By the centenary of the city, in 1969, the circus Cosmos opened in Donetsk. This building became one of the main decorations of the city, and a spacious square decorated with fountains, in front of it - a favorite place for walks of citizens. A famous architect GI Navrotsky worked on the circus building project
The circus is located in Leninsky district, on Leninsky Prospekt, 2, not far from Shcherbakov park.
The auditorium is designed for 1850 seats, but sometimes it can not accommodate everyone who wants to see the show. Over the years of the circus, more than 8,000 performances of 200 different circus programs have been performed on its arena. The program "Star Circus Laser Show", which uses a lot of sophisticated and expensive technical means, is of special interest to the audience.
But the Donetsk circus is not only a technical achievement. Representatives of the world famous circus dynasties of the Durovs, Zapashnykhs, Filatovs, Kio, Begbudi, and Tashkenbaevs have repeatedly appeared on its arena. Thanks to their talents, many unforgettable performances took place in the circus. There worked also such coryphaeuses as Yuri Nikulin, Oleg Popov, Mikhail Rumyantsev, Irina Bugrimova
In addition to circus performances, there are various concerts, children's New Year's performances, art festivals. Since the mid-1970s, the circus has been the center of circus amateur art in the Donbas. There are annual festivals of amateur art, performances of which invariably gather a lot of spectators-fans. In the circus there are systematic actions for orphans, disabled children, pensioners, veterans of war and labor.
Address: 2 Lenin Prospekt, 2, Donetsk