A special focus issue of Australasian drama studies

Circus as education / Reg Bolton -- Travelling shows in rural Australia / Richard Waterhouse -- Circus in theatre: Astley's amphitheatre, Melbourne 1854-1857 / Mimi Colligan -- The passion and totality of your body, mind and soul: an interview with Nagel Jamieson / Gavin Robins -- Thrills and spills: the precarious life of Circus Monoxide / Lynn Everett -- The development of Australian circus music / John Whiteoak -- Japanese acrobatic troupes touring Australasia 1867-1900 / David C. S. Sissons -- Mimicry, display, and play of the real: a trainer and 'big cats' in a circus den / Yoram S. Carmeli -- The wild west show: socio-historic spectacle and character as circus / Cathy J. Barrett and Heather Vallance -- Circus bodies as theatre animals / Peta Tait -- The battle for colonial circus supremacy: John Bull, Uncle Sam, and their 'Chariots of fire' / Nicola Brackertz -- Nom's arena: the use of pseudonyms in Australian circus / Mark St Leon -- Circus Oz -the first seven years: a memoir / Sue Broadway.