All the fun of the big top – circa 1903
WITH only a three-date tour before it heads to London Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall for the Christmas season, Circus 1903 is touching the edge of the region and making an appearance in Birmingham.
With a line-up of world-class performers, the show will transport audiences back to the Golden Age of Circus.
Charming puppet elephants Queenie and Peanut perform alongside Ringmaster Willy Whipsnade (David Williamson), while new acts joining the Circus 1903 family adventure include a daring duo aerial act The Flying Fredonis, performed by Russian artists Dasha Shelest and Vadym Pankevych, Cuban hand balancer The Great Rokardy (Rokardy Rodriguez) and the furious flexible feats of Russian Rolling Ball Hula Hoopist Mademoiselle Natalia (Natalia Leontieva).
These new acts will join the previous and much-loved mind-bending juggler, The
Great Gaston (François Borie), the legendary balancing act Rola Bola by The Sensational Sozonov (Russian Mikhail Sozonov and Ukrainian Ievgeniia Fetkulova), Ethiopian contortionist The Elastic Dislocationist (Senayet Asefa Amare) and the stomachchurning heights of The Daring Desafios (trio of Brazilian teeterboard daredevils João Guilherme de Lima Siqueira, Luan de Souza Vieira and Clóvis Hernan Aranguiz dos Santos).
As if this wasn’t enough, dizzying Mongolian duo Ganbayar Munkhbat and Andryei Batbold will bring their Icarian Games act to the show, while the Russian Cradle will feature breathtaking performances from Les Incredibles (Ivan Formichev and Maria Boldyreva).
■ See Circus 1903 at the Birmingham Hippodrome from Friday, October 25, until Saturday, November 2. birminghamhippodrome.com/ or 0844 338 5000 Prices from £15.50.