Picture vibrant circus theme by these quirky theatrical artists, or watch as they transform the drab to the daring and the limp to the luxurious. Fascinating to watch or be part of!

Four people in hot pursuit of love, on bungees! High-energy aerial-dance meets hip-hop, meets circus in this popular reworked production, previously on tour as part of Mayor of London’s Show Time.

Rosa’s Bar is a cheeky, quick-witted tango comedy performance from one of the UK’s leading aerial performance companies whose previous As the World Tipped took them to international heights. Followed by their second show Straw Dog, a machismo wrestling dance-fight show with humour to boot!

A trio of clown-acrobat misfits that entertain with their blend of slapstick and tomfoolery in a struggle for happiness through acrobatics, hat manipulation, straps… and aerial umbrella! Hailing from Portugal and Sweden, London is now home for these three performers.

Watch Out! Young people from London’s iconic Roundhouse created this dance-circus fusion show with a funky rhythm and hip-hop beats. The stars of tomorrow, today.

Highlights from the new generation of artists from London’s unique Circus Space [National Centre for Circus Arts]. The best graduating students present their newest acts on high hoops, trick bike, hand balancing, Chinese poles and hula-hoops.

Ravaging cynical sarcasm meets bittersweet comedy, acrobatics and beat box. This was clowning reinventing itself for the 21st century from five Mediterranean countries. Five modern men with a myriad of skills create a blend of street theatre all of its own.

Building on centuries of Moroccan circus honed on the beaches of Tanger, this family – Hammich company – displays the traditional tricks of their ancestors (seven generations ) with jaw-dropping acrobatics and a raw, youthful zest. It’s witty, eye-poppingly skilled and set to live music.

Impossible, baffling and mesmeric, this is a highly complex four-person juggling act from the dexterous Gandinis, an international company based in the UK. Think you know juggling? Watch them and think again.

A cocktail of truly inventive hula-hoop! Take 12 of London’s hottest hula hoopers and add half a million sequins and 300 hoops. Stir in a good measure of hip swinging and shoulder swaying. Shake it up with a dash of glamour, and with new choreography from the amazing Marawa! The Hula Bon Bons were the sweetest, sparkliest hula cocktail in town.

A new company re-inventing circus techniques for the 21st century. Extraordinary contraptions for balance and acrobatics on, in and with a medley of ‘tubes’ – Chinese poles, bendy poles, spiral wheels used in every conceivable way!

Top talent from the emerging generation of students from Bristol’s renowned circus and physical theatre training centre created a new show incorporating dance trapeze, static bar, corde lisse, acro-balance and juggling.

Best of the next: West London’s renowned young people’s circus presented highlights from their members’ acts featuring traditional circus trapeze, hoop, rope, double ball, unicycle and contact juggling.

Stilt-wearing, rope and trick bike duo with a quirky take on aerial artistry and mid air action. A winning combination with daring, skill and unexpected tricks.

This unquestionably cool French troupe create architecture with bodies. Their hip, contemporary circus style combines original trapeze acts and gravity defying wall-walking with trampoline and urban Chinese pole.

Having met at The Circus Space, these three performers presented sleek and muscular Chinese pole acts panning down Regent Street. Creatively coordinated, this was a brand new routine.

Framed high above Air Street, balancing upside down on only her hands, Natalie Reckert’s strength and skill was slick and awe-inspiring. Banging beats and brute strength.

Flips, leaps, spins, pops and beats. An urban duet for champion flatland BMX and B-boy in an extraordinary fusion of bike tricks and street dance – on the street.

A troupe formed from recent graduates of international circus schools brought together for the 2012 Exhibition Road Show under the directorship of Sue Broadway. Acts included awe inspiring straps and handstands at heights, spinning cyr wheels, and risky Washington trapeze to wow all on the ground.

Hilarity at height, but is he flying or falling…? Teetering up on high, atop a tall swaying pole, Julot (from Les Cousins) performed feats of balance, hula-hoop and crazy acts only normally seen on the ground.

Extracts, with a crashing of drums, a fanfare of brass and much happy shouting. A mix of aerialists, a musician/stuntman and Chinese pole reinventing the circus experience. The skill was hair raising, the comedy was madcap, the music was zany.

In this delicate performance on four silks that were suspended like a tent across the street, Ilona traversed the sky, high above with sylph-like prowess. A solo performance from one of Finland’s most interesting aerialists.

An extraordinary costume merges body and trapeze equipment into one incredible form.  Swiveling and twisting, falling and turning, and beautifully defying expectations of the body in motion.

Dynamic swinging trapeze duo Eric McGill and Alma Buholzer – two of Canada’s top trapeze artists – performed a daring, synchronised act that’s seen them travel the world. Soaring higher, swinging faster, perfectly in time.

Vibrant and pulsating Latin circus with a raw infectious energy. Known for their amazing high-level skills, the company also trains street children to become professional circus artists. A mix of extraordinary acts on double Chinese poles, double tightropes, wire walker, cloudswing and Washington trapeze.

France’s finest tightrope artists with endless feats of balance, performed on a unique, star-shaped structure of interwoven tightropes spanning the road. By turns extraordinary, beautiful and nerve-wracking.

One of Europe’s most extraordinary acts. A stunning duet of high-wire above swinging trapeze: this was a virtuoso couple living the high life and taking their skill to the limit upside down and the other way up. Precision and daring with an elegant twist

The International Man of Artistry and legendary street performer brought his outsized repertoire of famous faces painted in a flash, executed live! Can you guess what it is yet?

Flying, falling and soaring above your head, Mad Max daring meets aerial dance. Highly skilled mid-air action with flying trapeze from a huge imposing circular rig – CirkVOST, made up of members of the renowned Les Arts Sauts (The Art of Flying) was guaranteed to lift your spirits and touch your heart.

Opera with a difference taking to the streets. Pom Pom drummers summoned three outsized ball gowns housing vibrant singers who roam. This established outdoor company brought its newest act to the UK, on a grand scale. You couldn’t miss them!

An unusual home, in a strange world: two people inhabit the centre of a metal wheel, not much bigger than their standing height, the living space hemmed in by miniature cupboards, drawers and curtains. Follow them as they travel along the road.

Creating the illusion of flying, the seemingly weightless heliospheres explored the uncharted space between the heads of the audience and the roof tops. Spiraling and spinning, 3 acrobats are suspended beneath three helium balloons to make the impossible possible.

The finale: an aerial spectacular performed after sunset in this iconic location, ending with an experience you’ll never have again and that you’ll never forget. Tonight, here is where the angels play!