Theatre

Circus City

Date: Thursday, Oct 12 2017 - Saturday, Oct 28 2017
Venue: Various venues

Return of this biennial festival of circus, which began as Bristol Circus Festival in 2013 and made a successful return as Circus City in 2015.

Circus City Festival is part of a larger project, Bristol Circus City, steered by the Bristol Circus Forum – a collection of organisations in Bristol who work with circus arts and champion its’ development in the city and beyond. Circus City Festival is Bristol Circus Forum’s flagship project.

Working to develop circus in Bristol, BCF aims to strengthen Bristol’s circus scene and to realise the Mayoral ambition for Bristol to become a City of Circus.

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Venues include Bristol Old Vic, Circomedia, The Wardrobe Theatre, Trinity, The Island, The Loco Klub.

Acts include Oddly Moving, Ockham’s Razor and Bristol-based Beyond the Ridiculous, Lavrak, The Invisible Circus and PanGottic.

Read our full preview here.

For more info, visit www.bristolcircuscity.com and for a full rundown visit www.bristolcircuscity.com/events

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By steve wright, Sunday, Sep 3 2017

Tags:

  • Circus
  • Circus City Bristol

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