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Moscow State Circus

Description: Circusses. The Moscow State Circus is a touring circus. Their performances cover all the familiar circus skills such as ... more

Moscow State Circus ... clowning, juggling, trapeze artistry, extreme balancing and strongman acts etc. All performers are Russian, trained in the Russian circus tradition. When the Bolsheviks took power in 1917 one of the first things they did was nationalize the circus.

Newest Review: ... the rear and possibly restricted by rigging in places. Still great for when the high wire acts are on. There was also a £1 per ticket booking charge which I feel is a complete con given the tickets were emailed & printed off. The booking process was very quick and easy and we had no problems when entering the venue with the printed tickets – they simply ticked us off a master list. Free ... more

... car parking was available right next to the circus (although there was plenty of car parking space – this may be different dependent on the venue). ***Tour Dates & Venues*** There are plenty of places around the UK that the circus is visiting w...more

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Moscow State Circus: Clowning About the Big Top. (1791 words)
by - written on 24/06/07 (Very useful, 2491 readings)
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The Moscow State Circus is presently undertaking a UK tour (finishes 4 Sept) and so on the 7 June I found myself at the evening performance at Eastlands (home of Man City FC) where the circus was based until the 17 June. I had totally forgot that my wife had booked tickets and was using every excuse in the book to get out of it but, typically, came out second best again! However, by the time we got there, seeing the big top brought back happy childhood memories of going to Belle Vue Circus, which shut down many years ago and I then realized that was in fact the last time I went to the circus and was by then really looking forward to ... Read the complete review