Budapest to host Ukraine’s international children’s circus festival

Budapest’s Capital Circus will host the Yaskrava Arena Dnipra international children’s circus festival between 2 and 3 January, which is usually held in Dnipropetrovsk in Ukraine, organisers said on Wednesday.

The festival launched in 2010 will see productions by children from the regions of Kharkiv, Kyiv, Odessa, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine, and from Hungary, Switzerland, Italy and Mexico, festival director Olga Oblashova said. The winners will go on to compete in other festivals. The event seen as a springboard to prestigious establishments worldwide, she said.