ShowWorld At The Wickerman Festival!

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This weekend, we’ll be providing Circus Shows and Circus Workshops in association with the Festival Circus at the Wickerman Festival! There is FREE ENTRY into the Big Top for shows (including juggling, plate spinning, Mad Circus Science, hula hoops, clowning, Rolla Bolla, illusionist). We have four 45 minute Circus shows: 10.00 – 10.45 SHOW 1 12.00 […]
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World Oceans Day Brought Closer With Google

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World Oceans Day Brought Closer With Google It’s World Oceans Day on June the 8th, and what better way to highlight the wonder of our oceans than sharing images from Google’s new “under the sea” street view! Google partnered with the XL Catlin Seaview Survey, NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, and the Chagos Conservation […]
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10 Vintage Side Show Performers That Inspired AHS: Freak Show

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The bygone era of circuses weren’t the circuses we’re used to seeing today. They could be awe inspiring – for example, trapeze acts – they could be educational – seeing exotic animals for the first time – and, they were often rather unsettling. Here are some photos of vintage side show performers that inspired American Horror Story […]
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What You Didn’t Know About May Day

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What You Didn’t Know About May Day The UK has just celebrated a Bank Holiday, otherwise known as May Day, but how many of you know the history behind it? May Day on May 1 is an ancient Northern Hemisphere spring festival and usually a public holiday. It is also a traditional spring holiday in […]
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Things That Happened In ‘Showbiz’ On This Day In History

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In 1667, the blind and impoverished John Milton sells the copyright of “Paradise Lost” for £10. Rather a paltry sum for something that has become such a major literary work. In fact, 348 years ago £10 would be worth a not so whopping £35 in today’s money. Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank […]
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On This Day In History, This Happened In Showbiz

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April 13th may seem like an ordinary day to most people, but some extraordinary things happened on this day throughout the years. Here are just a few relating to The Arts and the business of Show: In 1742, George Frideric Handel’s oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland. Since its Dublin premiere in 1742, […]
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Easter Queue Line Entertainment At The London Eye From Showworld!

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This Easter, there’s lots of entertainment provided all across the country, but none better than that provided in London, and especially at the Coca Cola London Eye! Why, because Showworld are there providing their queue line entertainment, that’s why! We’ll have: immersive performance experiential performers live interactive entertainment. corporate entertainment This is also a big […]
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The Origins Of April Fool’s Day

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April Fools’ Day (sometimes called April Fool’s Day or All Fools’ Day) is celebrated every year on the first day of April as a day when people play practical jokes and hoaxes on each other. The jokes and their victims are known as “April fools”. Hoax stories may be reported by the press (The Guardian […]
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Origins Of St Patrick’s Day

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As many of you will know, today is St Patrick’s Day. On March 17, the Irish (and the Irish-at-heart) across the world observe St. Patrick’s Day. What began as a religious feast day for the patron saint of Ireland has become an international festival celebrating Irish culture with parades, dancing, special foods, and a lots […]
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Friday 13th Facts (Part Two)

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Today is the second time this year that the 13th falls on a Friday! The first was in February. If you’re superstitious, it’s not over yet though… The 13th falls on a Friday once more this year, in October. Next year though, it only falls on a Friday once, in May. On Friday, February the […]
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