Adam was a student of Lithgow High and Cooerwull Schools and lived with his parents Ros and John at Little Hartley during his formative years, graduating from Lithgow High in 2001.

The talented performer has since gone on to bigger and better things through training with the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) in Melbourne.

He is renowned across the country as one of the nation’s best circus performers specialising in circus acts.

He will star as a Chinese poles trampolinist in the Cirque du Soleil production ‘Zed’, which will open in Tokyo in August.

Adam will also star on the bouncing stilts to enthral Asian audiences.

The August debut will be the production’s ‘soft’ opening with performances to select audiences will gradual changes made until the official opening in October.

Adam graduated from NICA two years ago and has since developed the High Flying Rig in Melbourne, with business partner James Holt.

The group toured and performed shows all over Australia.

Adam first became an international performer in 2002 when he attended the Singapore Arts Festival to perform ‘Capoeira’, a Brazilian martial arts dance.

He specialises in Chinese poles, flying trapeze, acrobatics and adagio performances and has trained not only at NICA, but with Team Loko, Wesley Gymnastics, Flying Trapeze Australia, QUASAR Flying Trapeze and Gymnastics Victoria.

Returning to Lithgow has always been a joy for him and he has enjoyed being a performer at two Ironfests in recent years.

He recently relocated to Canada with his wife Jessica and is now living in Tokyo to undertake his commitments with Cirque du Soleil.

Jessica is also a graduate of NICA and specialises in clowning and trapeze.

Zed represents Cirque du Soleil’s first venture into Asia and will be staged at the Disney resort’s Theatre Tokyo.