Roll up, roll up: University of Limerick offers students chance at the ’big top’

Circus skills are about to explode in Ireland writes Nuala Woulfe

IF you wanted to run away and join the circus, it’s not too late — the University of Limerick (UL) has the course for you.

While traditionally circus has been ‘big top’, contemporary circuses, such as Cirque du Soleil, take their influence from street arts. Circus has moved onto the streets as festival and into youth venues as social inclusion.