Friday 15 March 2019

NEWS: Circus Of Horrors comes to Leeds City Varieties in April



Acclaimed Circus Of Horrors to come to The City Varieties Music Hall in Leeds on Sunday 24 March. 

Not to be missed!

Imagine a brilliant rock show combined with amazing, bizarre & dare devil Circus acts, a stella light show and all performed with a forked tongue firmly in each cheek. If Quentin Tarantino had directed Cirque Du Soleil you would be half way there.

The Circus of Horrors is back with a bang & a brand new show, Psycho Asylum which includes an amazing amalgamation of acts, driven by a  rock n roll sound scape, a show that will have you sat on the edge of your seat when not falling off it with laughter.
The almighty cast that stormed into the finals of Britain's Got Talent is now a West End & World Wide Hit will take you on a roller coaster ride of sword swallowers, cross bow & knife trowing ultra vixens, flaming hula hooping divas, hair hangers, strong men, whirlwind acrobats, twisted contortionists, sinister aerialists, the darkest of Magic & lots lots more.
It is a circus like no other and a show you simply can't afford to miss.

Whether your a metal head or theatre goer The Circus of Horrors has something for everyone, listed number 2, just behind Guns n Roses and ahead of Marilyn Manson & Ozzy Osbourne at this years Download Festival & previously winner of the UKs top contemporary Circus - is now celebrating an astounding 23 years on the road with it's latest incarnation Psycho Asylum.

Celebratory Quotes:-
‘You have to go & see this if, one day something will go wrong & you will be able to say I was there’ Graham Norton
'Thats what I call entertainment' David Hasselhoff
'I loved it' Simon Cowell
'Like Rocky Horrors on acid' Amanda Holden

‘Totally Unbelievable’ Scott Mills, Radio 1

'A Brilliant marriage between Circus & Cabaret'  Judge Rinder

2018 see's the 250th anniversary of 'the Circus' after its invention by Major Philip Astley on London's South-bank in 1768, an institution that is as popular today than it has ever been. However circus has changed more in the last 30 years than in the 220 years previously, a change inspired by Circus Archaos, Cirque Du Soleil & the UK's own Circus of Horrors.

The Circus of Horrors started it’s gruesome begging's at the 1995 Glastonbury Festival and became an instant hit, touring all over the world from Chile to Chatham, Argentina to Aberdeen, Japan to Jersey  - including festival appearances with Alice Cooper, Eminem, Motley Crue, Oasis, Iron Maiden, The Manic St Preachers, Foo Fighters, Rammstien, Guns & Roses, Marilyn Manson, Ozzy Osbourne and many more.

Each year it undertakes a 100 venue UK theatre tour in addition to Festivals throughout the World including Download (3 times), Reading, Leeds, Isle of White, T in the Park etc in the UK,  Fuji Rock Festival in Japan (twice), Wacken festival in Germany plus shows in Chile, Uruguay, Holland, Belgium, Argentina, France, Italy, Ireland, Finland, Hong Kong and Moscow where it created history by becoming  the 1st UK Circus ever to perform in Russia. And an astounding 10 nights in London's O2.                  
This is not the 1st time however that The Circus of Horrors has created history, it became the only circus ever to reach the finals of Britain's Got Talent and the 1st Circus to perform in London's West End for over 100 years, & the only Circus to perform in a single venue in London (The Roundhouse) for an astounding 24 weeks, (previous record was 17 weeks).
In addition to BGT it's appearances on various other TV shows have turned what set out as a cult show into a household name, without compromise – taking the extreme to the mainstream, Its TV credits now also boast The X Factor, The Slammer, Daybreak, Fairground Attractions, Who wants to be a Millionaire, Body Shockers, Fake Reaction, This Morning, Ant & Dec, The One Show  & A Royal Command Performance & even an appearance on Judge Rinder!!!!
Media Quotes:-
'A Must see' Download Festival.
‘The Circus of Horrors completely WOWED the audience’ The Daily Mail.
‘A Bloody Great Night Out’ The Times
‘Freaking Awesome’ The Sun
‘Bloody Good Fun - Barnum Would be proud’ Time Out
‘Circus Without  A Condom’ The Telegraph
‘Bloody Marvellous’ Edinburgh Festival
‘Blood Thirsty & Burlesque’ The Independent

Leeds City Varietites Music Hall - box office - 0113 243 0808

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