The world-famous Great Moscow Circus is coming to Cape Town in February with an all-new two-hour world premiere programme, featuring 19 acts representing the best of the world’s greatest circus stars.
The Great Moscow Circus opens on Friday February 3 at Founders Garden (next door to Artscape), under a big top air-conditioned tent.
The Cape Town season forms part of a South African 2016/17 tour, which includes shows in Johannesburg, Bloemfontein and Port Elizabeth. Audiences can expect a nail-biting traditional European atmosphere where they are never more than 11 metres from the action.
Featuring some of best circus stars in the circus world, this tour includes medal winners from Monte Carlo’s famed International Circus Festival, daredevils from Spain, and Mexico as well as Europe’s top circus attractions, all hand-picked by international producer and CEO of Theatre Tours International, Andrew Guild.
During Soviet times Guild 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. The Great Moscow Circus will perform every possible circus favourite – the funniest clowns, the most-daring acrobats, death-defying daredevils, aerial artists, balancers, showgirls and much more. The show contains no animal acts.
Ticket prices range from R195 to R595 each. There is a R45 discount for children between the ages of two and 14 years. Book through Computicket.
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