by Deanna Hartmier | Dec 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
From 1884 to 1939, the Great Porter Circus makes the unlikely choice to winter in an Indiana town called Lima, a place that feels as classic as Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio, and as wondrous as a first trip to the Big Top. In Lima an elephant can change...
by Deanna Hartmier | Nov 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
Circus is one of the oldest and most popular art forms and during the last hundred years or so, it has also helped to revolutionise “straight” theatre by bringing back “theatre in the round” and introducing clown and music-hall techniques to...
by Deanna Hartmier | Oct 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
Born May 6, 1915, deceased November 16, 1993. He was a French clown, an artist and circus operator, born in La Goulette, Tunisia. The son of Federico Zavatta, a circus owner from a family of Italian fairground artists, his mother was Emma Tholomet, and both of...
by Deanna Hartmier | Sep 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
18.9.1935 at 09.30 a.m. Dimitri was born in Ascona, Vicolo Ghiriglione (opposite the theatre of puppeteers which later will be his first stage), son of the sculptor and architect Werner Jakob Müller and the handweaver and artisan Maja, born Tschirren. Due to...
by Deanna Hartmier | Aug 2, 2020 | Articles
From your feedback it looks like you enjoyed our newsletters about Jacko Fossett, so here’s another short biography of another famous clown this time far from Manchester. We head to Russia and the fantastic Yuri Nikulin....
by Deanna Hartmier | Jul 5, 2020 | Articles
For nearly 150 years, Belle-Vue Zoological Gardens was one of the most continuously successful entertainment destinations in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1836 by John Jennison and by 1856 the collection included monkeys, kangaroos, rhinos, lions and bears, and even...
by Deanna Hartmier | Jun 1, 2020 | Articles
The Barnum & Bailey show created quite a stir during the 1895 season with Josephine Mathews (also sometimes labeled as Williams in the press) aka Evetta, The Lady Clown. That season Barnum & Bailey had a strong female presence and the posters also announced a...
by Deanna Hartmier | May 3, 2020 | Articles
On the 8th March 1600, a noisy and excited crowd of spectators gathered to witness the final stage of a remarkable event, (which later became known as the “9 Day Wonder”) an event that had long been anticipated and had captured the imagination of a city. The...
by Deanna Hartmier | Apr 19, 2020 | Articles
Did you know when it comes to our unofficial holidays, April Fools’ Day is one of the weirder ones.? It’s a folk holiday of pranks and mild humiliations, in which children get to pull one over on their parents or teachers, and vice-versa; in which media outlets can...
by Deanna Hartmier | Jul 14, 2019 | Shout It Loud, Top News
One of our newest Junior members had her first bookings recently, Millie is the daughter of our PRO Rob Bowker and has decided of her own accord to start clowning after seeing how much fun her Dad has at work. Both Rob and Millie were booked to work the parade...
by Deanna Hartmier | Oct 24, 2018 | Shout It Loud, Top News
“39 years under the tower”, the book!
You’ll be pleased to know, after 26 years of research, we are now almost ready to publish. You may be aware I am writing the book with Steve Richley, Steve has written several very good circus books, including the posters...
by Deanna Hartmier | Oct 18, 2018 | Shout It Loud
Greetings from Holly Stoppit, Clown in Residence at Bristol Museum Hello Clowns and friends of clowns! I’d like to share with you a little bit about my world and what I’m about to get up to inside Clowns: the Eggshibition at Bristol Museum. If you...
by Deanna Hartmier | Oct 13, 2018 | Festivals, Networking, Top News
Nenagh Arts Centre, Co Tipperary, Ireland, 10th-12th May 2019 We aim to promote the art of clowning, through performance, education and networking. Bringing together performers from all genre’s of clown, from all parts of the world. Uniting them through play and...
by Deanna Hartmier | Oct 4, 2018 | Networking, workshops
Blogpost from Ian Williams aka Smartii I recently attended the workshop C.I. organised in Glasgow. I kind of had to the room was booked in my name hehe. I would have attended regardless as I’m trying to develop my skills continuously at the moment and I have acquired...
by Deanna Hartmier | Sep 25, 2018 | Festivals, Shout It Loud
Exciting news just received over at Clowns International H.Q.: The Bavarian Clown Festival is back on for 2019! This is a wonderful festival run by good friends and members of Clowns International Sepp and Kerstin Egerer, and the invitations for participants will be...
