Amid an increasingly busy field, concocting an original show of circus and acrobatics is becoming an ever-trickier feat to pull off. This trio of shows and performers are doing their bit. Taking place in one of the traditional big-hitting venues for circus, The Genesis (Assembly Hall, Thursday 31 July–Monday 25 August, 12.30pm) has plenty of expectations being heaped upon it. All the way from sunny Denmark come the Copenhagen Collective, who promise to hurl the audience (as well as one another) into another dimension.

Not at an Assembly venue, confusingly, The Nose Dive Assembly (Underbelly Circus Hub, Saturday 2–Saturday 23 August, 4.10pm) is hosted by a mistress of ceremonies who is somewhat frustrated at her own lack of airborne action. This show has a Wheel Of Death, which sounds ominous. From Chicago gang Full Out Formula comes I Think It Could Work (Zoo Southside, Friday 1–Sunday 17 August, 5.30pm), an improvised and dazzling clash of colour and acrobatics.