THEY are the eighth generation of their family to excel in the circus arts. Each year, a new all-human production of their circus takes the road to entertain the people of the south-east. With their own families, the Santus brothers are proud to present their traditional-style show in Britain. It’s become a firm favourite with audiences, and comes to Grays from 1st to 5th June with a brand-new 2016 show – details below.
Ernest and Roger Santus are members of some of France’s most illustrious circus families. Taking on almost every sort of skill and presentation, from hand-balancing and trapeze to unicycling, juggling, and acrobatics, they’ve performed across Europe and in Asia, and they’ve won top prizes at the prestigious Monte Carlo Circus Festival.
This is traditional circus with a French flavour. The 2016 production is titled ‘Legends’. It includes top international artistes from Brazil, Ethiopia, Mongolia, Romania, Morocco, and of course Britain and France. Performances run around two hours, and feature wire-walking, juggling, trapeze, the ‘Chinese pole’, hula-hooping, contortionism, unicycling, hand-to-hand acrobatics, and gentle friendly clowning, as well as the nerve-tingling thrills of the Globe of Death – three motorcyclists looping the loop inside a tiny steel sphere!
Santus Circus performs under a colourful and comfy heated Big Top. Prices start from £9 (but look out for Discount Vouchers to get money off!) A Family Ticket for two adults and two children costs just £40. Every Wednesday, all seats are priced at just £7, first-come-first-served.
Santus Circus performs under the Big Top at King George V Playing Fields, Blackshots Lane RM16 2JU for performances from Wednesday 1st to Sunday 5th June.
TICKETS and INFORMATION: 07843 884787 or 07952 418487
CHECK SHOW TIMES at www.santuscircus.com
