Lee Mead has endured six months of gruelling tightrope training ahead of his new role as legendary showman PT Barnum. Learning to walk along a tiny 1cm wire, suspended high above the ground, has been ...

Senior Jack Wilan was digging through records of Tufts history in the Tufts Archival Research Center (TARC) last fall when he became fixated on the story of Jumbo the Elephant. Wilan wasn’t looking to ...

We arrived at the theatre having never seen Barnum before and with no idea what to expect. By the final ... Read More The ...

RECENTLY, on a day out from York, I met up with a friend at White Horse chippy Thirsk. The day was then ruined when we went for the 15.10 Thirsk to York Transdev bus, which broke down.

The unhelpful driver despite knowing my wife and are in our high eighties and disabled said he was taking the bus back to the depot in York and for us to wait an hour for the next. So much for ...

For more than 30 years, the British singer has ridden a wave of global success, releasing hit after hit and filling stadiums.

He's been called the greatest fossil collector who ever lived - and he was born 153 years ago this week in the small town of ...

From school stage to centre ring, Lee Mead finally steps into the spotlight as the legendary P.T. Barnum - more than 30 years after first performing Barnum as a teenager Did you know with a Digital ...

“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. Since the birth of the U.S., ...

Watch Barnum star Lee Mead is learning the tightrope for the musical’s new tour! The production, produced by Bill Kenwright Ltd, launches at the Theatre Royal Windsor on 3 February 2026 (previews from ...

For decades, Bridgeport’s public housing developments — P.T. Barnum Apartments, Trumbull Gardens and Charles F. Greene Homes — have stood as symbols of both failed housing policy and the unshakable ...

Bill Kenwright Ltd has revealed it will stage Barnum, the iconic Broadway musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Michael Stewart and a book by Mark Bramble, celebrating the life of legendary ...