Starts 7.30pm, Tickets £10-£22, Tel 01903 206206
The show credited with introducing blood, coffins and chainsaws into the world of light entertainment, The Circus Of Horrors is currently celebrating its 10th anniversary.
And it's still the only place you can see the likes of Blackheart the Barbarian, who was (apparently) raised by wolves and hammers nails up his nose, sword-swallower The Wasp Boy who has a sideline in coathangers, and Gary Stretch, who throws all the shapes you would if your skin was made out of Silly Putty.
A unique blend of shock, live rock and unapologetic innuendo, this alternative rock 'n' roll circus is entirely the outcome you'd expect from the chance meeting, at a funeral, between circus king Gerry Cottle and the Marc Bolan-idolising son of a fire-eater.
The man now known as Dr Haze The Undead Ringmaster had been performing cabaret versions of the show for a number of years and realised Cottle was the only circus owner crazy enough to take on such a wild idea. Luckily, Cottle's daughters loved the idea of playing vampires and the fusion of circus, theatre and rock show began to take shape.
Influenced by Batman and horror flicks as well as the French punk circus Archaos, the show made its debut at Glastonbury 1995. It has since been seen everywhere from V Graham Norton to London's Burning, including one particularly memorable TV appearance in which they forced Ant & Dec to limbo under a flaming pole before covering them with live lobsters and a 15ft python.
The new show commences in 1900 - the golden age of the freak show - and will bring you face-to-face with such oddities as fakiers, voodoo acrobats, vampires who fly through the air suspended only by their hair and a "pickled person" emerging from a tiny bottle.
"We are a rock and roll circus act with some of the best extreme acts from around the world," says Dr Haze. "It's fun for all the family...as long as your name is Addams."
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