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Archaos wasn't the first group to try modernising circus in the 1970s and 80s, but it was among the first to do so in Europe and was by far the most radical and successful. That circus still ...

The exhibition features all sorts of memorabilia (and press cuts, including some by me from the not-very-lamented Blitz magazine - I went on a couple of memorable tours with them). As Bidon told me at ...

They 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 ...

PIERROT Bidon, who was the creative spirit behind the anarchical French circus Archaos, has died of cancer, aged 56. Bidon's mesmerising, pyrotechnic spectaculars popularised an outmoded form with a ...

Pierrot Bidon, who has died aged 56, was the creative spirit behind the anarchical French circus Archaos; his mesmerising, pyrotechnic spectaculars popularised an outmoded form with a new audience, ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Pierrot Bidon was the creative spirit behind the anarchical French circus Archaos. His mesmerising, ...

The return of the French alternative circus Archaos to the UK has renewed a six-year-old association for London’s Design & Art, which has designed publicity for the current Game Over tour. The return ...

Miles Warde tracks down the British members of a touring French circus once described as the sickest show on Earth. From 2010. Show more Chainsaws, fork lift trucks and semtex - In the 1980s the ...