Rutherglen Reformer

Circus of Horrors awaits concert hall audiences

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The show that stormed into the finals of Britain’s Got Talent and now a West End smash is back at Motherwell Concert Hall to mark its 21st Anniversar­y in spectacula­r style.

The last few of years has seen the profile of The Circus of Horrors jump tremendous­ly after rampaging into the finals of Britain’s Got Talent an to this date it is still the only circus ever to reach the finals.

Its appearance­s on various subsequent TV shows have turned what set out as a cult show into a household name – taking the extreme to the mainstream,

Last year saw another giant leap for the show when it began a series of dates in London’s West End becoming the first circus to appear in a West End Theatre for 100 years.

The Circus of Horrors started it’s gruesome begging’s at the 1995 Glastonbur­y Festival and became an instant hit, touring all over the world from Chile to Chatham, Argentina to Aberdeen, Japan to Jersey including festival appearance­s with Alice Cooper, Eminem, Motley Crue, Oasis, Iron Maiden, The Manic St Preachers, Foo Fighters and many more.

The latest incarnatio­n‘Welcome to the Carnevil’is set in Victorian London in 1899, Jack the Ripper was still at large and this was the age of the Freakshow, a young girl dreamt of running away to join the Circus only to see her dream become a nightmare in a decrepit and corpse ridden Carnevil, plagued by a swamp of Killer Klowns, Sword Swallowers, Demon Dwarfs, Death Defying Aerialists, A Guiness World Record holding Hairculian Diva swinging solely from her hair, back flipping and fire limboing acrobats and lots, lots more,

Tickets for the wacky show on February 7 are £19 if purchased this month.

For more info visit culturenl.co.uk

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