Cirque Berserk! is coming to Glasgow to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the invention of the circus.

Coming directly from the West End for a three-day run, the show combines contemporary circus artistry with hair-raising, death-defying stunts.

Set in The King's Theatre, the show is specially designed for staging in a proscenium arch theatre.

Cirque Berserk! is a company of over 30 jugglers, acrobats, aerialists, dancers, drummers and daredevil stuntmen from all over the world, including the award-winning Moustache Brothers from Brazil.

Its most famous,and most dangerous act, the Globe of Death, is returning this year, in which four motorcyclists defy gravity travelling round the inside of a spherical steel cage at speeds of up to 60mph.

The Timbuktu Tumblers will take acrobatic art from the streets of Africa to a new level, presenting a display of pyramids, jumping through hoops and flaming limbo poles.

Using a talent most famously used by the Argentinian cowboys, the team-of-two Bolas Argentinas make the tradition of throwing weapons their own in a dangerous display of daring and talent.

Of course, the circus would not be complete without favourites like a fire breathing robot and a foot juggler.

The art of the circus was born in 1768, when showman and entrepreneur Philip Astley first drew out a circular arena on an abandoned patch of land in Waterloo, and filled it with equestrian acrobatics.

Cirque Berserk! is part of a UK-wide celebration of the 250th anniversary, which is being championed by Peter Blake, who designed the organisation's logo.

The show will run at The King's Theatre from Thursday to Saturday.