By Margaux Maxwell

The Saturday show had all the usual weirdness and aerobatics of the circus act. — Photo by Margaux Maxwell

Cirque Us! announced the theme of their 2016 summer tour at their first fundraiser show this Saturday, March 19 at Aircraft Aerial Arts in Somerville: One Man’s Trash, a Repurposed Circus.

The Saturday show had all the usual weirdness and aerobatics of the circus act: clowns, tightrope walkers, acrobats, trapeze, music, jugglers and stunts (without the animal cruelty). But with a crew that moves towns every week and can be seen at an affordable price of $10-15, Cirque Us! brings something else to communities.

“We want to bring high level, affordable circus to small towns and local communities. There is something that comes to life in people when they visit the circus, and we want to provide the opportunity for everyone to be part of that,” says founder Doug Stewart, 20, of Walpole, MA.

Circus Smirkus alumni, students at the New England Center for Circus Arts, École Nationale de Cirque and École de Cirque de Quebec all make up the troupe that will be returning to nearby Arlington, MA this July 29 and 30. The show will feature “junkyard adventures, trash turned into treasure, and will reinvent and refurbish a circus extravaganza.”

For more information about their upcoming tour and Arlington tickets, visit http://www.thecirqueus.com/.

— Photos by Mariya Manzhos