The world-famous Great Moscow Circus is coming to Cape Town in February with an all-new, sensational, two-hour World Premiere programme, featuring 19 incredible acts representing the best of international circus stars.
In association with Heart FM and M-Net, The Great Moscow Circus opens on 3 February on the Foreshore, Founders Garden, Jan Smuts Street, next door to Artscape.
The Great Moscow Circus performs under a spectacular Big Top tent measuring 40 metres in circumference. It is supported by four massive king poles which are each 17 metres high. The Big Top has the latest LED lighting, cutting edge sound, air-conditioning, 1,650 individual seats and a traditional European atmosphere where audiences are never more than 11 metres from the action.
Daredevils in the big top
The already critically acclaimed tour includes Russia’s greatest circus stars plus daredevils from Spain and Mexico as well as Europe’s top circus artists, all handpicked by international producer and Theatre Tours International director, Andrew Guild. The show contains no animal acts.
For the past 40 years, Guild has been visiting Russia ensuring that he knows who the best acts are and where to find them. During Soviet times, he made more than 250 visits to Moscow and travelled extensively throughout Russia and the Soviet states.
Guild has found and toured more than 7,000 performers to South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, and together with the Theatre Tours International team travelled the length of Russia selecting acts, negotiating contracts and organising the South African tour.
With rave reviews worldwide, Russia’s most-famous calling card delivers the thrills and fun of the circus of yesteryear, with all the skill and daring of today’s circus heroes. Book your tickets early to ensure you don’t miss out!
Where and when: Foreshore – Founders Garden, Cape Town from 3 to 10 February
Book: Computicket
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