Not a red nose in sight as show held as part of mayor's Thames Festival recalls group that pioneered new circus genreThey were the circus mavericks who brought chainsaw juggling, razorblade eating and near-naked trapeze artists to an unsuspecting, but grateful, public, and whose members included a 6ft 9in, 27st Iraqi strongman who bent lampposts before giving up life on the road to become a fighter for Saddam in the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:52AM on June 12, 2016