List of circuses and circus owners
There have been many famous modern circuses since the first modern circus was staged by Philip Astley in London on January 9, 1768. Many are best known by the name of their principal owner. The following is a list of both circuses and their country of origin. For more information on circuses in general see Circus, or for information regarding the ancient Roman circus, see Circus Maximus.
List[]
Name | Country |
---|---|
Abuhadba Circo Internacional[1] | Bolivia |
Adam Forepaugh | U.S. |
Aerialize[2] | Australia |
Al G. Barnes Circus | U.S. |
Albert & Friends Instant Circus[3][4] | UK |
Aloft Circus Arts [5] | U.S. |
Amar Circus[6] | India |
Antonio Franconi | Italy |
Archaos | France |
Artcirq[7] | Canada |
Batty's Hippodrome | U.S. |
Bertram Mills Circus | UK |
Big Apple Circus | U.S. |
Billy Smart[8] | UK |
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus | U.S. |
Blackpool Tower Circus | UK |
Bobby Roberts Super Circus[9] | UK |
Capital Circus of Budapest | Hungary |
Carson & Barnes Circus[10] | U.S. |
Chaplin's Circus[11] | UK |
Chinese State Circus | UK |
Chipperfield's Circus | UK |
Circa[12][13] | Australia |
Circo Atayde Hermanos[14] | Mexico |
Circo de los Horrores [15] | Spain |
Circo de Teresa Rabal[16] | Spain |
Circo Orfei [17] | Italy |
Circo Osorio[18] | U.S. |
Circuba | Cuba |
Circus Aotearoa[19] | N.Z. |
Circus Amok | U.S. |
Circus Avalon[20] | Australia |
Circus Bassie & Adriaan | Netherlands |
Circus Carl Busch[21] | Germany |
Circus Contraption | U.S. |
Circus Dire Dawa [22] | Ethiopia |
Circus Flora | U.S. |
Circus Gatti[23][24] | U.S. |
Circus Hargeisa[25] | Somaliland |
Circus Herman Renz | Netherlands |
Circus Joseph Ashton | Australia |
Circus Juventas | U.S. |
Circus Knie | Switzerland |
Circus Krone | Germany |
Circus Mondao[26][27] | UK |
Circus Mundus Absurdus[28] | Finland |
The Circus of Horrors[29] | UK |
Circus of Tiny Invisibility[30] | U.S. |
Circus Olympia[31][32] | Australia |
Circus Oz | Australia |
Circus of Pepin and Breschard | U.S. |
Circus Renz | Germany |
Circus Roncalli | Germany |
Circus Royale | Australia |
Circus Smirkus | U.S. |
Circus Sarasota[33] | U.S. |
Circus Sunrise[34] | Australia |
Circus Tyanna[35] | UK |
Circus Vargas | U.S. |
Circus Vegas[36] | Ireland |
Circus waldissima[37] | U.S. |
Cirkus Agora | Norway |
Cirkus Cirkör | Sweden |
[38] | Algeria |
Cirque Berzerk[39] | U.S. |
Cirque de Flambé[40] | U.S. |
Cirque de la Symphonie | U.S. |
Cirque du Soleil | Canada |
Cirque Éloize | Canada |
Cirque Fernando | France |
Cirque Medrano | France |
Cirque Plume | France |
Circus Redickuless | U.S. |
Continental Circus Berlin | UK |
Darix Togni[41][42] | Italy |
Asociaciones de circo en España[43] | España |
Dorato Circus[44] | Israel |
Dream Science Circus[45] | U.S. |
El Circo[46] | U.S. |
End of the World Cirkus[47] | U.S. |
Eroni's Circus | Australia |
Flynn Creek Circus[48] | U.S. |
Flying Fruit Fly Circus | Australia |
Fossett's Circus[49][50] | Ireland |
Foolhardy Circus Arts[51] | UK |
FSU Flying High Circus | U.S. |
Gemini Circus[6] | India |
Gerry Cottle[52][53][54] | UK |
The Great Pakistani Circus[55] | Pakistan |
The Great American Royal Circus[56] | U.S. |
The Bite-sized Circus - The Littlest Show on Earth[57] | Australia |
Great British Circus | UK |
Gasaui [58] | Bolivia |
[59][60] | India |
Great Indian Circus | India |
[6] | India |
[6] | India |
[61] | India |
Hamid Circus[62] | U.S. |
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus | U.S. |
Hippodrome Circus[63] | UK |
ISU Gamma Phi Circus[64] | U.S. |
Janbaz Circus[65] | Pakistan |
Jordan World Circus[66][67] | U.S. |
Jumbo Circus[68][69] | India |
Jim Rose Circus | U.S. |
Kelly Miller Circus[70] | U.S. |
[71] | Japan |
Lennon Bros Circus | Australia |
Long Shadow Stilt Theatre[72] | AU |
Loomis Bros. Circus [73] | U.S. |
Lost in translation Circus [74] | UK |
Lucent Dossier Experience | U.S. |
Lucky Irani Circus[75] | Pakistan |
Midnight Circus [76] | U.S. |
Moscow Circus | Russia |
New Pickle Circus[77] | U.S. |
Nofit State Circus | Wales |
P. T. Barnum | U.S. |
Pablo Fanque | UK |
Perry Bros Circus[78][79] | Australia |
Pickle Family Circus | U.S. |
Rajkamal Circus[6] | India |
Rambo Circus[6] | India |
Ringling Brothers Circus | U.S. |
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus | U.S. |
Royal Hanneford Circus | U.S. |
The Royal London Circus | Malaysia |
Royal Circus and Equestrian Philharmonic Academy | UK |
Sarrasani | Germany |
Shrine Circus | U.S. |
Silvers Circus | Australia |
Sole Brothers' Circus | Australia |
Star Spangled Circus[80] | U.S. |
Stardust Circus | Australia |
Stilt Circus[81] | U.S. |
U.S. | |
Taylor Circus Stars[82] | U.S. |
Tbilisi Circus | Georgia |
Teatro ZinZanni | U.S. |
Tirana Circus | Albania |
Turkmen State Circus | Turkmenistan |
Tom Arnold | UK |
Tom Duffy's Circus[83] | Ireland |
Travelling Light Circus[84] | UK |
Two Bit Circus [85] | U.S. |
UniverSoul Circus | U.S. |
Vau De Vire Society[86] | U.S. |
Wanderlust Circus | U.S. |
Webers Circus | Australia |
Circus Gerbola[87] | Ireland |
[6] | India |
Will-o'-the-Wisp Fire Circus[88] | AU |
Zippos Circus[89] | UK |
Zirka Circus[90] | N.Z. |
Zoppé Family Circus[91] | U.S |
Name | Country |
See also[]
References[]
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- ^ Albert & Friends Instant Circus
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- ^ Circo Atayde Hermanos
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- ^ "El circo de Teresa Rabal consigue levantar el telón". Diario Vasco. Reuters. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ "Moiraorfei.it - Sito Ufficiale del Circo Moira Orfei".
- ^ Jeff Pope. "Circus a way of life for family: American Crown Circus and Circo Osorio perform in Summerlin". Las Vegas Sun. March 7, 2009.
- ^ Circus Aotearoa
- ^ Circus Avalon Archived 2013-04-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Circus Carl Busch
- ^ "Circus Dire Dawa visits Circus Hargeisa".
- ^ Circus Gatti
- ^ Carl Kieke. "Circus Gatti Performance Entertains, Enthralls Youngsters of All Ages". Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine Abilene Reporter-News Mobile. February 29, 2008.
- ^ Circus Hargeisa - Somaliland
- ^ Circus Mondao
- ^ Douglas McPherson. "Reviews: Circus Mondao". The Stage. 23 March 2009.
- ^ "Circus Mundus Absurdus". Archived from the original on 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2012-12-14.
- ^ The Circus of Horrors
- ^ The Circus of Tiny Invisibility
- ^ "Circus Olympia". Archived from the original on 2015-12-09. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
- ^ "Circus back in town". Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine The Advocate. 5 May 2009.
- ^ Sarasota, Florida: Home of the American Circus Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Work and family balancing act". The Age. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ Circus Tyanna
- ^ Yvonne Gordon. "Behind the scenes at the big top". Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine The Irish Times. 12 February 2003.
- ^ "Circus Waldissima – A Waldorf Inspired Youth Circus".
- ^ "Les 85 ans du cirque Amar". La Dépêche du midi (in French). Retrieved November 26, 2016.
- ^ Cirque Berzerk
- ^ Cirque de Flambé
- ^ Raffaele De Ritis. "Darix Togni". Circopedia. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
- ^ "Circo Darix Togni". Archived from the original on 2011-12-06. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
- ^ De circo, Circo (4 April 2021). "Asociaciones benéficas y de artistas de circo en españa". Blog de circo con tienda online.
- ^ Dorato Circus Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Dream Science Circus Archived 2013-01-17 at archive.today
- ^ El Circo Archived 2009-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ J. Dee Hill (2004). Freaks & Fire: The Underground Reinvention Of Circus. Soft Skull Press. pp. 162–165. ISBN 9781932360523. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ "Flynn Creek Circus | Pushing Traditions to the Edge".
- ^ Fossett's Circus
- ^ Anthony Garvey. "Fossett’s Circus show honours Irish arts minister O’Donoghue". The Stage. 23 May 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
- ^ Foolhardy Circus
- ^ Stroud, Clover. "Big top, bigger life". Telegraph. September 17, 2006. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ^ "Cottle leaves big top behind". BBC. October 4, 2003. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ^ "Gerry Cottle and Gerry Cottle Jr". Interview in The Sunday Times. May 1, 2005. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
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- ^ The Great American Royal Circus Archived 2011-01-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Bite-sized Circus
- ^ http://www.circogasaui.com
- ^ Great Bombay Circus
- ^ Kannadasan, Akila. "The circus comes to town". The Hindu. July 18, 2010. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ^ "Great Royal Circus begins soon". The Times of India. March 24, 2004. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ^ Hamid Circus
- ^ Hippodrome Circus
- ^ ISU Gamma Phi Circus
- ^ Fawad Ali Shah. "Female artists perform at Janbaz Circus in Peshawar after 5 years". Daily Times. June 04, 2008. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
- ^ LeRae Haynes. "Elephant protest grows in Williams Lake". Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine Welcome to Williams Lake. 4 August 2009. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
- ^ Jordan World Circus
- ^ "Jumbo Circus hits Bangalore after six years". Thaindian News. January 10, 2008. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
- ^ Bindu Shajan Perappadan. "Good old Jumbo Circus is back to enthral Delhiites". The Hindu. September 30, 2004. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
- ^ "Kelly Miller Circus is coming to town today". South Coast Today. June 26, 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
- ^ Kinoshita Circus
- ^ Long Shadow Stilt Theatre Archived 2011-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Loomis Bros. Circus
- ^ Lost in Translation Circus
- ^ "Lucky Irani Circus". Archived from the original on 2010-04-12. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
- ^ "Midnight Circus in the Parks".
- ^ Karina Ioffee (21 January 1999). "Big-Top Pickle". Metro Santa Cruz. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ Claudette Vaughan. Robert Perry Interviewed: "Perry's Circus Is In Town". Archived 2007-10-16 at archive.today
- ^ "Perry Bros Circus". Archived from the original on 2010-07-22. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
- ^ Robie, Frank (May 23, 1983). "East Coast News" (PDF). The Circus Report. 12 (11): 8 – via circushistory.org.
- ^ Stilt Circus: Media/Press Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kimberly Kapilovic (17 October 2012). "The Taylor family is a real family circus in Arizona". abc15.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ Tom Duffy's Circus
- ^ Travelling Light Circus
- ^ "Find Your Fun".
- ^ "Interview with Vau de Vire Society's Mike Gaines". CultureFlux. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ Circus Gerbola
- ^ Will-o'-the-Wisp Circus and Fire Performances
- ^ Zippos Circus
- ^ Zirka Circus
- ^ "Home - Zoppé - an Italian Family Circus since 1842".
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