Stardust Circus is a circus that tours in Australia. It’s annual performance season lasts from January to late November, touring Australia from the remotest towns to the largest cities.
| Stardust Circus | |
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| Origin | |
| Country | Australia |
| Founder(s) | Lennon and West families |
| Year founded | 1993 |
| Information | |
| Travelling show? | Yes |
| Type of acts | Trapeze, acrobats, teeter board, flying trapeze, aerial silks, cloud swing, clowns, horse, ponies, pigs, goats, dogs |
| Website | https://www.stardustcircus.com.au |
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The circus was established in 1993 by the Lennon and West families, two circus families with tradition going back to the late 19th century. [1][2] It is a traditional form of circus and was the last circus in Australia with big cats in their programme. [3]
Stardust Circus showcases a wide variety of circus arts such as tumblers, solo trapeze, acrobats, teeter board, aerial silks, cloud swing, flying trapeze and clowns. Animals include liberty horses (performing dressage without rider and on signals alone), liberty Welsh mountain ponies, goats, pigs and dogs.
In 2021, the circus retired its four tigers, which were its last remaining exotic animals, citing insurance difficulties following the pandemic. [4][5] The circus had previously retired its two elephants and monkeys.
Janice Lennon's daughter Natalie married Rudy Weber and they run Webers Circus.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Behind the scenes: meet the matriarch of a circus dynasty". Newcastle Herald. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ Lennon Bros Circus – About Us
- ^ "The circus is in town - with its own school and 'exceptional' ticket sales". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "The circus is in town - with its own school and 'exceptional' ticket sales". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "The owners of Stardust Circus, Australia's last circus using exotic animals, announced in April 2021 that they had been unable to secure insurance for their animals". 19 May 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "Life's a circus" by Julianne Dowling, The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 November 2009
External links
edit- Official website
- Stardust Circus performance details, Only Melbourne
- "Stardust Magic" on YouTube, A Current Affair, Adelaide
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