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Circus & Street Performance in Cardiff

Circus and street performance in Cardiff itself is thin on the ground, but Acapela Studio does host live gigs with a genuinely different feel: wood-fired pizza, a proper bar, and ID checked on the door because it's 18+ only. For the more traditional circus and street performance shows, you're looking at a drive out to Bristol, where Tobacco Factory Theatres programmes proper circus and street performance work with a bar open well before curtain up, and Redgrave Theatre puts on shows for under-16s accompanied, with babies going free on a lap. If you've got young children, Redgrave Theatre is the one to plan around, with baby change facilities, free parking and group bookings sorted for a full outing. Puppet Place, also in Bristol, runs puppetry and circus workshops from shadow puppets to stop-motion, but only by arrangement rather than as a walk-in visit. Acapela Studio is strictly for the adults, a night out rather than a family trip. Given the distance to Bristol, it makes sense to pick one venue and build an evening or afternoon around it.

✓ 6 places✦ From £42.50