The female performer was taken to hospital in Brighton after the fall on Monday A tightrope performer is being treated in hospital after falling 5m (16ft) during a circus show in East Sussex.

An investigation was underway after a circus performer fell more than 20 feet to her death in front of a crowd of 800 people. Eva Garcia, 38, was just starting her act at the historic Hippodrome ...

“It is not the case that the coming of the circus created the female performer”, argues Steve Ward in his book, Sawdust Sisterhood. “What it did create, however, was the opportunity for women to ...