![LA SOIREE: Describing itself as]()
LA SOIREE: Describing itself as "decadent and downright dangerous," LA SOIREE is a theatrical phenomenon that combines cabaret, burlesque, circus sideshow and contemporary variety. Unsurprisingly given that description, they won the Entertainment prize at this year's Olivier Awards, and will be performing in the Circus Big Top.
![Palo Volador: Members of the Cumbre Tajn Festival de la Identidad will perform the extraordinary Mexican Ritual Ceremony, Volaores, daily in the Circus Field. They'll fly on ropes from a 20 metre pole, leaving one man atop dancing and playing a flute and drum. Hard to imagine isn't it? You'll just have to see it.]()
Palo Volador: Members of the Cumbre Tajn Festival de la Identidad will perform the extraordinary Mexican Ritual Ceremony, Volaores, daily in the Circus Field. They'll fly on ropes from a 20 metre pole, leaving one man atop dancing and playing a flute and drum. Hard to imagine isn't it? You'll just have to see it.
![The Dalai Lama: Though it hasn't been officially announced yet by Glastonbury, we're fairly certain, thanks to an early announcement on his website, that fans can look forward to a talk from Tenzin Gyatso on the festival's final day. We just hope His Holiness is prepared for the mud.]()
The Dalai Lama: Though it hasn't been officially announced yet by Glastonbury, we're fairly certain, thanks to an early announcement on his website, that fans can look forward to a talk from Tenzin Gyatso on the festival's final day. We just hope His Holiness is prepared for the mud.
![Michael Clarke Company - come, been and gone: Combining technical rigour and experimentation, ballet and punk, this production is set primarily to the music of David Bowie, and its dancers don Bowie-style leather jackets and echo his style of movement in a beautifully choreographed stage show. If Bowie turns out not to be the third headliner, this is the next best thing.]()
Michael Clarke Company - come, been and gone: Combining technical rigour and experimentation, ballet and punk, this production is set primarily to the music of David Bowie, and its dancers don Bowie-style leather jackets and echo his style of movement in a beautifully choreographed stage show. If Bowie turns out not to be the third headliner, this is the next best thing.
![John Cooper Clarke: If you're a fan of poetry, politics or Arctic Monkeys, you'll already be fully aware of John Cooper Clarke. For those not in the know, he's an English punk poet who's been performing his witty, acerbic, political poems since the 1970s.]()
John Cooper Clarke: If you're a fan of poetry, politics or Arctic Monkeys, you'll already be fully aware of John Cooper Clarke. For those not in the know, he's an English punk poet who's been performing his witty, acerbic, political poems since the 1970s.
![The Black Eagles: Originally from Tanzania, where they learned their acrobatic skills on the streets of Dar-es-Salaam, The Black Eagles perform stunning acrobatics and dance to an African musical soundtrack.]()
The Black Eagles: Originally from Tanzania, where they learned their acrobatic skills on the streets of Dar-es-Salaam, The Black Eagles perform stunning acrobatics and dance to an African musical soundtrack.
![Shappi Khorsandi: The deadpan comedian has appeared on QI, Have I Got News For You, 8 Out Of 10 Cats and pretty much every other comedy panel show. Her brand of black comedy often draws from her experience as an Iranian-born woman in an increasingly hostile climate. Are we making it sound a little dry? It's not, honest.]()
Shappi Khorsandi: The deadpan comedian has appeared on QI, Have I Got News For You, 8 Out Of 10 Cats and pretty much every other comedy panel show. Her brand of black comedy often draws from her experience as an Iranian-born woman in an increasingly hostile climate. Are we making it sound a little dry? It's not, honest.
![Arthur Smith: The comedian recently completed his second Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen tour, which does exactly what it says on the tin and combines comedy, music and Smith's unparalleled love of Leonard Cohen. His London performance ended with a streaker running onto the stage, so be prepared for anything.]()
Arthur Smith: The comedian recently completed his second Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen tour, which does exactly what it says on the tin and combines comedy, music and Smith's unparalleled love of Leonard Cohen. His London performance ended with a streaker running onto the stage, so be prepared for anything.
![Marcus Brigstocke's Policy Unit: A panel show helmed by Brigstocke in which ideas to improve Britain are floated in a round-table discussion and then voted on by an audience. This one will be particularly topical given that the general election will be fresh in everyone's memories. Past guests have included Robin Ince, Andrew Maxwell and Simon Evans.]()
Marcus Brigstocke's Policy Unit: A panel show helmed by Brigstocke in which ideas to improve Britain are floated in a round-table discussion and then voted on by an audience. This one will be particularly topical given that the general election will be fresh in everyone's memories. Past guests have included Robin Ince, Andrew Maxwell and Simon Evans.
![Blackskywhite: Founded in 1988 by theatre director Dmitry Aryupin, a graduate of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Blackskywhite's avant-garde theatrical displays have toured the world for over 25 years. Each play they produce, judging by the press shots, is as strange and disturbing as the next.]()
Blackskywhite: Founded in 1988 by theatre director Dmitry Aryupin, a graduate of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Blackskywhite's avant-garde theatrical displays have toured the world for over 25 years. Each play they produce, judging by the press shots, is as strange and disturbing as the next.
![The Beatbox Collective: High impact, energetic shows from the leading beatbox artists in the UK, The Beatbox Collective, in their own humble words,]()
The Beatbox Collective: High impact, energetic shows from the leading beatbox artists in the UK, The Beatbox Collective, in their own humble words, "push the boundaries of the human vocals."
