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 or The 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

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

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