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Showing posts with label Circus of Horrors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Circus of Horrors. Show all posts
Friday, 28 November 2025

Gerry Cottle Remembered by his Circus Friends

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Gerry Cottle with his Wookey Hole circus school students Five years after the untimely passing of circus giant Gerry Cottle on 13 January 2...
Sunday, 16 April 2023

RIP Doktor John Haze of the Circus of Horrors

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The late Doktor John Haze (right) with Gerry Cottle (left) and Circus Mania author Douglas McPherson I received the sad news this morning of...
Wednesday, 29 June 2022

Circus Extreme coming to Glasgow - Review of Britain's biggest and best circus

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It has been said that circuses thrive in a recession. They offer a comparatively inexpensive night out and, since they come to your town, th...
Friday, 8 October 2021

Northern Ireland Clown Shortage!

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Forget bog rolls and petrol, Northern Ireland is suffering from a shortage of... clowns ! The news comes from David Duffy , co-owner of Duf...
Tuesday, 13 January 2015

Raising a glass to 20 years of the Circus of Horrors

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Gerry Cottle: "It's not a rock'n'roll show..." It was good to catch up with Dr Haze , yesterday, for a forthcomi...
Wednesday, 12 November 2014

Has the new worn off new circus? Michael Billington of the Guardian gives La Soiree a lukewarm review

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La Soiree Do you prefer old circus or new ? Reviewing the circus-cabaret-burlesque hybrid La Soiree - now in its tenth season ...
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Friday, 3 October 2014

Fire-eater sets himself alight in circus accident

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When circus stunts go wrong This is the moment when fire-eater Ilya Golubev burped during a performance in Russia . The spilled paraf...
Tuesday, 9 September 2014

Kathy Bates grows beard for American Horror Story: Freak Show

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Here's Kathy Bates as you've never seen her before - as a bearded lady in the new series of American Horror Story: Freak Show ...
Tuesday, 24 June 2014

Cirque Bijou brings exciting new show Source to London this summer. Artristic director Billy Alwen talks about it.

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They say you shouldn't judge a book by the cover, and perhaps you shouldn't judge a circus by its elevator speech. But some sh...
Thursday, 12 June 2014

Great Yarmouth Hippodrome summer circus - meet the cast

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Going through the archives, I found this great picture of the cast at the Great Yarmouth Hippodrome , Britain's oldest circus buildi...
Friday, 10 January 2014

How to organise a book launch and create a media circus

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The story of a launch party in Writers' Forum . In this article that first appeared in Writer’s Forum , CIRCUS MANIA author D...
Sunday, 15 December 2013

Circus of Horrors

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Trust him, he's a Doctor! See Dr Haze (above) and the rest of the Circus of Horrors (below) on the final night of their residency at...
Thursday, 12 December 2013

See the circus girl with the strongest hair in the world on tour

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Circus of Horrors star Anastasia IV has pulled off another hair-culian stunt, hauling a 2.5 tonne hearse (well, what other vehicle w...
Thursday, 3 October 2013

How to swallow a sword

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Hannibal Helmurto - the Pain Proof Man - swallows a sword - the back cover picture of Circus Mania "It's a very weird sensatio...
Monday, 30 September 2013

How to win an audition for the Circus of Horrors (and please don't try this at home)

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The Circus of Horrors wow Britain's Got Talent But according to ringmaster Dr Haze, "Our auditions put Britain's Got Talent t...