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My run in the Whitehall theatre came to an end in early October and I  went to Malta for a months work in a wonderful night club run by an  old friend, I took my […]

Nous avons le plaisir de vous présenter le site de l’ASBL la la clé du chapiteau , dont l’objectif est la promotion et la diffusion de la culture du cirque traditionnel. Alors, place au cirque […]

Life the Universe and Me    Ternary Segment.( part three)   We ended part two on a cliffhanger , not really but anyone who reads this in the wrong order will be confused, try to […]

By David Konyot.   It’s February 1962 I’m 15½ and I’m in London , since I last saw my mother she has remarried, my stepfather is Ron Beadle, (stage name -Ron Rowlands ) a comedian […]

By David Konyot PART THE FIRST it’s said that the first sentence of a book should grab you and force you to keep on reading so here it goes: IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY […]

Prepared by Katharine Kavanagh Cardiff University    Introduction  In a time of crisis it is essential to have data on those affected in order to know how best to ensure their survival and support their […]

The French family circus Romane Ritz under Covid-19 confinement: practicing for future shows and taking care of the animals.  

In France there are about thirty circus festivals annually. In my humble opinion, there are twenty-five too many. Do these festivals reflect a positive image for circus, in general? Three or four of them reflect […]

This extraordinary book was published in French in 2019. Let us hope it will be translated in other languages. It is a gripping first-person account of the life of the celebrated Rios Brothers who set […]

All circus animals belong to social species. As soon as their young can move around, they are instinctively driven to play in the form of mock-chasing, catching, and wrestling with each other and with things […]

By David Konyot Prologue   My family, like many others, have plied the circus trade for centuries.  From my mother I descend from the Blumenfelds whose ancestry can be traced back to the mid-17th century where […]

By Ron Beadle Introduction This is a response to the invitation by the Committee for Calls for Written Evidence on the Bill.  The Bill is proposed not as an animal welfare measure but rather on […]

As a trainer of big cats who has previously worked under the Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses Regulations 2012 and am soon to be submitting my application for a licence under the above regulations, I […]

Dear Friends, On the occasion of celebrating the 10th World Circus Day on 20th of April 2019, initiated and implemented by the Fédération Mondiale du Cirque 10 years ago, we are happy to send you […]

When animals are part of family

Alois Spindler discusses his life with his elephants and giraffes. 

As you are probably aware, Circus Futures (UK & ROI) is one of nine partners in the pan-European project CircusNext. With Jeunes Talents Cirque Europe (FR) as main co-ordinators of the project the other core […]

Dear Speakers, dear colleagues, dear circus practitioners, dear students, after an intense year of preparations and three conference days of interesting lectures, short, but stimulating discussions and fruitful conversation, it is now time for me […]

Katharine Kavanagh has created a vibrant website in which she vividly and competently writes about circus events. Visit and support her website at www.thecircusdiaries.com

The Circus Research Network (Britain and Ireland) brings together circus practitioners interested in research with researchers interested in circus (and some are both). Founded by Helen Averley of Let’s Circus http://www.letscircus.com/about-us/ and Professor Ron Beadle […]