When the clowns found out the circus was closing, they turned their red noses to each other for support. It had been a hard year already. Their centuries-old art form had been reduced to a ...

Our story begins as most good stories do: with a disgruntled clown quitting the circus after a contentious salary dispute. The year is 1857; the place, the scorching, sparsely populated plains of ...

The show was a little late in starting Thursday at Circus Circus, so Rocco the Clown stepped in. The performer didn’t say a word when he went onstage. He just started using his hands to urge the ...

Alan Digweed, 48, known as Tweedy the clown, has worked in the circus and shows across the world, and he has now been awarded the British Empire Medal. The entertainer, who is part of ...

A real clown is taking over as leader of Circus World. A “boss clown,” as a matter of fact. Scott O’Donnell, who worked as “boss clown” for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey ...

Alan Digweed, 48, known as Tweedy the clown, has worked in the circus and shows across the world, and he has now been awarded the British Empire Medal. The entertainer, who is part of ...