The Circus Is In Town
While driving back from the store, I noticed that the circus was in town! I quickly got the family together and we got front row tickets for the show. We had a great time and I was able to take lots of pictures during the preformance.
The circus happened to be a touring company of the Moscow State Circus. I found out the following facts about the troupe:
- It takes about 70 vehicles to move Moscow State Circus around.
- Although all the acts are trained in Russian circus school, the company is actually managed in Britain.
- Moscow state circus help to promote circus schools in Russia, which no longer receive the amount of funding they did under the communist regime.
- They tour for three years, doing two shows a day for six days a week.
- The youngest member of the cast is 15, the oldest is currently 49.
- Despite the fact that there's a perfectly good hotel down the road they still choose to sleep in their trailers
For More Information:
- The Moscow State Ciruces (official website)
- Moscow State Circus hits Stevenage (Online Review)
- The Incline Wire walkers practice in saftey. Link
- Bolshoi Circus - Also known as the Moscow State Circus. Site includes, history, acts and program information. This is the permament home in Moscow.
 Mansfield Chad | Moscow Circus coming to town Mansfield Chad The fantastic Moscow State Circus with 'Babuskin Sekret' will be at The Mansfield Palace Theatre from 12th to 14th February, at 5pm on Sunday and 7.30pm and 2.30pm on Monday and Tuesday. Tickets are priced £17 to £23, with concessions available from ... |
 Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph | Moscow State Circus Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph Enjoy a trip to the circus as the Moscow State Circus brings its latest and most spectacular show to the Royal & Derngate today. This sensational extravaganza called Babushkin Sekret is inspired by the legend of The 12 Chairs and features a mammoth ... |
 Worcester Standard | All the thrills of the circus roll up Worcester Standard THE MOSCOW State Circus will leave people breathless with excitement when it brings its latest and most spectacular show to date to Malvern Theatres later this month. Inspired by the legend of The 12 chairs, the new show Babushkin Sekret takes the ... |
 Northampton Chronicle & Echo | Theatre review: The Moscow State Circus Northampton Chronicle & Echo By Rebekah Smith THE Moscow State Circus has become world-renowned since its beginnings in the 1920s, and it's not hard to see why, judging by the spectacular performance at Derngate in Northampton. There were countless gasps from the audience in the ... |
Roll up roll up... for a week of variety Swindon Advertiser The flying Russians, not to mention plenty of other Russians doing other extraordinary things, come courtesy of the Moscow State Circus, which will be in Swindon on Monday and Tuesday, February 6 and 7. Acts include Yana Alieva, who swings balletically ... |
Moscow State Circus at The Courtyard Hereford Times THE Moscow State Circus is bringing its latest and most spectacular show, Babushkin Sekret, to The Courtyard. The show stars a cast of Russia's most talented circus artistes, many of whom have never previously performed in Britain, who promise to ... |
Stunning circus comes to The Anvil in February Basingstoke Gazette THE eye-popping Moscow State Circus brings its latest and most spectacular show to date to The Anvil, with five performances over three days from Thursday, February 9 to Saturday February 11. A huge cast of Russia's most talented circus artistes ... |
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 Derbyshire Times | Thrills from the big top Derbyshire Times Moscow State Circus hits Buxton Opera House this week as part of an extensive tour of England. Marvel at the queen of Russian circus, Yana Alieva, on a revolving ariel chandelier, the high-flying bouncing bamboo bravado of The Perushkins and the ... |
 Derbyshire Times | Listings guide Derbyshire Times The Moscow State Circus, at the Buxton Opera House at 7.30pm. Tickets £16 - £24. To book contact 0845 127 2190 or www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk The Hardy Plant Society, meeting at Shirland Village Hall at 2pm. 'Plants and things that turn me on' an ... |
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