A world of entertainment in the Big Top at the Peoples Park over the three days of the Festival, from physical theatre to music to workshops.
Admission for each show: €5 per person. Tickets can be purchased here. You can also buy tickets at the Box Office in the Park throughout the festival, subject to availability (no admin charge).
Tickets purchased online will incur a €1 admin charge per ticket. Admission charge applies to all. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult/guardian.
Galumpha 
Irish Premiere
Combining stunning acrobatics, striking visual effects, physical comedy and inventive choreography, Galumpha brings to life a world of imagination, beauty, muscle and merriment. The three performers, Andy Horowitz, Greg O’Brien and Marlon Torres, create a sensory feast of images ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime, drawn together into a seamless whole, which consistently brings audiences to their feet. “Galumpha is a triumphant mix of art and entertainment, offering world-class and award winning choreography” (Edinburgh Festival Critics’ Choice Award).
Saturday 3:30pm and 5:15pm
Sunday 5:15pm and 7:00pm
Tumble Circus: ‘This is what we do for a living’ 
A tale of a Dublin boy and a Swedish girl who fall in and out of love. It is a circus comedy about relationships, and a nostalgic reflection on this pair’s absurd history together since they first met in Dublin in the 90’s. Featuring flying hula hoops, slapstick acrobatics, stunning corde lisse and daring double trapeze, Tumble Circus explore the human side of the circus. No fanfare or sequins, quite simply the extraordinary skill and passion of two acrobats on a life-long adventure. The show is directed by Melbourne comedian Trent (Birdmann) Baumann.
Friday 7:15pm
Saturday 2:00pm
Cups and Crowns
Cups and Crowns Theatre Company tour to schools, art centres, theatres and venues nationwide throughout the year with innovative, high quality theatre, artistic events and workshops specifically devised for younger audiences.
In the Big Top at Spraoi they present two shows:
Blenny, The Water Daughter:
In a small fishing town off the coast of Ireland, Mack the lighthouse keeper watches over the town and the ocean, but feels part of neither. But that was before the day a Blenny Fish followed him home! Just as the lighthouse illuminates the Cliffs, the Bay, the Town, the Pier, the Ocean, let Mack shed light on the hidden secrets of his community, a place where stories grow legs… fins and fish lips!
Friday 4:00pm & 5:30pm
The Magnificent Mind of Daisy Dunne:
Daisy is gifted. When she was 5, she drew a map of the world on the kitchen wall. At the
age of 8 she took her father’s car apart and put it back together again. By the time she was 12 she was studying Science and Mathematics at University. With each birthday Daisy becomes more devoted to finding answers to the world’s most puzzling questions. That is until her childhood friend Mitten, teaches her the one thing she doesn’t know… and it’s lifes most important lesson.
Cups and Crowns present this wonderful, original story about a gifted girl and her extraordinary friend.
Sunday 2:00pm & 3:30pm
Always Drinking Productions: “The Street is Ours” 
Irish Premiere
In 1997 the Always Drinking Marching Band hit the streets with its own particular brand of music, and their first show “Beer, Sweat and Tears”. Realising the potential of the band, in 2004 a second 
show “The Street is Ours” was born, elaborate and energetic. The show is a group of musicians, clowns, dancers, poets, technicians who form Always Drinking Productions. The arrangements are specially done for this ensemble, creating an original and powerful sound. Theatrical situations, gags and interaction with the audience make of this show a unique experience.
A clown guides the musicians through the most hilarious situations, while the trumpet players seduce the audience with their sound, the alto and tenor saxophones shake their booty, and nobody can avoid watching the crazy trombone player. The sousaphone has a fantastic groove, in harmony with the banjo. Finally, three percussionists, bass drum, snare drum and a kettledrummer generate an unusual beat and a powerful explosive rhythm !
“The Street is Ours” has been seen all over Spain and Europe, wowing audiences wherever its performed, not just because of the quality of the show, but because it uses a universal language that reaches all audiences.
Saturday 7:00pm
Sunday 8:15pm
Wobbly Circus
Presenting juggling and circus skills workshops for all ages in the Big Top on the days of Spraoi. Several workshops each day will cater for children of every age, so be prepared to spin plates, juggle balls or spin poi and other assorted circus skills. Places limited, so book early. Children under 6 must be accompanied by an adult.
Saturday 11:00 am & 12:30 am
Sunday 11:00 am & 12:30 am
