Circus (disambiguation)

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A circus is a traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts.

Circus may also refer to:

Basic meanings

• Circus (building), an open-air venue used for public events in the Roman Empire
• Circus (genus), the largest genus of harriers, a type of bird of prey
• Circus offensive, codename for bombing raids of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II
• Media circus, overblown media coverage of a news event, such as a trial
• The Circus, a nickname for Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (or MI6)
• The Circus, Bath, originally called King's Circus, a circular space surrounded by large townhouses in the city of Bath, England

Art

• The Circus (Seurat painting), an 1891 painting by Georges Seurat
• The Creative Circus, an advertising portfolio school in Atlanta, Georgia

In film

• The Circus (film) (1928), directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin
• Circus (1936 film), Soviet melodramatic comedy
• Circus (2000 film), crime thriller
• Circus (2009 film), India Kannada film

In television

• Circus (TV series), an Indian TV series starring Shahrukh Khan and Ashutosh Gowariker, 1989–1990
• Circus, an episode of the Adult Swim animated television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force, 2002
• Circus Action, a Taiwanese television series consisting of four young men engaging in ridiculous behavior, 2005
• Circus, a six part PBS documentary about the 2008–09 season of the Big Apple Circus
• Circus, an episode of Glenn Martin, DD], now the episode is called The Grossest Show On Earth, 2009

In literature

• Circus (magazine), a now-defunct publication which covered the rock scene, much like Rolling Stone magazine
• Circus (novel), a 1975 novel by Alistair MacLean

In other entertainment

• Circus (company), a Japanese visual novel studio
• Circus (video game), a Breakout clone released by Exidy in 1977
• Circus Atari, a spinoff of the above game for the Atari 2600 console

In music

Bands

• Circus, UK band, formed by Mel Collins, 1967–69, also known as Cirkus
• Circus (American band), USA band in the 1970s
• Circus (French band), French band established in 2012

Albums and songs

• Circus (Argent album), Argent's 1975 seventh album
• The Circus (Erasure album), a 1987 album
  • "The Circus" (song), the title track of the above album
• Circus (Eraserheads album), 1994 album
• Circus (Lenny Kravitz album), 1995
• "Circus", a 1996 single by Japanese rock singer Tomoyasu Hotei
• "Circus", a song from the album Passenger by Passenger, 2003
• Circus (FictionJunction Yuuka album), 2007
• Circus (Britney Spears album), 2008 album by Britney Spears
  • "Circus" (song), second single and title track of the above
  • The Circus Starring Britney Spears, tour for album above
• The Circus (Take That album), 2008 album

See also

• Flea circus, a very small circus pretending to show performing fleas
• Flying circus (disambiguation)
• Circus Maximus (disambiguation)