A circus performer has been hospitalized with serious injuries after falling from a tightrope. The woman sustained "serious injuries" while performing an act during a circus show held at Glyne Gap ...

Cirque Life takes an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look at the cast and crew of Cirque du Soleil's smash hit, LUZIA.

Swinging traps. Narrow escapes. Death-defying feats. The language of circus entertainment sometimes applies all too readily to real life, especially for the at-risk youth who find safe space to ...

For many children, the circus is the adventure of a lifetime. For a few, it’s just their life. Every day, at school or home, playing or working, they’re on a train, in a town or headed toward one, ...

The sun is the only spotlight for the circus performers who bound onto a ramshackle raft, docked in Parkersburg, West Virginia just across the river from Belpre, Ohio. A crowd of more than a hundred ...

It’s for Cirque Life, the Canadian docuseries for pubcaster CBC that pulls back the curtain on the world-famous Cirque de Soleil. “I love adrenaline, and pushing myself and pushing my limits,” says ...

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From the hard work and discipline that went on behind the scenes to the camaraderie and support among performers, there’s something pretty nostalgic about circus life. For many, the circus was their ...

Adapted from Sara Gruen ’s 2006 novel (which was also a major motion picture in 2011), WATER FOR ELEPHANTS ran for 300 performances on Broadway in 2024 after premiering in Atlanta the year before.