The 2025 Big Top Tour: GAME ON! is on the road!
WATCH THIS VIDEO!The 2025 Big Top Tour troupers are on the road! Watch our youth performers in this trailer of the Big Top Tour: GAME ON! Get your tickets at smirkus.org/about-big-top-tour/
The Big Top Tour Opens THIS WEEKEND!
WATCH THIS VIDEO!The 2025 Big Top Tour troupers are about to launch the show! Watch our youth performers as they get ready for their summer tour: GAME ON! Get your tickets at smirkus.org/about-big-top-tour/
Behind the Curtain: Inside the Smirkus Prop Shop
WATCH THIS VIDEO!Meet our lead props maker, TJ Michael and production assistant Kate Grimble, as they share just a little about what it’s like to get props show ready behind the scenes. Get your tickets at smirkus.org/about-big-top-tour/
A Sneak Peek at the 2025 Big Top Tour: GAME ON!
WATCH THIS VIDEO!The 2025 Big Top Tour troupers are getting ready for the show! Watch the kids train and listen to music from the new soundtrack of GAME ON! by trouper alum Aaron Schondorf, our composer. Get your tickets at smirkus.org/about-big-top-tour/
The 2025 Big Top Tour! Off the Charts FUN!
WATCH THIS VIDEO!The 2025 Big Top Tour: GAME ON! will be on tour this summer from June 28-August 17 across states in New England. The troupers have arrived and in creation, preparing for an incredible show filled with aerials, contortion, acrobatics, juggling and much more! Get your tickets at smirkus.org/about-big-top-tour/
Meet the 2025 Big Top Tour Troupers!
Are you ready to meet the 2025 Big Top Tour troupers? Congratulations to these 30 young circus artists ages 12-18 who will perform across New England this summer! Tickets go on sale May 1! For more information, visit smirkus.org/about-big-top-tour/.
Meet the 2024 Big Top Tour Troupers!
Are you ready to meet the 2024 Big Top Tour troupers? Congratulations to these 30 young circus artists ages 11-18 who will perform across New England this summer! Tickets go on sale May 1! For more information, visit smirkus.org/about-big-top-tour/.
Meet the 2024 Big Top Tour Directors
Step into a world of whimsy and wonder, as Circus Smirkus celebrates playfulness, discovery, and childlike curiosity with the 2024 Big Top Tour: The Imaginarium. A magical toy shop comes to life with tumbling teddy bears, high-flying marionettes, and a very mischievous Jack-in-the-Box, in this awe-inspiring and laughter-filled production. This year’s show will be co-directed by Smirkus alum, clown, and director Joshua Shack, and Julie Jenkins, former Smirkus coach and show director (2003 & 2004) and Co-founder and Artistic Director of the Chicago-based Midnight Circus. About Josh Joshua Shack decided to become a clown when he was just three years…
Do You Want to Apply for Circus Smirkus?
Our troupers share why you should audition! Applications are now open for the 2024 Big Top Tour and for Smirkus Camps requiring placement: Intermediate Skills Intensive, Advanced Camp and Road Show. The Big Top Tour application is due November 1. Smirkus Camp applications are on a rolling, first come, first serve basis. We hope to see you next summer! For more information about auditions, visit smirkus.org/auditions/.
NBC Visits Circus Smirkus
Watch this video of NBC Nightly News Kids Edition with Lester Holt: The NBC Nightly News team came to visit Circus Smirkus in Greensboro, VT. Reporter Kristen Dahlgren got to know our troupers, watched the show and met with Interim Co-Executive Directors Josh Shack and Rachel Schiffer. You can watch the episode above. For more information about the Big Top Tour or Smirkus Camp, visit smirkus.org.