Afronauts is a theater performance by Circus Zambia that tells the story of a 1964 drive to send a Zambian rocket — containing two cats as well as an astronaut — into space. The show combines aerials, juggling and acrobatics.
A version of the performance, in collaboration with UK-based theater company Wake the Beast, was the first Zambian production at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe when it was performed in 2026.
History Circus Zambia began working on the show in 2016 and was scheduled to bring it to the 2020 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, a plan which was disrupted by COVID.
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