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Circus

Circus news

New Vic artistic director Theresa Heskins and Upswing artistic director Vicki Dela Amedume MBE

New Vic and Upswing to fuse theatre with circus

23 March 2023

Staffordshire’s New Vic Theatre and circus company Upswing are to begin an annual programme of work fusing theatre with contemporary circus.

Waldo's Circus for Salford

21 March 2023

Waldo’s Circus of Magic & Terror: a new theatre musical and story of love and resistance set in a travelling circus comes to The Lowry.

Blackpool Tower Circus

Big Top's biggest season

14 March 2023

Blackpool Tower Circus, the oldest permanent circus arena in the world, has opened its 2023 season earlier than ever.

Circus musical for seaside

26 February 2023

Cirque: The Greatest Show at Blackpool Grand Theatre is a circus musical for all the family.

Circus reviews

Blackpool Tower Circus

Blackpool Tower Circus

The Endresz Brothers

Blackpool Tower

11 February–5 November 2023

Cirque: The Greatest Show

Entertainers

G Live

6–7 February 2023

Clara (Kazuha Ikeda), Microcosmos (Mathieu Hubener) and Nico (Nicolas Baixas)

Kurios

Michel Laprise and Chantal Tremblay

Cirque du Soleil

Royal Albert Hall

13 January–5 March 2023

Corteo

Guy Laliberté and Daniele Finzi Pasca

Cirque du Soleil

AO Arena, Manchester

5–9 October 2022