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Thursday, 29 January 2015

Alex Lacey in circus photo of the month

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What a great picture of Alex Lacey , the British star of America's Ringling Brothers and Barnum an...
Wednesday, 28 January 2015

Brian Conley is PT Barnum

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Catch Brian Conley  on tour in the musical Barnum . Check your local theatre for dates. I'll alw...
Saturday, 24 January 2015

The Posters of Bertram Mills

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My feature on The Posters of Bertram Mills in The Stage The poster has always been the primary means of publicising a circus. Bil...
Friday, 16 January 2015

These stilts were made for walking

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Just came across this illustration of stilt-walking , not as a circus trick , but for navigating swampy terrain. That third stilt looks l...
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Not my circus, not my monkeys

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Did you know that's a Polish expression for "Not my problem!"
Thursday, 15 January 2015

Circus Street

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Is it so surprising that the late Chris Christian ran away to join the circus, became a famed ringmaster for Billy Smarts Circus , appe...
Wednesday, 14 January 2015

Circus Tyanna - The Perfect Circus for a Village Green!

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Roll up, roll up... to Circus Tyanna! I couldn't resist sharing this fantastically atmospheric picture of the Circus Tyanna big to...

Princess Stephanie of Monaco launches 39th International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo

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Princess Stephanie of Monaco (immediate left of the elephant) launches the 39th International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo . As the...

Cirque Bijou January 2015

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Opening the new Cirque Bijou calendar, we find this fabulous picture of a wire-walker high amid the masts and rigging of the SS Great B...
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...