Circus (disambiguation)

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:

Art and architecture

• Roman circus, an open-air public space in the Roman Empire
• The Circus, Bath, a structure in Bath, Somerset, England
• The Circus (Seurat), an 1891 painting by Georges Seurat

Literature

• Circus (magazine), an American rock music magazine 1966–2006
• Circus (novel), a 1975 novel by Alistair MacLean

Film and television

Film

• The Circus (1928 film), an American film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin
• Circus (1936 film), a Soviet comedy musical directed by Grigori Aleksandrov
• Circus (1939 film), a Swedish-Danish drama film directed by George Schnéevoigt
• The Circus (1943 film), a Mexican comedy starring Cantinflas
• Circus (2000 film), a British/American neo-noir crime film directed by Rob Walker
• Circus (2009 film), an Indian Kannada-language film directed by Dayal Padmanabhan

Television

• Circus (Canadian TV series), a 1978–1985 Canadian variety show
• Circus (Indian TV series), a 1989–1990 Indian drama series
• Circus, a 2010 PBS documentary series on the Big Apple Circus
• The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth, a 2016 documentary series
• "Circus" (Aqua Teen Hunger Force), a 2002 episode
• "Circus" (Bluey), a 2020 episode
• "Circus" (Glenn Martin, DDS), a 2009 episode
• "The Circus" (Helluva Boss), a 2022 episode
• "Circus", an episode of the TV series Pocoyo
• "Circus" (Slow Horses), a 2025 episode

Music

Performers

• Circus (American band), a 1970–1975 power pop band
• Circus (French band), a pop group formed in 2012
• Circus (rapper) (21st century), American rapper
• Circus, a 1967–1969 British jazz group that included Mel Collins
• Circus, a 1972–1990 Swiss progressive rock band

Albums

• Circus (Argent album) or the title song, 1975
• Circus (Britney Spears album) or the title song (see below), 2008
  • The Circus Starring Britney Spears, a 2009 concert tour
• Circus (Chiaki Kuriyama album), 2011
• Circus (Eraserheads album), 1994
• Circus (FictionJunction Yuuka album), 2007
• Circus (Lenny Kravitz album) or the title song (see below), 1995
• Circus (EP), by Stray Kids, or the title song (see below), 2022
• Circus, by Flairck, 1981
• Circus, by Mary Black, 1995
• Circus, by Teflon Brothers, 2017
• The Circus (Erasure album) or the title song (see below), 1987
• The Circus (Take That album) or the title song, 2008
• The Circus (EP), by Mick Jenkins, 2020
• The Circus, by the Venetia Fair, 2009

Songs

• "Circus" (Britney Spears song), 2008
• "Circus" (Lenny Kravitz song), 1995
• "Circus" (Stray Kids song), 2022
• "Circus", by Brotherhood of Man later reissued on Images, 1977
• "Circus", by Circle from Kollekt, 1998
• "Circus", by Friend & Lover, 1969
• "Circus", by John Cale from Walking on Locusts, 1996
• "Circus", by Kim Taeyeon from Something New, 2018
• "Circus", by John Denver from Rhymes & Reasons, 1969
• "Circus", by MC Mong from Show's Just Begun, 2008
• "Circus", by Moloko from Do You Like My Tight Sweater?, 1995
• "Circus", by Sonny & Cher, 1969
• "Circus", by String Driven Thing, 1972
• "Circus", by Summer Walker from Still Over It, 2021
• "Circus", by Tomoyasu Hotei, 1996
• "Circus", by Uriah Heep from Sweet Freedom, 1973
• "Circus", written by Louis Alter, 1949
• "Circus (What I Am)", by Michael Quatro, 1972
• "The Circus" (song), by Erasure, 1987
• "The Circus", by the Clentele from Music for the Age of Miracles, 2017
• "The Circus", by Toby Fox from Deltarune Chapter 1 OST, 2018

Other uses

• Circus (bird), the largest genus of harriers
• Circus (video game), a Breakout clone released by Exidy in 1977
• Circus offensive, British Royal Air Force bombing operations during World War II
• Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), nicknamed "The Circus", the UK foreign intelligence service
• Circus, a United Kingdom term for a circular road junction

See also

• Cirkus (disambiguation)
• Three Ring Circus (disambiguation)
• Two Ring Circus (disambiguation)
• Circus Circus (disambiguation)
• Circus Maximus (disambiguation)
• Flying circus (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Circus
• All pages with titles beginning with The Circus
• All pages with titles containing Circus