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Our circus recommendations for Adelaide Fringe 2025

The big top is the place to be at this year’s Fringe. Fiona Shepherd finds a tent-load of trapeze triumphs from a global cohort of performers

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Our circus recommendations for Adelaide Fringe 2025

The Black Blues Brothers
Amazing acrobatics, breathtaking co-ordination and a Blues Brothers soundtrack: The Black Blues Brothers’ show is a joyous ride for the whole family with plenty of feelgood fun.
Gluttony – Rymill Park, 21 February–23 March. 

Cirque Kalabante: Afrique En Cirque
Yamoussa Bangoura’s joyful show themed round daily life in his native Guinea combines athletic dancing, thunderous drumming, soulful kora playing and a gravity-defying predilection for human pillars and pyramids.
Gluttony – Rymill Park, 8–23 March.

Infamous

Elixir Revived
Four ripped lab rats ingest a mysterious elixir and are imbued with super-acrobatic powers in this witty narrative circus extravaganza, before it all goes ‘Thriller’-ingly wrong. We’ll have what they’re drinking.
Fool’s Paradise, 20 February–23 March. 

Infamous
From big wheels to show-stopping burlesque routines, high-altitude trapeze work to stratospheric juggling feats, Infamous is circus-cabaret spectacular on such a scale that they had to create their own really big top venue.
Infamous Theatre, 20 February–23 March. 

Keep In Touch!
From the team behind the stunning #since1994 (also returning to Fool’s Paradise), Keep In Touch! looks at the impact of technology on the human experience. Thought-provoking, modern and always beautiful circus.
Fool’s Paradise, 12–16 March.

The Mirror / Picture: Andy Phillipson

Limbo: The Return
Madonna’s favourite circus cabaret is still going strong after a 2024 reboot by its creators Strut & Fret. Limbo: The Return is driven by a live carnival soundtrack, infused with irreverent energy and built on outrageous skills.
The Garden Of Unearthly Delights, 14 February–23 March. 

The Mirror
Adelaide’s peerless acrobatic theatremakers Gravity & Other Myths have been all round the world with their latest show before bringing it home for a bit of domestic reflection and LED illumination.
Gluttony – Rymill Park, 20 February–23 March.

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