves

Dr John - so quick you can't see his hands move

Dr John is a scientist in Newcastle who juggles because "It's got nothing to do with what I do at work".

He was originally sponsored to learn to juggle, and is now hooked. He can also stick nails up his nose!

Watch Dr John, the juggling interview