Where: Stratton Meadows, Cirencester and Fennells Farm, Stroud

When: Until September 24, 2017

This year's Giffords Circus tour is in full swing with the wagons rolling back into Gloucestershire.

The troupe, which is based in Stroud, has been touring the country with dates at Blenheim Palace, Oxford University Parks, Chiswick House and Gardens and Stonor Park in Henley-on-Thames.

Picture: Andrew Rees 

The Giffords Circus tour continues at Stratton Meadows, Cirencester from September 7 to 18 and Fennells Farm, Stroud from September 21 to 24.

This year's show, Any Port in a Storm, is inspired by the paintings of Diego Velasquez and is set in the Spanish court of King Philip IV in the 17th Century.

Tweedy the Clown is at odds with the court sovereign Philip IV, played by Little Man David Pilikut. The high formality and strict etiquette of the court is established through a series of equestrian and gymnastic vignettes.

In the second half, the lord of misrule Tweedy corrupts the court order and plays out a Tempest-inspired Masque, a riot of grotesque puppets, shifting liquid scenery and dwarf ponies.

The sovereign's gymnasts retaliate with a dynamic acrobat swing routine and the precarious equilibrium of the court is restored.

In a moment of allowed transgression the paupers dance with the princes in a celebratory finale.

It features spine-tingling performances from an international team including a Cuban acrobatic troupe who play the king's troupe of courtier acrobats, Russian gymnast Sergei Poliakov, an Italian juggler, a Spanish comedy duo, a Hungarian Csikos rider and a Ukranian flyer.

Tickets cost from £15 for adults and from £10 for children. Children's tickets are valid for those aged three to 14 years. Children aged three and under go free if sitting on a lap.