Circus

Few words but much visual wizardry

The funky freakshow that is Dr Clive’s Heavy Petting Zoo rolled into town last weekend.

From avant garde to erotic, sexy circus artists, novelty acts, classic and new strip tease.

Roll up! Roll up! The circus is back in town.

This week’s cabaret and burlesque recommendations include vegetable puppet theatre, a surly sorcerer, a Prince spectacular, a DIY arts and craft birthday party and a new circus night.

60 x 60 second acts line up to tickle your funny bone this week.

Upswing’s latest venture is an elegant, powerful portrait of loss, longing and a crisis of identity and a cross-discipline amalgamation of aerialism, animation and dance.

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(c) OCD photo Theatrical circus group Les 7 doigts de la main (The Seven Fingers Of The Hand) have revived their much-lauded family-friendly 2006 show Traces. Don’t call it a flashback but anyone who saw Insane In The Brain at the same venue last year …

We’ve all been there: the “fun for all the family” entertainment consisting of a bubble-blowing clown who finds pennies behind your ears. It’s the stuff that kids’ summers are made of, right? Well, if you go down to the South Bank this month, you’re in …