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Showing posts with label Zippos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zippos. Show all posts
Tuesday, 17 March 2026

Circus Posters - A Disappearing Art Form?

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In an article that originally appeared in The Stage , Circus Mania author Douglas McPherson asks big top insiders about the changing face o...
Saturday, 27 December 2025

Zippos Christmas Circus, Winter Wonderland 2025 Review

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  It wouldn't be Christmas without Zippos in Hyde Park . And once again, showman Martin Burton has served up a cracker. Don't be ...
Sunday, 8 December 2024

Woke war on Christmas! Review of Big Apple Circus, Hometown Playground

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Has Christmas gone out of fashion? In London 's Winter Wonderland, Zippos ' seasonal show is the distinctly un-Christmassy (but dis...
Friday, 15 December 2023

Who will fill their circus shoes? RIP Phillip Gandey, John Haze, Gerry Cottle and Nell Gifford

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It was a shock this week to hear of the death of Phillip Gandey (pictured above with the cast of Gandeys Circus ) at the tragically young a...
Monday, 11 December 2023

Review: Cirque Berserk, Winter Wonderland, Hyde Park, 2023

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  If you've been to Zippos Christmas Show ( read my review here ) you might have glimpsed a Globe of Death behind the curtains and won...
Saturday, 9 December 2023

Review: Zippos Christmas Circus, Winter Wonderland, Hyde Park, 2023

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Christmas adds its own magic to any form of entertainment, from concerts to romcoms , and the circus is no exception. Zippos Christmas S...
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 June 2018

The Vegan Agenda - Why Circuses Were Just The Thin Edge of the Wedge

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Warning from the big top For decades now, campaigners such as ADI (Animal Defenders International) and Peta (People For The Eth...
Monday, 30 April 2018

Aerialist by Rebecca Truman - Book Review

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Rebecca Truman is the Grande Dame of aerial. “Cut me in half and I will have aerialist written all the way through,” she writes in this...
Monday, 2 April 2018

New plaque marks site of the first circus

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2018 is the 250th anniversary of the very first circus , and to mark the occasion, Lambeth Residents Association have installed a blue...
Wednesday, 14 March 2018

Zippos rides into 2018!

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A image to gladden the hearts of circus fans! The Khadikov Riders are among the stars of Zippos ' new show Legacy , which opens in ...
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