Circus shows in the UK

This list includes details of circus performances taking place in the UK. All details are correct at the time of publication but please do check with individual venues to confirm.

If you have a circus-based show you would like listed here, please email ot@nationalcircus.org.uk

Come Alive, The Greatest Showman Spectacular at the Empress Museum, Earls Court, extended until 21 September 2025 more info

Circus Zyair UK tour more info. Upcoming dates:

  • Reading, 31 July – 10 August
  • Sheffield, 13 – 17 August
  • Hull, 20 – 25 August

Circus Extreme UK tour more info. Upcoming dates:

  • Poole Bournemouth, 25 July – 3 August
  • Paignton Green, 8 – 31 August

Guiffords Circus UK tour more info. Upcoming dates:

  • Barrington, Oxfordshire, 17 – 28 July
  • Frampton – On – Severn, Gloucestershire, 31 July – 4 August
  • Minchinhampton Common, Gloucestershire, 7 – 18 August
  • Marlborough Common, Wiltshire, 21 August – 1 September

Sabrage at Lafayette, London. Currently booking from 13 August more info

Circus Fantasia UK tour more info. Upcoming dates:

  • Clacton, 23 July – 3 August
  • Rochford, 6 – 31 August
  • Basildon, 3 – 14 September

Zippos Circus UK tour more info. Upcoming dates:

  • Glasgow, 30 July – 4 August
  • Kirkintilloch, 6 – 11 August
  • Ayr, 13 – 18 August
  • Leicester, 21 – 26 August

Edinburgh Fringe, various venues, 1 – 25 August more info. Circus highlights:

  • By a Thread, 30 July – 25 August
  • Wolf by Circa, 1 – 23 August
  • Six° by Flip Fabrique, 2 – 23 August
  • The Unlikely Friendship of Feather Boy and Tentacle Girl, 4 – 17 August
  • Hamlet by New York Circus Project, 30 July – 24 August
  • I Think it Could Work, 1 – 17 August
  • Imago, 30 July – 24 August
  • Newbie, 1 – 24 August
  • No Sugar No Milk (Prototyping), 8 – 17 August
  • RĂŞves, 19 – 25 August
  • Sophie’s Surprise 29th, 1 – 23 August
  • Ten Thousand Hours, 30 July – 24 August
  • The Genesis, 31 July – 25 August
  • The Nose Dive Assembly, 2 – 23 August
  • Triptych Redux, 1 – 24 August

Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, 22 August – 6 September more info. Circus shows mostly happening across two weekends:

  • Greenwich Park, 23 – 24 August
  • Greenwich Peninsula, 30 – 31 August