Wes Peden performs original tricks inspired by rollercoasters and their high-tech seatbelts. A spinning plate ceremony becomes a celebration of the great rides of

Winner of Best Family Friendly Show at Brighton Fringe 2025 A visual comedy spectacle featuring world class tricks, contagious laughter and a show-stopping, toothbrush-wielding,

One dancer, one aerialist, and one rope tethered together in R-evolving relationship. In this performance, the artists fight for time to care for themselves,

“A conjurer is not a juggler; he is an actor playing the part of a magician; an artist whose fingers have more need to

Gather around the fire and let us remind you of what it was to be afraid of the dark. Don’t build the fire too

‘Come for a new perspective on bicycle riding. Stay for the heartwarming humour and charisma of the brilliant acrobatic pair.’ Acrobatic duo Alta Gama

Gather around the fire and let us remind you of what it was to be afraid of the dark. Don’t build the fire too

A heart-stopping circus show unravelling the profound beauty of self-discovery on a trans woman’s path. Taking the haunting feeling of having murdered her former

Contortionist, snake-woman, slug. I bend into your imagination… Combining trapeze, contortion, performance art and power ballad, this intimate solo explores romanticised depictions of the

A mesmeric show combining exhilarating acrobatics, adrenaline-pumping street dance and breath-taking roller skating, set on a giant moving treadmill. RPM explores the tragic, comic

Start the week with surreal sensation My!Laika and Bristol-based artists Charles Brockbank and Gráinne Young-Monaghan, in a brilliant and bizarre evening of three short

She’s got news – news she wasn’t expecting. Ever felt in desperate need of a haircut or a life reset? Wished your troubles away

Armour explores issues of masculinity and virility, with the desire to offer a different perspective. Drawing from the choreography of wrestlers and gladiators, three

A workshop for circus performers and movers of all disciplines. Exploring listening to yourself and how you feel, as a starting point for movement,

Experience juggling Gandini style! Join Gandini for a masterclass in their juggling techniques and exercises and learn about the process of this world-leading company.

Producer surgeries are back! Book a slot to come and have an informal 30 minute chat with a circus city producer. Be you an

A space for Bristol producers to network, share joy and challenge and build links and solidarity. Join us for a drink and a chat.

This workshop, organised by No Magic artists Julie Bergez and Elise Reine, focuses on delving into the artistic essence of each participant with delicacy,

Join us as we gather for a day of exchange and networking and shape the future of advocacy and education in UK contemporary circus.

Come see new circus work in the making! As part of Circus City’s New Authors micro-commission programme, three micro-commissioned artists Jade England–Johns, Natalie Reckert and Jean-Daniel Broussé,

An exhibition by photographer Guy Bellingham FRPS. Guy has spent the last three decades performing in circus and cabaret, over the past five years

Join us to celebrate the opening of Circus City 2025 with a screening of 7 short circus films from across the world in Millennium

This workshop is for anyone with a desire to find more mobility in their movements and can be applied to circus disciplines (both floor

The last few years have been difficult for the arts, but circus especially. The circus sector needs support now more than ever. How can

What does the sports world think about circus? What’s the relationship between circus and play? What can the sports and play worlds learn from

Workshop with David Eisele, Kolja Huneck and Michael Zandl from Sawdust Symphony‘ Giving everyday objects a new life: In this workshop, we will work

Laura Murphy will offer an insight into the making process underpinning their unique performance practice, which connects and combines autobiographical writing with aerial choreography,

This workshop is a guide on movement as a tool for intentional creativity. The focus is on practical mobility: working on points of contact

Oh No, George! is the delightfully playful tale of a dog who wants to be good but just can’t resist temptation. Adapted from the

Join Laura on a mission to serve herself up [in]appropriately for your consumption, in a bold, cinematic, acrobatic odyssey through the frontiers of mental

An opportunity to catch some of the best up and coming South West based circus artists as they share new ideas and work in

A night of fresh alternative comedy mixed with circus theatre. Two new experimental shows, from Bristol-based emerging artists, bringing you something you’ve never seen

“Hello? Is somebody there?” Ash is a circus artist living a quiet and content life in Valencia, when one day a mundane encounter triggers

Let your heart soar amongst the mighty cathedral of the forest, with an evening of breathtaking aerial dance and euphoric choral performance from Whispering

Tess is a groundbreaking adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s classic novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles. An ensemble of performers weave together Hardy’s words and the

The man balances the stick on various parts of his body, thereby setting himself and the stick in motion. If the man has an

Craftsmanship confronting circus. In Sawdust Symphony Michael Zandl, David Eisele and Kolja Huneck combine their passion for crafting, fresh wood and object manipulation. Sawdust

Lanky loidlings. Squishy Schloompings. Spiky Spa-doo-dlings. Marina Cherry squeaks, zooms, and tiptoes through a micro-space. Fragmenting pieces of a spunky personal universe puddle over

“Noise Juice” is the first full-length show of the Finnish company Muovipussi. The show combines music, circus, theatre and surprising illusions. Grandmas, Barbies and

We use it every day without a second thought, the most common form of plastic – polystyrene. In this remarkable piece of visual theatre,

Save the books! A joyful, hilarious adventure for all the family. Four bedraggled book enthusiasts are travelling from town to town – forced between

A Show of Hands is a short intimate solo show investigating Cassani’s relationship with his hands and the thinking that happens with and through

Come join Quiplash for an intro session on integrated audio description for circus and movement. Be prepared to move, play, explore and (of course)

Book a slot to come and have an informal 25 minute chat with a circus city producer. Be you an artist or producer yourself,

Join us for pitches and presentations of work in progress from our three New Authors micro commissioned artists and companies. With three 30 minute

Iterations centres on Cassani’s fifteen-year obsession with the skill and precision of sleight of hand. It invites us to think about how we think

Fusing physical theatre, spoken word and song Black Sheep is the story of a queer Black woman finding love, after retiring from her full-time job as sword swallower.

To launch Circus City 2023, Ockham’s Razor perform their new free outdoor show PUBLIC at The Podium in Broadmead, Saturday 29 July.

Running Time: 45 Mins Age: 7+   Thursday 30th September = SOLD OUT   Ves-tigios is a journey through a dystopian wasteland that fuses