Like the circus folk she writes about, Gruen is an old-fashioned storyteller, who, in keeping with John Updike's blueprint for fiction, "can keep an organized mass of images and characters" moving ...

Circus (PBS, 9 p.m.) is a new and delightful fly-on-the-wall series that documents every part of the life and work at Big Apple Circus, a traditional one-ring circus.

Great old fashioned circus show." (Eddy Kennedy/CBC) Malone said people will be treated to aerials, juggling, clowning and a little bit of fire.

Giffords Circus is modern day escapism, challenging the preconceptions of a traditional, old-fashioned circus, while retaining the glamour, nostalgia and true magic of a vintage village green circus.

As if things weren’t hard enough, Frankie begins having dreams in which she is pursued by an old-fashioned circus ringmaster. The dreams escalate until Frankie finds herself in the mind of Frances, a ...

Cal McCrystal, director of Giffords Circus, said: “For our 25th anniversary, we have invited a dazzling mix of new faces and old favourites that will surprise and delight our beloved audiences.