Play is back! From 22 January to 22 February 2026, nine companies will present their own unique visions of contemporary circus, accompanied by a rich supporting programme.

Glorious Bodies is a physical, moving, and hopeful circus and dance performance about the capacity of our bodies, about seeing and being seen, about the border between classical and contemporary circus.

EZ explores power dynamics and the pact negotiated between artist and audience. Through practices that are both extreme and tender, Zanzu extends an open invitation to a vulnerable dialogue around care.

Blueprint is a sensitive and humorous exploration that invites us into the subtle nuances of human connection.

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With HIER SOWIE DORT (engl. here as well as there) the company Raum 305 presents the final chapter of their trilogy exploring the eternal search for connection.

Mimoto, the Japanese word for identity, is the starting point for an extraordinary ensemble embarking on a performative journey into the self within an inclusive we.

Light and silly, absurd and Dada, and a sort of autobiographical, introspective look at all the silly little things that can make or break a friendship.

In OMÂ (a combination of Oma, the German word for grandma, and Mâdarjun, the Farsi affectionate term for grandmother), the German Iranian circus artist Roxana Küwen Arsalan reimagines a dialogue with her two grandmothers.

Three malicious musicians. Two circus artists in love. Palianytsia traces the journey of a couple that life and history took apart and brought back together again.

Connecting storytelling with flowing, acrobatic choreographies, BELLO! brings together seven acrobats and one fish out of water actor in a poetic and sometimes raucous examination of not just how we find the beauty within us but how we let it out.