Underbelly Festival is back for its tenth year on the Southbank with a big line-up, including headline shows from four countries across four different continents by some of the finest purveyors of circus in the world.

“It’s hard to believe it’s been ten years since we first landed on the Southbank but we’re celebrating in style with our most exciting program yet. As well as providing a range of brilliant comedy, cabaret, family entertainment, food, drink and bars, our headline shows all demonstrate the richness and variety of circus performance all around the world and it’s amazing to be hosting them mere yards away from the birthplace of circus 250 years ago,” says Underbelly director Ed Bartlam. Shows are currently on sale. Here is a sampling; a modern twist on the grand tradition of European Circus: acclaimed German production SOAP combines acrobatics and water for a visually extraordinary and riotously fun spectacle that includes bathtub acrobatics, a mop ballet and a spectacular rainy finale. For its London premiere at Underbelly Festival, Circolombia ...