What a picture!
Bippo the clown celebrates a full house on the opening night of Circus Spectacular, a theatre show touring the UK until the end of February.
And that packed crowd was no fluke. Here are some more
from subsequent venues on the tour:
Read the story of how Bippo ran away with the circus as a child in Circus Mania, my backstage journey through the world of the big top, talking to circus owners, jugglers, trapeze artists, sword-swallowers and tiger tamers.