A highly skilled gentleman juggler comedy show for all ages.
Everyone put your rubbish out, tonight’s bin night and the Trash Test Dummies are on duty! This award-winning, side-splitting, slapstick comedy, circus routine retakes the househ…
Tweedy is a clowning legend, having performed with Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey’s, and most famously with traditional ‘village green’ circus, Giffords for over 15 …
An exciting collective of artists from Guinea and the diaspora bring their debut show, Yé!, to Edinburgh.
The two acrobats in this show must be from the future – ordinary humans cannot be so strong, hawk-eyed, and flexible, with senses of spatial orientation, balance and bravery so o…
Prepare to be amazed as these two Las Vegas headliners take you on a journey overseas to Sin City, USA! Watch as Stacey Stardust blows you away with her modern miracles and Lygia W…
A Bee Story is a uniquely Australian physical theatre show for children and families incorporating a kaleidoscope of circus, acrobatics, dance and live music.
Now in its 20th year, La Clique essentially created the genre of sexy circus cabaret at the Fringe.
Last year, I ended my five-star review of Sophie’s Surprise 29th by promising that, if Sophie’s friends decide to throw a surprise 30th, I’d be there with my party hat on.
Laughter! Excitement! Learning! Comedian Frisco Fred performs then teaches you – the audience – to juggle! It’s fun, and great for annoying your downstairs neighbours.
Cirquework is a relatively new name in contemporary circus and, in their debut show at the Fringe, have brought a slice of Japanese inspired mythology combined with some spectacula…
Looking for candyfloss? This ain’t it.
Join Mr Bubbles with his extraordinary soap bubbles in all shapes and sizes! Enjoy bouncy bubbles, bubbles inside bubbles, smoke bubbles, square bubbles, giant bubbles and even fir…
For one last time at the Fringe, The Black Blues Brothers will dazzle audiences with their electrifying circus show.
Les Foutoukours have been creating beautiful and engaging circus in Quebec for over 25 years.
All the way from Northern Ireland, Martin Mor and Logy Logan take the traditional circus double act and give it a unique and modern twist.
Yes, it’s a show for babies! A sensory display of colour, sound, light and movement to spark joy and ignite wonder.
***** (EdinburghFestivalsForKids.
Sold out on Broadway! Sold out at the Sydney Opera House! Seen by over one million people worldwide! BMX, basketball, breakdancing, beatboxing, acrobatics, drumming and more, 360 A…
Na Dihnang Circus presents Of The Land on Which We Meet.
Symbolically based on true events, The Weight of Shadow depicts mental health deterioration.
Do you enjoy roller coasters? I bet you’ve never been on one like this.
Assembly’s Gala celebrates the opening of our 2024 programme of over 190 shows.
Join the world’s only surreal, award-winning sketch-comedy circus troupe on a wild ride as they bring people closer together, one olive at a time.
‘A must-see spectacle!’ ***** (GlamAdelaide.
Re-creating the classical Lion Dance and Chinese Opera as contemporary performance, this dynamic Kung-Fu dance-circus mixes beat-boxing, martial arts, tricks and parkour.
OH OH is an hour of beautiful, uplifting, delightful playfulness.
Provocative, dysfunctional and tender, N.
This circus, dance and music show accepts no boundaries.
Everyone put your rubbish out, tonight’s bin night and the Trash Test Dummies are on duty! This award-winning, side-splitting, slapstick comedy circus routine takes the household w…
The true judges of any show aimed at children are the children in the audience, and the kids at Lucky Pigeons at Underbelly’s Circus Hub seemed to have a good time.
Returning after a dazzling Circus Hub season in 2022, Tulu celebrates the true tale of an Ethiopian icon, Derartu Tulu, the first African woman to win Olympic gold.
Seeing the stars spangling Chicago based company Aloft Circus Arts’ posters for Brave Space, last year’s hit, you might wonder – is it as good as all that? The answer is yes,…
There’s popcorn and candyfloss on sale as the audience make their way into the Lafayette big top at Underbelly’s Circus Hub.
BasketballMan is a world-renowned freestyler but now he is out to prove he is a real superhero.
After a sell-out run in 2022, the multi award-winning, cabaret spectacular La Clique returns, featuring the best of circus, comedy and cabaret.
Hailing from Brisbane, Australia, CIRCA Contemporary Circus is pushing the boundaries of circus excellence, blending incredibly skilled circus performances with contemporary dance …
Duel Reality is circus theatre brought to you by The 7 Fingers.
If you’ve ever been to a surprise party, you know the awkward anticipation of waiting for the guest of honour to arrive.
A Bee Story is a uniquely Australian physical theatre show for children and families incorporating a kaleidoscope of circus, acrobatics, dance and live music.
IMA (Pray) is an immersive circus experience.
Every child goes inside their own bubble! Seen on China, Romania and Bulgaria’s Got Talent.
Even the smallest voices matter.
Drawing from an investigation into the lives of women coffee producers and sorters in Pluma Hidalgo, Variaciones sobre el Café invites contemplation and reflection on the processe…
It is comparatively easy to portray conflict; showing the different forms of domestic love is much more difficult.
Juggler, water-bender, and part-time deep-thinker Robin Dale presents his award-winning debut show.
Sexy Circus Sideshow succeeds in being sexy, and includes both circus and sideshow.
An acrobatic spoof of the movie The Blues Brothers, with plenty of flips and stunts weaved in alongside some clowning.
Sold out on Broadway! Sold out at the Sydney Opera House! Seen by over one-million people worldwide! BMX, basketball, breakdancing, beatboxing, acrobatics, drumming and more, 360 A…
If Motörhead had sex with Cirque du Soleil and Dita Von Teese this is what you’d get! From the team that brought you the highly acclaimed Dirty Tattooed Circus Bastards Show –…
Family comic theatre and circus show.
All the way from Northern Ireland, Martin and Logy take the traditional circus double act and give it a unique and modern twist.
Welcome to the world of Quebec’s circus clowns! Presented in 18 countries, winner of multiple awards, Brotipo is back this year! Before your eyes, a friendship will be put to the t…
Mr Vita performs highly skilled juggling and object manipulation.
High energy! High comedy! High unicycles! Winner of Japan’s Children and Performing Arts Expo 2019, Cartoon Clown is taking the world by storm, one theatre at a time.
Insomniac’s Fable is a delicate love story with a Hitchcockian glint in its eye.
An irresistibly charming homage to the magnificent circus horses and the silent movie era.
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Join the world’s only surreal, sketch, award-winning circus troupe on a wild ride as they bring people closer together, one olive at a time.
Starting with a single spotlight shining down like a streetlamp on a romantic Parisian street we see a man and a woman slowly dance in an intimate embrace.
Virtuosic juggling, innovative lighting and relentless energy collide in this pioneering new show from Throw Catch Collective.
A new Lion Dance circus! Re-creating the Lion Dance and Chinese Opera from the classical form to a contemporary style of performance, this exciting new circus breaks the traditiona…
Gripping and emotionally charged, Forests is an experimental Fringe performance not to be missed.
Assembly’s Gala celebrates the opening of our 2023 programme of over 190 shows.
Grief is such a powerful and universal part of the human experience.
Sirqus Alfon has attracted international attention for its innovative and interactive approach to merging technology, music, performance and the human body.
A narrative cabaret blending theatre, dance and circus arts, with an eclectic playlist and approximately 100 onions, WILD ONION brings three queer best friends together in this rio…
It’s a day like any other.
A children’s show that entertains parents alongside kids with a mix of perfectly crafted juggling routines, clowning, physical comedy and fork throwing! Grumpy Pants invites the …
Heroes.
An irresistibly colourful, loud and fun show for all the family by Lost in Translation, one of the UK’s leading contemporary circus companies and Guinness World Record holders.
A dazzling display of speed, skill and flight lands in Edinburgh this summer, celebrating the first African woman to win Olympic gold.
There’s a famous quote from the film The Third Man.
Rub-a-dub-dub, The Dummies are back with their ‘splashingly awesome adventure’ (EdinburghFestivalsForKids.
Cirque Alfonse takes us through a series of surreal farm fables served up with a touch of irreverence, impressive virtuosity and the company’s familiar comic touch.
When the juggler drops, is it on purpose? Daniel Zindler began his career as a busker and is still often found juggling on the Royal Mile.
Ever wanted to run away with the circus? Learn how to tumble, juggle and roll with some of Australia’s best acrobats! Learn fun new skills in this free training session with world-…
In a big top tent, ten performers, upon a brilliant white, circular stage, perform a series of ever more amazing acts of acrobalance, tumbling, throws, and aerial skills.
The multi award-winning cabaret spectacular, La Clique, features the best of circus, comedy and cabaret.
The subversive break-out hit of the international cabaret and circus circuit, we have arrived with a strong dose of what we all need at the moment: some outrageous nightlife naught…
Australia’s award-winning cult-cabaret mischief-makers, circus stars and heart-stopping hooligans Briefs Factory, join forces with much celebrated songbird Sahara Beck.
These zebras juggle and flip.
“You can disappear into the timelessness of motion.
What does it mean to be a woman? Muse attempts to answer this question circus style! There’s hardly just one answer and exploring the question calls for some.
Winner of Best Children’s Weekly Award, Fringe World 2020.
Circus Sonas are Northern Irish father and son Martin and Logy.
Direct from their UK tour, Martin Mor and Logy Logan bring their unique brand of comedy and circus back to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Crazy Canadian circus for the young, premiering in Edinburgh after visiting 16 countries! The art of giving each other a chance and collaborating when the right time comes is what …
One of the beautiful things about acrobatics is the way human bodies can collaborate in difficult-to-imagine ways.
The international smash hit returns! Sold out on Broadway! Sold out at the Sydney Opera House! Seen by over one million people worldwide! A phenomenal physical performance explorin…
Mat Ricardo is a juggler with 35 years’ experience performing in front of audiences all over the world.
A magical, charming show of dance and acrobatics which will delight children and adults alike.
Assembly’s Gala celebrates the opening of our 2022 programme of over 200 shows.
Lion – The Weird and Magical Abracadabra Circus Show is an hour of pleasure, skills and a bit of thrilling fear led by a one-man circus crew.
It’s a sticky situation.
Show up, clock in, get in formation and be ready to claim time and a half because this entertainment will cost you – and our preferred method of payment is sweat.
Zinnia Oberski’s arresting body doesn’t shy away from being seen, hanging like a carcass from her trapeze in the clinical Demonstration Room of Summerhall.
A graduate of London’s National Centre for Circus Arts, Sadiq Ali brings humour, sensuality, and skill to this tale of boy meets boy, boy gets into the club scene and chemsex, bo…
A robot, an alien and a human.
B-boy meets Bendy boy.
A comedy-circus show from Australia, Chores is the story of a brother and sister who have to clean up their messy room so they can ride their bicycles.
From the team that brought you the award-winning Casting Off comes Zoë – a vital force of empty chaos and absolute movement.
Bounce, bounce, bounce, flip, bounce, bounce, double flip.
Say hello to Adam, Arthur and Pete.
This year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe sees YUCK Circus pull down the pants of the patriarchy in a bares-all, feminist romp.
Some shows do exactly what they say on the poster.
Whether it’s because Hollywood has force-fed us with them for decades, or simply because the concerns of teenage life are pretty universal across most of the Western world, we’…
I have absolutely nothing but admiration to the performers of Recirquel Company Budapest, given that some of their number must have spent their entire lives training their lean, mu…
If you’re a parent looking for a show that you can enjoy as much as your children, you may be looking quite hard.
Paul Nathan is a name often associated with the I Hate Children Children’s Show, a firm Festival favourite for years amongst little ones, but he is back this year with a brand ne…
Contemporary dance, physical theatre, and circus swirl together at The Lafayette big top at Underbelly’s circus venue as ten acrobats explore their bodies and each other in Circa…
There appears, these days, to be an almost apologetic desire among directors and producers to find ways of presenting traditional circus acrobatics and high-wire acts with some add…
If you’ve ever looked at a field of unbroken snow and wanted to run across it, or a blank piece of paper and wanted to color it, La Galerie is absolutely the circus show for you.
Breath-taking, Blizzard produced by Flip Fabrique from Quebec, is so much more than a circus show.
A raven mother, in German, is a neglectful one.
A packed room at Gilded Balloon’s new Patter Hoose venue shows that even a rainy Friday morning can’t dampen the enthusiasm for bubbles.
Something special is about to happen - we know this deeply and cerebrally as we enter stage to the mesmerising image of Maisy Taylor intricately entwined in shibari ropes, barely v…
When a show opens with the introduction of Captain Skidmark sailing the seven seas upon the good ship, Red Rubber Duckie, you know exactly the level of humour to expect for the nex…
Circolumbia returns to the Underbelly Circus Hub, bringing its high-octane cast of singing, dancing circus artists with it.
I was lucky enough to be in the audience when Briefs made their Fringe debut at the Gilded Balloon back in 2011.
There is nothing so delightful as watching something you assume to be impossible done before your eyes.
Many people firmly believe that the circus discipline of Tightwire must in fact be an illusion or a magic trick.
When you’re considered the best at what you do, some of us might rest on our laurels but Mat Ricardo wants (indeed, needs) new challenges.
Direct from winning the Weekly Award for Best Children’s Show at the Adelaide Fringe, circus performers Derek Llewellin and Julian Roberts have brought their fun show to Edinburg…
For almost thirty years, Gandini Juggling has been setting the bar for juggling performances across the world.
The Edinburgh Fringe is the sort of place where you expect to see experimental, strange and unusual performances, and Paper Doll Militia’s Egg will certainly satisfy audiences lo…
You know you’re at a good circus when you expect your jaw to drop, only to realise it’s already on the floor.
Circolumbia was formed in order to provide professional opportunities for the graduates of Columbia’s national circus school, Circo Para Todos which provides circus training for …
I’ll confess it.
Step into the grand Lafayette big top in Underbelly’s dedicated Circus Hub and witness the spectacle of internationally acclaimed Circa with their 2017 Fringe offering.
The exceptional extravaganza that is Paris de Nuit is taking the Fringe by storm this summer and rightly so.
Four shrouded women take to the stage.
Coppélia is originally a comic ballet based on the writings of Prussian romantic author, E.
Massimilliano Rosetti and Manu Tiger are like a live action cartoon or perhaps a 1930’s Laurel and Hardy short where the boys have joined a circus.
Aaron Twitchen combines aerial circus performance with stand-up comedy.
Upsala Circus have been doing incredible work in St.
No Show is perhaps the perfect show: one that claims to be nothing at all.
All Genius All Idiot is a quirky and outrageous piece that explores the animalistic side of human nature using contemporary circus, performance art and live music.
Derevo are a legend.
Created through a series of devised rituals performed every month during the dark moon (when the moon is black against the sky) for three months, this show is part lecture, part si…
Gerry Cottle has been making British circus history ever since he ran away to join the circus at the age of 15.
If you’re a budding ecologist who also has a love of physical theatre, Terabac is the show for you.
Towards the beginning of Image - Selfie with Eggs, gymnast Natalie Reckert describes herself as a ‘handstand machine’ and calmly guides us through the component ‘stability points’ …
Quebecois circus group Flip Fabrique fill the massive Assembly Hall with awe and joy at their contemporary circus skills.
There’s an anarchic edge to the Trash Test Dummies – as might be expected from a circus troupe who go on to perform a succession of tricks and humorous gymnastics using that mo…
Gravity and Other Myths are the future of contemporary circus and their show A Simple Space is utterly unmissable.
As Underbelly at George Square grows arms and legs, an expansion into the Meadows was inevitable.
This is circus for serious people.
Ockham’s Razor are a British physical theatre company specialising in unique performances utilising aerial equipment.
Playful pink lighting, red velvet drapes, glittery fixtures and wooden circus seats - entering the Brighton Spiegeltent screams ‘Showtime!’ Come Fly With Me is a charming, c…
Limbo is a pretty hot ticket this fringe.
One man shouldn’t be able to hold two men on his shoulders at the same time.
The Hogwallops is a joyful show for all the family that combines astounding acrobatics, physical humour and a heartfelt story meaning there is something for everyone.
For a youth theatre troupe, Barnum seems an intimidatingly large production.
There could not be a more accurate term for these six raucous acrobats than a wild wolf pack.
From Rope to Psycho, Hitch by the Mary Bijou Circus Theatre Company covers all the famous Hitchcock thrillers plus at least one you may not know, as admitted to by a sheepish audie…
‘Awesome’ is a terrible word, but there’s no shame using it – in the truest sense – to describe Leapin’ Louie and his lethal range of doohickeys.
Jephan de Villiers may not be a familiar name to most, but after watching L’Enfant Qui it can definitely be said he is an interesting character.
Traces has been amazing audiences around the world for nigh on a decade; it is a testament to the visual and theatrical power of the show that it’s lasted as long as it has.
Kurage Theatre’s innovative theatre show is a song, dance and drama spectacular.
A perfect balance of circus and ceilidh, this entertaining and talented troupe bring Le Haggis, a show that guarantees to have you clapping along in your seat.
This show has the kind of title that gets you feeling excited right away.
La Clique has been a feature on the Fringe for over ten years and has a well deserved reputation for slick circus cabaret and variety.
Performer Paul Nathan informs his audience before they enter the space that ‘Moms and Dads get Champagne, kids get insults’.
Ballet and juggling.