The World Famous Moscow State Circus Comes to Nottingham

The World Famous Moscow State Circus will be performing in Nottingham from Tuesday 21 February to Sunday 26 February at The Forest.

Tuesday 21th - Friday 24th, shows at 3pm and 7:45pm
Saturday 25th - Sunday 26th, shows at 2pm and 5pm

Hercules Many of the award-winning acts are pushing the boundary of human physical ingenuity to its limits. Performances cover all the familiar circus skills such as clowning, juggling, trapeze artistry, extreme balancing and strongman acts, to name just a few.

The newly devised show includes:

The Slavos, a springboard troupe brimming with talent and raw energy, catapulting across the stage unbelievably balanced on a single stilt.
Evgeny Eskin's Sky Travellers act features flying trapeze suspended in mid-air.
Andrev Mikheev and the Bugrova Sisters show off a dizzy display of aerial gymnastics and breathtaking balancing action which defy gravity and the laws of physics.
Bakhrom Akhnazarov, Russia's strongest man, pushes and pulls with Herculean strength and panache.
Award-winning clowns Igor Vorob'ev and Andrey Mashonkin, who have perfected the art of slapstick and cunning caper, will present Foma & Yeryoma.
The death defying high wire act of Goussein Khamdoulaev on the highest indoor high wire in the world.

Foma & Yeryoma The entire show is housed in a specially designed big top and is uniquely domed to accommodate the complex rigging for the aerial acts. It is supported by only four 'king' poles so as not to obscure the audiences' view.

Traditional circuses are a rarity in many parts of the world today, but the Moscow State Circus is one troupe keeping the art form vividly alive. The peerless reputation of Russian Circus is based on 200 years of tradition but in particular 70 years of massive support under the communist regime.

For more information, visit www.moscowstatecircus.com