With each Circus Flora season comes a new theatrical storyline and brand-new performances. This year the show is called The Case of the Missing Bellhop and it features a high-flying trapeze artist, daredevil stunt performers and the St. Louis Arches — a troupe of child acrobats. There will also be mini horses doing tricks, superstar basset hounds and trained pigs performing under this diverse big top.
Mini horses, basset hounds, and pigs are ready to put on a show for you in St. Louis as Circus Flora launches its 32nd season this weekend.
The Big Top will stay up for six months instead of the usual shorter run of the show. New, closer offices will ease behind-the-scenes work.
In just over three weeks, Circus Flora unveils its brand-new show under the Big Top in Grand Center. Audiences will be immersed in The Case of the Missing Bellhop, an intriguing whodunit with a cast of characters ranging from a determined detective to a troupe of trained pigs.
It’s Circus Flora time earlier than usual. After more than 30 years of kicking off summer for St. Louis, the area's very own circus is moving its season from the heat of June to spring. Circus Flora artistic director Jack Marsh says "The Case of the Missing Bellhop" opens April 19th.