Looking for a circus offering powder-faced clowns with red noses and floppy overly-long comedy shoes?

Well, you won't find any of that under the big top at the brilliant Sabotage, put on by NoFitState.

But what you will discover is a production, directed by Firenza Guidi, quite unlike any other.

First the stage becomes the performers' dressing room - and I've certainly not seen a circus start before with an act walking on in his underwear before.

What follows over two hours - with a short interval between - is an immersive experience that is at times gloriously bewildering.

The performers leap, cycle, hula hoop and dribble (football) across the stage - wearing all kinds of costumes from that of a bell hop to what appears to be First World War-era uniform.

The 13 performers use an endless array of props - including projecting various vehicles on to a box in the middle of the stage at one point - all while accompanied by a live band that is nothing short of brilliant.

Pacing ranges from quick with the audience clapping along to the beat, but it can also drop to very slow and very intense - particularly when two lovers made their way across the stage.

But the real highlight is the show above the stage. Aerial acrobatics are a treat at this circus with gravity-defying feats of strength capturing the audience's attention.

I saw all ages of the audience - children and pensioners alike - staring up transfixed as multip acrobats seemingly flew through the air.

However it's worth bearing in mind the show is marketed as not being "unsuitable for children," although its website adds: "But it was not made specifically for them."

This contemporary - and thought-provoking - circus is certainly not your conventional show, billing itself as "the UK’s most extraordinary circus company".

The circus is in full swing daily at the big top next to Places Leisure in Eastleigh with the last show on Sunday.

Tickets are still available, and a family pass - at least one adult and one child under 16 - will cost £65 for four people. See nofitstate.org