Balthazar Beauregard's Big Top Bonanza

The Balthazar Beauregard's Big Top Bonanza is part of Distractions and Diversions, which was released on 2 September 2008. The circus is run by Balthazar Beauregard, and allows players to participate in the circus by performing various activities, once a week, similar to the Tears of Guthix minigame. To enter the circus, players have to get a Circus ticket from a Ticket vendor. To exit, they just have to tear the ticket or log out.

Unlike other reward systems, players do not buy items, Balthazar will reward players with a piece of a circus costume based on their performance score.

Location
The Big Top Bonanza circus can be found in one of twelve cities, and this changes every week. The circus is currently in: 

Using the world map, the location of the circus can easily be spotted. It is marked with the "Distractions/Diversions" icon.

Entering the Circus
Upon finding the location of the circus through the Circus barker, players have to find the Ticket vendor, and obtain a Circus ticket. Once the ticket is obtained, players are magically transported into the circus. This ticket may be used to exit the circus at any time.

Magic performance: Spell casting
Talk to the Magic assistant fairy who will give you a quick guide to what you should do. Open the magic chest and take a selection of spell tablets. Cast spells such as levitate, alchemy and teleport on each of the creatures, whilst doing different emotes to entertain the crowd. The crowd shouts suggestions for which spells to go for too.

Magic equipment

 * Levitate tablet
 * Alchemy tablet
 * Teleport tablet
 * Elemental tablet

Ranged performance
Talk to the Ranged assistant fairy. Take knives, axes and the bow and arrows from the chest next to you. To fire at the targets, click on the floor icon depending on which level you are. Changing the difficulty and throwing in some emotes will give you a higher score. The crowd also shouts suggestions for which target to go for.

Ranged equipment

 * Performance bow
 * Performance knife
 * Performance throwing axe
 * Performance arrow

Agility performance
Enter the Agility area changing booth and you appear by the high wire. Talk to the Agility assistant fairy to learn more the tricks to perform. Open the chest and take out items to juggle with (depending on what level you are), then walk onto the tightrope. Perform ten tricks and you will be rewarded depending on how entertaining you have been! The crowd shouts suggestions about what to juggle too. You can also perform many other new emotes instead of simply juggling.

Juggling equipment
Some of the items used to juggle are as follows:
 * {| class="wikitable"

! Image !! Type !! Level
 * [[Image:Juggling_balls.png]] || Balls || 10
 * [[Image:Juggling_plates.png]] || Plates || 20
 * [[Image:Juggling_eggs.png]] || Eggs || 30
 * [[Image:Juggling_spades.png]] || Spades || 40
 * [[Image:Juggling_knives.png]] || Knives || 50
 * [[Image:Juggling_tuna.png]] || Tuna || 60
 * [[Image:Juggling_soap.png]] || Soap || 70
 * [[Image:Juggling_cannonballs.png]] || Cannon balls || 80
 * [[Image:Juggling_torches.png]] || Torches || 90
 * [[Image:Juggling_chinchompas.png]] || Chinchompas || 99
 * }
 * [[Image:Juggling_tuna.png]] || Tuna || 60
 * [[Image:Juggling_soap.png]] || Soap || 70
 * [[Image:Juggling_cannonballs.png]] || Cannon balls || 80
 * [[Image:Juggling_torches.png]] || Torches || 90
 * [[Image:Juggling_chinchompas.png]] || Chinchompas || 99
 * }
 * [[Image:Juggling_torches.png]] || Torches || 90
 * [[Image:Juggling_chinchompas.png]] || Chinchompas || 99
 * }
 * }

Rewards
In addition to experience received during the performance, at the end of each performance, Balthazar Beauregard will tell you how well you have done and give you a reward. The reward depends on the score you get, so it's definitely worth trying out new things, as well as getting your skill levels high enough that you don't have to repeat tricks. As an added note, some locations have a specific audience with specific things that entertain them, so it's a good idea to experiment and find out what sorts of things will amuse the audience you're performing for.

The items you could receive are as follows:
 * {| class="wikitable"

! Score !! Image !! Name
 * 1 - 500 || [[Image:Audience_costumet.PNG]] || Audience costume
 * 501 - 1000 || [[Image:Acrobat_costumes.PNG]] || Acrobat costume
 * 1001 - 1200 || [[Image:Clown_costumes.PNG]] || Clown costume
 * 1201+ || [[Image:Ringmaster_hat.gif]][[Image:Ringmaster_coat.gif]][[Image:Ringmaster_trousers.gif]][[Image:Ringmaster_boots.gif]][[Image:Ringmaster_megaphone.gif]] || Ringmaster costume
 * }
 * 1001 - 1200 || [[Image:Clown_costumes.PNG]] || Clown costume
 * 1201+ || [[Image:Ringmaster_hat.gif]][[Image:Ringmaster_coat.gif]][[Image:Ringmaster_trousers.gif]][[Image:Ringmaster_boots.gif]][[Image:Ringmaster_megaphone.gif]] || Ringmaster costume
 * }
 * }
 * }

When destroyed, the costume can be retrieved from Balthazar. In effect, your costume(s) can be stored in the circus to save bank space. You can perform in each area once a week, and therefore you can earn 3 pieces of costumes each week.

Personalities

 * Ringmaster
 * Magic assistant
 * Ranged assistant
 * Agility assistant
 * Circus barker

Music
Music track unlocked:
 * Circus