Rome: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Party & Show, 14 – 18 October 2009

 
From the 14th to the 18th of October Rome will host the first dates of the European tour of one of the most thrilling shows in the world, an event that mixes circus with interactivity, and that is characterised by the perfect match between tradition and innovation. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Party & Show is ready to leave the United States and to arrive in the Old Continent (the show will take place not only in Italy – Rome and Milan – but also in Spain, Germany and Portugal), to delight also the children – and adults, too – of this part of the world with an amusing, unique, breath-taking show. One more reason to make cheap hotel reservations in Rome and spend some days in the eternal city, which is not hosting the first date of the European tour by accident: it was in Rome, indeed, that Feld Entertainment signed the contract to purchase the Ringling-Barnum & Bailey Circus, in 1967, and do not forget that Rome is home to the Coliseum, which is somehow considered as the first great circus of history.

However, the history of this new touring show begins long before 1967, at the end of the 19th century, with the fusion of the two entertainment companies led by James Anthony Bailey and P.T. Barnum, a fusion that soon achieved a great success. In 1907 the Barnum & Bailey Circus was purchased by the Ringling Bros., but it went on organising its shows independently until 1919, when it merged with the Ringling Bros. Circus. Since 1919 the circus, which has hosted also many well-known people (Buffalo Bill, just to make an example), has achieved a great success and has become famous all over the world, and is now ready to make its debut in Italy with the “Circus & Party Show”, a show that has already been seen by 1,200,000 people in just two years (it was held for the first time in West Palm Beach, Florida, in 2007), and which will certainly be sold out also in Italy (book now a discount guest house in Rome, to be sure not to miss the event).

The main feature of this new show is the fusion of typical circus performances, which keep fascinating both children and adults, with new ingredients, which make the show keep pace with the times: besides clowns, stilt walkers, trapeze artists and exotic animals, the tourists who will travel to Rome will enjoy the performances of a daredevil cyclist and sensational motorcyclists. And this is not all: as the title of the event suggests, the event is not only a “show”, but also a real “party” for the audience: if you arrive half an hour before, you will have the possibility to live a real circus experience, wearing circus costumes and discovering the secrets of circus artists.


Tickets: various prices
Date: 14th – 18th October 2009
Location: Palalottomatica, Rome, Italy