An Ethiopian circus company, touring theatres, festivals and big tops

CIRCUS ABYSSINIA

Ethiopian acrobats, jugglers and contortionists in one live show built on speed, music and nerve.

  • Live acrobatics
  • All ages
  • Touring company

What happens on stage

The show runs on human beings and rhythm: tumbling passes across the full width of the stage, hand-to-hand and pyramid work, clubs and rings in the air, contortion, Chinese pole, and a live band that cues every catch. No dialogue, no animals, nothing on screen — an audience of any language follows every second of it.

The company tours as a unit. The performers, the music and the rig travel together, so what a promoter books in one room is the same show that lands in the next.

What you can book

Four ways the show goes out. Tell us which one fits your room and your date.

Most requested

The full evening show

The complete production, two acts with an interval, for theatres and big tops.

  • Full company on stage
  • Live musicians, no backing track
  • Lighting and sound plot supplied
  • Technical rider sent in advance

Family matinee

A shorter afternoon version for younger audiences and school holiday programmes.

  • Condensed running time, no interval
  • Performers meet the audience in the foyer after
  • Relaxed-performance adaptations on request

Festival set

A self-contained outdoor set for festival stages and street programmes.

  • Daylight-ready staging
  • Repeatable across a day
  • Self-supporting rig where there are no fixed points

Workshops alongside the run

Acrobatics and juggling sessions for schools and youth circus groups while the company is in town.

  • Led by performers from the show
  • Mats and props brought in
  • Beginner and intermediate groups

Running times, stage requirements and fees are agreed per engagement and confirmed in writing — send an enquiry and we will put a proposal together.

How a booking goes

  1. You send the date and the room

    Town, venue or festival, the dates you are holding, and roughly who the audience is. That is enough to start.

  2. We come back with a proposal

    Which version of the show fits, what it needs from your stage, and the full technical rider so your crew can read it before anyone signs.

  3. Get-in and rehearsal

    The company arrives with its own rigging and props, works through the plot with your technicians and runs the show in the room before doors.

  4. Show day

    Performance, curtain call, and a clean get-out the same night or the next morning, whichever your schedule needs.

What a promoter is actually getting

Ethiopian circus, at full speed

Tumbling, pyramids, hand-to-hand and contortion trained in the Ethiopian tradition — the kind of floor work an audience leans forward for.

Played live

Musicians on stage with the acrobats. Tempo follows the trick, not a timecode, so no two performances land identically.

Built to travel

Proscenium theatre, big top or open-air festival stage: the set and the rig adapt, including rooms with no fixed rigging points.

No dialogue, no animals

Nothing to translate and nothing to explain. It reads the same to a five-year-old and to the grandparent next to them.

Straight get-in

Rider ahead of time, company crew on the road with the show, and a plot your technicians have already seen on paper.

Something for the daytime

Schools and youth-circus workshops can run while the company is in your town, led by the people on stage that night.

Before you ask

Are there animals in the show?

No. Every act is performed by people — acrobats, jugglers, contortionists and musicians.

What age is it suitable for?

It is written for a general family audience and works from young children upward. There is no spoken dialogue, so nothing depends on the language of the room.

What does the show need from our venue?

Stage depth and height are the two things we check first, along with rigging points or room for a self-supporting rig. The full technical rider goes out with the proposal so your crew can read it before you commit.

Can you perform outdoors?

Yes — the festival set is built for daylight and open-air stages. Outdoor dates carry the usual weather conditions, which we agree with you in writing.

Do you tour internationally?

The company tours, and routing is planned around dates that sit together. Tell us where you are and we will say honestly whether it works for the period you are holding.

Enquire about a date

Theatre, festival, big top or school programme — send the date you are holding and we will take it from there.

  • Your message goes to the company's booking desk, not a ticket agency.
  • We reply with the versions of the show that fit your room and the dates that are open.
  • Nothing is held and nothing is payable at enquiry stage.