Going to the circus is great fun and many of the top acts come to Aberdeen City and the surrounding towns and villages of Aberdeenshire. These are listed below, along with dates of their visits, programme details, acts and how to buy tickets.

Circuses In Aberdeenshire

Moscow State Circus Aberdeen

From the 26 July until the 6 August 2006 the World Famous Moscow State Circus will perform at the Queen's Links in Aberdeen.
Acts include:

Clowns Igo Vorob'ev and Andrey Mashonkin
Jugglers
Trapeze Artists
High Wire Acts from Goussein Khamdoulaev
Russian Strongman Bakhrom Akhnazarov
Slapstick Comedy From Foma and Yeryoma
The Springboard Troupe
The Slavos
Evgeny Eskin Sky Travellers
Andrey Mikheev and The Begrova Sisters Gymnastics

Tickets can be purchased at the ticket office caravan by the big dome circus tent.

Performances start at 3pm and 7:45pm on weekdays and at 2pm and 5pm on a Saturday and Sunday.

Admission prices can be viewed at the official Moscow State Circus website at www.moscowstatecircus.com where tickets can also be bought.

Billy Smarts Circus Aberdeen

Billy Smart brought his World famous circus to Aberdeen at the Exhibition Centre (AECC) from the 25 April until the 7 May 2006. During the week (Tuesday - Friday) performances started at 4:45pm and at 7:30pm. On a Saturday the circus performed at 2pm, 4:45pm and 7:30pm. On a Sunday and a Monday the timings were 2pm and 5pm.
Ticket prices for children were from £10 - £18 and for adults the costs were £12 - £22.

The 2006 UK tour was a special occasion for the Billy Smarts Circus because it was their 60th anniversary.
Visit the official Billy Smart Website and home page at http://www.billy-smarts-circus.co.uk for more information, to see some photographs and pictures of the performers and programme details. Acts included clowns, jugglers, skaters, aerobatics, gymnastics, musicians and magic acts.
Performers included the popular

Clown Chico Rico from Mexico
The Skating Aratas
Presto the Magician
Boubilovs with their comedy hula hoops act
Karl Ramwell the juggler
Anastasia the Acrobatic Princess
Volados Troupe acrobatics.

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