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The Acro-Cats are bringing feline feats and entertainment to the Imago Theatre in Portland this weekend.

(The Amazing Acro-Cats)

Samantha Martin has a "truly unique bond" with animals, her bio says. And while she's used her talents handling animals for everything from PetCo ads to a Megadeth music video, the animal lover is best known for the Amazing Acro-Cats – her traveling cat circus.

"The purr-forming purr-sonalities have as much fun as their audience," a show description reads, as they "demonstrate astounding feats of agility" and "perform tricks with various hoops, tumblers, skateboards, hoisting flags, reading signs, even rolling balls over parallel ropes!"

The feline spectacle, which comes to Portland this weekend, also features performing mice and rats, a "cat vs. chicken bowling showdown," and a performance by an all-animal band called "The Rock Cats."

If visions of Lolcats are dancing in your head, know that the cat circus is serious business. This isn't some cat lady – excuse the slur – putting on a slapdash show in a backyard tent.

A proponent of cat clicker training, Martin has worked with her felines to choreograph a full-out spectacle. Expect costumes, props and tricks that would leave even the great Maru scratching his head.

And if you still doubt how seriously Martin takes the Acro-Cats, take some time perusing the three Twitter accounts she runs for her cats. Tuna Martin has nearly 1,000 followers. Buggels D. Cat has tweeted more than 2,100 times.

In 2012 Martin ran a Kickstarter campaign to help fund her tour, which travels the country in a bus adorned with photos of the cats. A whopping 567 people donated a total $30,512 to the cat circus – $2,500 over her initial goal.

It's that kind of wild fandom that has allowed Martin to bring her Acro-Cats and their amazing talents across the country. How will the talented cats perform in Portland? Feline fanatics will find out this weekend.

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AMAZING ACRO-CATS

When: June 26-29

Where: Imago Theatre (17 S.E. 8th Ave.)

Tickets: $24, buy online

--Jamie Hale