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Last updated: Tuesday, 3 June 2025
For just R150, and free for kids under 3, you’re getting a really special family experience, with dramatic acrobatics, graceful trapeze, and throwback hits that even ouma will love.
The performers in Zip Zap Circus’s latest show, Chasing Dreams, range from their internationally-recognised touring troupe to aspiring teens in their social programmes. It’s on at the Zip Zap Dome from 12 to 20 July 2025.
Zip Zap is a uniquely South African circus family. Image: Joan Ward
For over 30 years, Zip Zap has offered training and job opportunities for thousands of underprivileged young people.
The Dare2Dream programme provides young adults with a free alternative to mainstream education. They learn circus and
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