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Monday, 31 October 2016

Yasmin Smart remembers her grandfather Billy Smart

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In an interview that first appeared in the Daily Telegraph , the circus equestrian and ring-mistress Yasmin Smart recalls her grandfather,...
Friday, 28 October 2016

Growing up in the circus - a picture that says it all

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Here's a picture that surely sums up how wonderful it must have been to grow up in one of the great circuses of yesteryear. Two kids...
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Sunday, 16 October 2016

New clown and circus show coming soon - and you can help!

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Smartii Pants and Bobbo There are some shows you know will be good as soon as you hear a one-line outline. Such a show is the ne...
Thursday, 13 October 2016

Zippos circus kicks out clowns shocker!

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Years of attacks by animal rights activists couldn't stop Zippos circus touring with cats and budgies, but the evil clown craze...
Friday, 7 October 2016

The history of scary clowns for International Clown Week, 1 - 7 August, 2022

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The first week of August is International Clown Week , but not everyone finds clowns funny. Some find them downright scary - and that...
Thursday, 8 September 2016

Will Scotland be first part of UK to ban wild animals from circuses?

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Circus Mania author Douglas McPherson meets one of the last elephants to perform in a British circus. There has been talk of bann...
Friday, 26 August 2016

Jack Ryan 1939 - 2016 - May all his days be circus days

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A Ringling programme book There are some phrases that sound like they were never written, they've just been around forever...
Thursday, 11 August 2016

Gerry Cottle's Wow Circus, Paighton Green Seafront until August 30

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Like music? Love circus? Roll up, roll up for Gerry Cottle's Wow Circus on the seafront at Paignton Green this month. The l...
Monday, 1 August 2016

It's International Clown Week, so... bring in the clowns!

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Circus Mania - Loved by Clowns
Friday, 15 July 2016

Cirque du Soleil's Varekai returns to UK February 2017

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Here's the poster for the next Cirque du Soleil production coming to the UK next February. For an in-depth critique of the show on...
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