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:
- Southsea Common, Portsmouth, 4 – 21 April
Circus International Film Festival (online), 19 April – 11 May more info
Forbidden Nights UK tour more info. Upcoming dates:
- Kings Theatre, Portsmouth, 24 April
- Babbacombe Theatre, Torquay, 25 April
- Lowther Pavilion, Lytham St Annes, 1 May
- Civic Hall, Bedworth, 2 May
- The Radlett Centre, Radlett, 8 May
- Medina Theatre, Newport, Isle of Wight, 9 May
Circus Extreme at Lakeside Shopping Centre, West Turrock, 8 – 17 April more info
Guiffords Circus UK tour more info. Upcoming dates:
- Fennells Farm, Stroud, 17 – 27 April
The Nose Dive Assembly by Revel Pucks at Blackshots Park, Thurrock, 10 – 21 April more info
Hours Launch Showcase by Hours at Underbelly Boulevard Soho, 14 April more info
Sabrage at Lafayette, London. Currently booking until 6 July (25% DISCOUNT on all performances through April) more info
Circus Berlin UK tour more info. Upcoming dates:
- Old Deer Park, Richmond, 11 – 21 April
Daphnis and Chloé by Circa with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall, 23 April more info
Circus Scratch-Tacular: Poetry by BrainFools at Jacksons Lane, 24 April more info
Weight(less) by Mimbre (work in-progress sharing) at 101, Newbury, 2 May more info
Showdown by Upswing, UK tour more info. Upcoming dates:
- The Albany, 1 – 3 May
- New Vic Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, 8 – 10 May
Sand by Kook Ensemble, UK tour more info. Upcoming dates:
- Drama Studio, Performance Venues, University of Sheffield, 7 May
- Unity Theatre, Liverpool, 8 May
- The Lowry, Salford, 10 May
- The Plough Arts Centre, Torrington, 14 May
Brighton Fringe Festival, 2 May – 1 June more info
- 8 – 10 May Trash by Delia Ceruti
- 14, 15 May The Band
- 14 – 23 May InThisTogether
- 16 – 18 May Out of the Box
- 16 – 23 May Moulin Bouge
- 16 – 31 May The Greatest Show on Earth, Collectif and then…
- 16 May – 1 Jun Revel Puck Circus The Ruckus
- 16 May – 1 Jun Revel Puck Circus The Ugly Duckling
- 17, 18 May Re/Sista Cabaret
- 21 – 26 May Scratch That Cabaret
- 24 – 26 May Neon Sun Roller Circus
- 23, 24 May Halfway to Halloween Cabaret
- 23 May Queer as F*ck Cabaret
- 24 – 26 May Circus Enchanté cabaret
- 24 – 26 May Inertia by Cirko Norda Youth Circus
- 24 – 26 May Anchored in Air
- 25, 26 May May Tardy Mrs G(rief)
- 28 May – 1 June Not Yours Cabaret
- 28 – 31 May Smooch! By United Queendom
- 28, 29 May Tongue & Cheek (Charles Brockbank – Hiding in Plain Sight & Ruby Burgess – Transcendental)
- 30, 31 May Don’t Drop Me
- 30 May High Top Circus from the Brighton based training space
- 30 May, 1 June The Nest
Silly Little Things by Trygve Wakenshaw at The Lowry, 8 May more info
Heka by Gandini Juggling at Oxford Playhouse, 10 May more info
Heka by Gandini Juggling at the Lowry, 11 May more info
Weight(less) by Mimbre at WoW festival, Rotherham, 11 May more info