Smirkus Ever After: A Big Top Fairytale

Circus Smirkus, Vermont’s award-winning international youth circus returns to Elm Bank on July 17, 18 & 19 with its 2009 Big Top Tour.

The traveling youth circus will perform 70 shows this summer continuing a 22-year tradition of bringing joy and magic to towns all over the Northeast. Twenty-seven stars, ages 10 to 18, bring youthful exuberance and polished skills from all parts of the country and the world. This year’s troupe hails from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Vermont and Washington, with international troupers from France and the United Kingdom.

This year’s show is full of exuberant talent and dazzling spectacle, with aerials, acrobatics, high wire, juggling, trapeze, clowning, live music and an array of brilliant costumes. This theme-based performance is a magical mix of treasured tales and fractured fables retold in Smirkus Ever After. The famed youth circus will turn the pages on Aesop, the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, bringing classic stories to life through the spectacle and enchantment of circus. Quicker than the Big Bad Wolf can say “Rumpelstiltskin!” center ring will be transformed into a fairytale kingdom, where fabled figures come to life, circus-style. It’s fee, fi, fo fun!, sure to delight circus-goers of all ages. So race the tortoise all the way to Grandmother’s house, grab a seat by the Storyteller, and get ready to hear your favorite tales told once upon a big top.

Ticket prices are $22 for adults, $18 for children ages 2-12, and children under 2 are free. Tickets may be obtained at www.smirkus.org, by calling 1-877-SMIRKUS or limited availability at gate one hour before show time.

6 SHOWS!
July 17 (Fri): 2 & 7 pm
July 18 (Sat): 2 & 7 pm
July 19 (Sun): 11 am & 4 pm

LOCATION
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Elm Bank Horticulture Center
900 Washington Street (Rt. 16),
Wellesley, MA 02482-5725
(Google Map) (Directions)

PRICES
Adults (13+): $22
Children (2-12): $18
Under 2: FREE

Groups of 15+: $2 off each ticket

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