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Thursday, 30 November 2023

Review: The Greatest Show On Earth, Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey, 2023

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The biggest circus story of 2023 was the return of The Greatest Show on Earth . It's a show with 150 years of history behind it. The na...
Tuesday, 28 November 2023

Big Crowds for Big Kid Circus

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A great shot of a big crowd piling into the Big Kid Circus ' big top on the last stop of their season in Glasgow , beneath a sunny autum...

The Great Circus of Europe in Al Ain

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An enchanting shot of Gandeys Circus ' overseas unit The Great Circus of Europe in Al Ain in the Arab Emirates . Meanwhile, back in th...
Friday, 22 September 2023

Cirque du Soleil to set up home in London

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Is London about to get a permanent circus building ? Canadian circus giant Cirque du Soleil is in the process of making the capital’s Savil...
Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Pablo Fanque, Britain's first Black circus proprietor, gets blue plaque in Leeds

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There aren't many blue plaques dedicated to circus performers, but there are now at least three devoted to Britain's - and probabl...
Tuesday, 6 June 2023

Laurel and Chaplin: The Feud, Preview

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A promo video has dropped for Laurel & Chaplin: The Feud , and what a hoot it looks, combining classic slapstick routines with an intrig...
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...