Returning to London after an acclaimed run last year, experience a joyous dream-like world that touches both your heart and funny bone, culminating in a breath-taking blizzard that leaves you literally knee deep in snow, in Slava’s Snowshow.
A combination of theatrical clowning and stunning visual spectacle, Slava’s Snowshow is performed by a world-renowned company of clowns led by Slava Polunin, Artistic Director of the St Petersburg Circus. This marks the fourth magical year of the show at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, with its enchanting festive family production.
Slava is a famous pantomime artist from a small town in central Russia, whose eccentric performances have earned him fame in Russian showbusiness. His multi-award-winning international sensation is back due to popular demand for Christmas 2017, having delighted audiences in over 80 cities globally including New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome, Hong Kong, Rio de Janeiro and Moscow.
Melding hilarity and poignancy with stunning spectacle and breathtaking, fantastical images, Slava’s Snowshow is an unmistakably unique and comedic masterpiece. Slava and his ensemble of clowns use water, cobwebs, bubbles and dry ice with dazzling effect.
A universal and timeless theatrical poetic spectacle, the show has empowered the imagination of audiences and critics since 1993 in tens of countries, hundreds of cities and with multiple thousands of performances. Enchanting spectators from all nationalities, gender, beliefs, types and ages, Slava’s Snowshow promises a unique form of entertainment and remains as spontaneous and magical as the first day, aiming to catapult all adults back in childhood.
The award-winning hit has delighted theatregoers around the world for 20 years, promising family theatre the likes of which you’ve never seen before. Featuring breathtaking visual effects, Slava’s Snowshow sees the Royal Festival Hall filled with a heart-stopping blizzard of that awe-inspiring wintery white stuff, guaranteeing families a gloriously White Christmas this festive season.