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sideshow
a small show or entertainment offered in conjunction with a larger attraction, as at a circus or fair


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And yet, the idea is one that's positively thrilling, and Finnegan's 10-in-1 Circus Sideshow promises everything that makes that idea of sideshows exciting: a human pincushion, burlesque, a "Dragon Man" (whom one imagines breathes fire), a "Man-Eating Chicken" and - perhaps most importantly - a night of "magic and pizzazz," the idea that the world is stranger and cooler than we often notice.
THE Lamplight Arts Centre, in Stanley, is inviting Culture Club members to delve into the bizarre world of a notorious tap-dancing vicar and his disastrous carnival sideshows.
It was among its sideshows that the world's tiniest lady once sat, and a stall still operating today invites visitors to shoot an airgun at a real human target.
 
 
 
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