Become a Zip Zap Fund Racer in the Cape Town Cycle Tour 2023

Become a Zip Zap Fund Racer in the Cape Town Cycle Tour 2023

It’s time to start planning and training for the 45th Cape Town Cycle Tour which takes place on Sunday, 12th March 2023. With a limited field of 33,000 riders, entries will be hot property and we would love to see our Zip Zap Cycle Warriors as part of the peloton once...
Rhapsody cast ready to jet off to France!

Rhapsody cast ready to jet off to France!

After a successful run at the Artscape Opera House this past weekend the cast of Rhapsody is jetting off to Paris, France later today (8 November 2022) where they will complete a 3-month run at the Cirque Phénix, Europe’s biggest dome-style circus tent. Rhapsody...
Zip Zap Circus 30th anniversary!

Zip Zap Circus 30th anniversary!

Zip Zap was born from a simple dream, a trapeze bar in a tree in Langa, a box of costumes and a rusty old car. Established in 1992 by South African born Brent van Rensburg and his French wife, Laurence Estève, their dream was to use the circus as a tool to bridge...
Rhapsody at Artscape Theatre

Rhapsody at Artscape Theatre

Zip Zap’s philharmonic circus show, Rhapsody, will take to the stage from 3 to 6 November 2022 at the Artscape Opera House, before it travels to Paris for a 3-month run at the Cirque Phénix. This will be the 4th time that Zip Zap collaborates with a collective of...
Zip Zap The Circus Re-Imagined!

Zip Zap The Circus Re-Imagined!

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think about the circus? A big top, clowns, a ring master? Zip Zap is more than just an act! Zip Zap uses the circus arts as an educational tool: To learn physical skill such as coordination, balance, acrobatics,...
Slapstick

Slapstick

Back in the 1930s, the world descended into The Great Depression. It was a time of great hardship, doom, and gloom, and it was the ‘Big Top’ traveling circus that buoyed people’s spirits. Circus was a source of escapism, affordable family entertainment, and brought...