Circus shows in the UK

This list includes details of circus performances taking place in the UK.Β 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:

  • Crawley, 9 – 13 July
  • Cardiff, 16 – 20 July
  • Chichester, 23 – 29 July
  • Reading, 31 July – 10 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:

  • Evenley, 26 June – 7 July
  • Henley – On – Thames, 10 – 14 July
  • Barrington, 17 – 28 July
  • Frampton – On – Severn, 31 July – 4 August

Sabrage at Lafayette, London. Currently booking until 6 July and then from 13 August more info

Circus Fantasia UK tour more info.Β Upcoming dates:

  • Chelmsford, 9 – 20 July
  • Clacton, 23 July – 3 August
  • Rochford, 6 – 31 August

Showdown by Upswing, UK tour more info. Upcoming dates:

  • Gillingham, 23 – 24 July

Weight(less) UK tour by Mimbre more info

  • Mouth of Tyne, 12 – 13Β  July
  • GDIF, Greenwich, 23 – 24Β  August

Zippos Circus UK tour more info. Upcoming dates:

  • Elgin, 8 – 13 July
  • Banff, 14 – 16 July
  • Buckie, 18 – 21 July
  • Stonehaven, 23 – 28 July
  • Glasgow, 30 July – 4 August
  • Kirkintilloch, 6 – 11 August

RPM by Gorilla Circus at Corn Exchange Newbury, 12 July more info

WOW Fest!, Walsall, 18 – 19 July more info

Kaleidoscope Festival at Alexandra Palace Park, 12 July more info

SixΒ° by Flip Fabrique at:

  • Theatr Bryn Terfel, Pontio, 19 – 20 July more info
  • Oxford Playhouse, 28 July more info

Sophie’s Surprise 29th at Pavilion Theatre, Worthing, 25 – 26 July more info

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

  • By a Thread, 30 July – 25 August
  • Wolf by Circa, 1 – 23 August
  • SixΒ° by Flip Fabrique, 2 – 23 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
  • RΓͺves, 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