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Interview · 28 October 2025
Circus, the Sky and Virtual Reality
Nikolai Balashov talks to Roscirk Online about his circus career, theatre and aerial work.
Read the interviewMagazine interview
Never a Dull Moment!
Nikolai Balashov on risk, choosing a career and taking to the skies.
Open the scanMagazine · June 2023
Olga Subbotina on the circus troupe
In Theatre+, the director discusses the circus work and Nikolai Balashov’s role in The Circus Princess.
Read the interviewTV · 13 June 2023
The Circus Princess in St Petersburg
A St Petersburg television segment on the premiere and the circus cast.
Read the programme pageNewspaper · 2023
The Circus Princess under its own name
Premiere coverage in St Petersburg Culture, issue 133.
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Press archive
A high-stakes balancing act
A newspaper clipping from Nikolai’s historical album, with a photograph of his rola-bola act.
Open the clippingTelevision archive
Around the World on Stilts
A four-part interview with Anatoly Tukish on Vtoroy Plan.
Watch the interviewTheatre press
The Circus Princess · PTJ
The premiere date and production credits in the St Petersburg Theatre Journal.
Read the featureTheatre
The Circus Princess
The St Petersburg Theatre of Musical Comedy production with circus routines staged by Nikolai.
Production pageSocial
Balashov Show on VK
Announcements, photos, videos and booking enquiries.
Open VKUnder the Open Sky
Shans newspaper, 12 January 2007, issue 6 (1283), listed in Nikolai’s archive.