Technical information

Our yellow & white ‘little’ Big Top is a single pole round tent which is 50ft/15m in diameter.

We also have a matching small 20ft/7m diameter tent which we can add on to the front of the Big Top to use as an entrance, or it can be hired for a face painting tent or other stalls.

The Usefool™ little bigtop is purple and yellow and the same 50ft/15m diameter.

All tents meet all fire and safety regulations & have £5m Public Liability Insurance & 10m Employers PL.

The ‘little’ Big Top tents seat an audience of 225 max. This includes ALL babies/under 2’s on laps etc.

The Usefool™ larger 2 pole big top seats up to 360 – again, including all babies etc

If booking the Pazaz tent, we can supply chair seating for showtimes at an extra cost or you can provide this yourselves – benches, chairs, even hay bales! We are not currently able to offer chair hire with Usefool™ bookings.

• We require a flat and kept grass area of minimum 75ft/23m diameter (or 30m for the large Usefool tent) to erect the tent and to park our vehicles – maximum 6 vehicles, no bigger than LWB Mercedes sprinter plus box trailer
• Grass cutting is best done at least 2 weeks before the tent is pitched. Freshly cut grass will stick to the tent when wet.
• You will be asked to sign a document stating that there are no underground services within the designated area (this is because we will be hammering 4ft metal stakes into the ground to hold the guy ropes).
• We require access to electricity- standard 240v plug socket. Please inform us if this is not available, we have other solutions available.

We can erect the tent in under 1.5 hours providing all conditions are in our favour. If you have booked a self sufficient Pazaz visit and weather conditions are particularly wet/windy, we may ask for some volunteer help on the day. The same information applies to taking the tent down.

If booking a fundraising visit and assisting us with putting up the tent, all volunteers are covered by insurance whilst acting under our instruction – full instruction will be given by Pazaz. No tenting knowledge is needed, we advise sensible clothing & good footwear.

Circus Pazaz provide risk assessments and insurance details for all bookings. We have full PLI and employers liability insurance.

All Circus Pazaz staff & performers are members of performers union Equity and have individual PLI and DBS checks.

All entertainment is performed with care and safety at all times. 

All equipment is well maintained and regularly checked.

We will ensure that the audience is a safe distance from any performance areas.