Jackie Armstrong, a trapeze artist with Zippos Circus, balances on a cloud swing from a balcony of the Grand Hotel on Brighton sea front on August 18, 2012 in Brighton, England. Zippos' Founder and ...

A 99-year-old British woman finally had a daring dream come true — getting knives thrown at her during a circus performance.. Annie Duplock entered the ring at the end of Zippo Circus’ finale and ...

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A 99-year-old woman from Leicestershire took center stage at a Zippos Circus show on Friday. Annie Duplock, a former circus worker, said she always dreamt of being in a knife-throwing act. She told ...

A circus performer was hospitalised after falling more than 30ft from the “wheel of death”. The show was immediately stopped after an acrobat, who is in his 20s, slipped while riding the giant ...

A show to celebrate 250 years of circus has been moved twice due to waterlogging at its Birmingham venues. Zippos Circus was due to appear at Oaklands Recreation Ground in Yardley from April 18 to 24.

This marks a significant step for circus at Brighton Fringe, with The Circus Yard offering an unprecedented number of ...

Zippos are a traditional circus that spend the summer months touring the country with their big top. Highly acclaimed as one of the best circus companies around, they were recently voted Britain’s ...