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Monday, 15 May 2023

Vulcana by Rebecca F. John - The Story of a Victorian Strongwoman

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If you're looking for some summer reading, then this could be the book for you.  Miriam Kate Williams , better known as Vulcana , was a ...
Friday, 12 May 2023

Why did Stan Laurel hate Charlie Chaplin? A new show, Laurel and Chaplin - the Feud, will reveal all!

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  Some shows just have a fantastic premise and Laurel & Chaplin - the Feud sounds like it's going to be the must-have ticket of th...
Saturday, 6 May 2023

Is this the best circus act in the UK today?

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Alex the Fireman Photo credit:  Bina Fellowes Photography Last year, Circus Fantasia boasted of having the only human cannonball in the U...
Tuesday, 2 May 2023

Pinder's Circus, the show with 200 year's of history, comes to Hasland, Derbyshire

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I love this picture of what looks like the perfect traditional family circus - and it's a show with more than the usual share of traditi...
Monday, 1 May 2023

10 Years of Circus Funtasia

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Congratulations to Circus Funtasia , celebrating it's 10th Anniversary year with a Completely Sold Out show in Crewe today.  
Monday, 24 April 2023

Death of a Strongman, Khalil Oghab, Father of the Iranian Circus

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When Gerry Cottle passed away in 2021, I naturally called his long time associate 'Doktor' John Haze , founder of the Circus of Hor...
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, 8 February 2023

Packed Theatres for Cirque - The Greatest Show

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Cirque - The Greatest Show , which mixes circus with the songs of musical theatre, is reporting full houses as it embarks on its year-long t...
Monday, 16 January 2023

RIP Gina Lollobrigida, star of Trapeze

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Sad to hear that Italian screen legend Gina Lollobrigid a has passed away at the age of 95. Among her many roles, Gina starred with Burt Lan...
Sunday, 1 January 2023

Tweedy the Clown BEM

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Congratulations to Tweedy the Clown of Giffords Circus , awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to circus and the community ...