LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS... welcome to the big top blog of Douglas McPherson, author of CIRCUS MANIA, the book described by Gerry Cottle as "A passionate and up-to-date look at the circus and its people."

Thursday 21 May 2020

Big Kid Circus Cake marks 91 years in the big top for circus star Doreen Enos



Circus star at 91
Here's the cake with which circus star Doreen Enos celebrated her 91st birthday yesterday (May 20). Enos, known to her circus friends as Oma - the German word for grandmother - blew out the candles in the big top on Morecambe seafront where Big Kid Circus is currently in lockdown.

The cake was donated by one of the local residents who have supported the 35-strong circus company while it is unable to open its doors. You can help by watching their show, Cirque de Cuba online here.

And in circus summers gone by.




Wednesday 13 May 2020

The locked-down circus goes on... online!

The Big Kid Circus was built up on Morecambe seafront in the UK, about to launch its new show Circus de Cuba, when the country was locked down. Unable to open to the public, they've put their show online instead...