Edinburgh festival 2024: dance and circus shows to jump into this summer
A searching circus piece about refugees in limbo, acrobats confronting middle age and supreme silliness from a Tokyo troupe are among the international offerings
March 2024
‘It’s a beehive’: Tero Saarinen’s mighty Macbeth puts Helsinki’s first dance house on the map
Pass notes
The truth about joggling: the sport for people who find running too easy
August 2023
The 7 Fingers: Duel Reality review – rowdy circus riff on Romeo and Juliet
The enthralling Canadian company offer up a fast-paced but often jarring show that treats Shakespeare like the Super Bowl
January 2023
The Games We Play review – an absorbing mix of juggling, dance and philosophy
Gandini Juggling’s multifaceted show delves into the history of the art form while keeping several other balls in the air
December 2022
2022 in Culture
The best dance of 2022
Exhilarating highlights this year ranged from tech-savvy ballet and a juggling celebration of Merce Cunningham to a daring flamenco Rite of Spring
January 2022
Gandini Juggling: Life review – Merce Cunningham tribute is a little gem
Give it up for Gandini, the jaw-dropping jugglers – in pictures
August 2020
Ron Graham obituary
Prolific mathematician who came up with the inordinately large ‘Graham’s Number’ and was committed to making his subject fun
March 2020
Other lives
Sam Scurfield obituary
Other lives: Juggler in one of the UK’s most popular street acts
July 2019
Xanadu review – psychedelic circus evokes summer of love
Cal McCrystal brings a woozy vibe to Giffords Circus, though these hippies are versatile performers and formidable athletes
February 2019
Spring review – jugglers join dancers for joyfully hypnotic show
Gandini Juggling and Alexander Whitley’s collaboration is full of simple pleasures and intricate skill
January 2019
Woah, Canada! 25 years of Cirque Éloize – in pictures
The acclaimed Montreal troupe are on tour to celebrate a quarter-century of astonishing shows. See how their motley crew of acrobats, clowns, jugglers and musicians have shaped contemporary circus
January 2018
50 years of circus photography – in pictures
Chainsaw juggling, human cannonballs and Coco the Clown! The astounding 250-year story of circus
December 2017
That's me in the picture
‘The wind made juggling virtually impossible’: the day I took circus skills to new heights
Jem Hulbert struggles to stay on his unicycle in Ulverston, December 1992
August 2017
Edinburgh festival 2017: 10 shows to see
A puppet blockbuster, a Bigfoot opera and a Northern Soul dance marathon all feature in the lineup of the 70th Edinburgh festival
November 2015
Skittles, balls and ballet: Gandini Juggling’s new show – in pictures
The ever-innovative circus company Gandini Juggling have created a new show with classically trained dancers. Take a look at their rehearsals for Meta, which is staged at Jacksons Lane in north London
August 2014
Mat Ricardo: Showman review – a slick and artful juggling act
This gloriously old-fashioned celebration of the juggler harks back to the golden age of variety and vaudeville, writes Lyn Gardner
July 2014
Giffords Circus: The Thunders review – not death-defying but life-enhancing
Juggling slapstick and Greek myths works a topsy-turvy treat at Giffords Circus, writes Susannah Clapp
