Born in Sunderland, Clive started his show business career as a drummer in a pop group.
After a year had passed and a serious lack of bookings - and food - Clive answered an
advert for a drummer in the Famous Robert Bros Circus where he stayed for seven years
ending up as head clown.
After leaving the Circus he auditioned for Opportunity Knocks. He came second but was
fortunately seen by Michael Hurl, a well-known TV producer. There followed many TV
guest appearances including Seaside Special, Game for a Laugh, Make Me Laugh,
Crackerjack, The Sooty Show, Ronnie Corbett’s Thursday Special and the famous Junior
Royal Command Performance at the London Palladium. He was also resident on
Razzamatazz, How Dare You, Rolf on Saturday(with Rolf Harris) and spent 3 years on
Tiswas, all of which were long running series. In 1988 Clive reached another pinnacle of
his career - he became British Magical Champion - the first time a comedy magician has
ever won this prestigious award.
Clive and Danny are, in fact, father and son, so the fact that Danny was almost born in a
dressing room enabled him to start his show business career early. This early start and an
absolute passion for show business, his incredibly high energy level, and his natural zany
style of comedy has produced gales of laughter and gasps of amazement almost
simultaneously - no mean feat.
Danny’s TV appearances include GMTV’s Mole in a Hole (series of 26), Stars in Their
Dressing Rooms, Angus Deaton’s It Shouldn’t Happen to a TV Presenter and The
Tweenies. Danny enjoyed great success at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool, with Cannon
and Ball in the summer spectacular Comedy Bonanza in 2002.
Over the past years they have toured extensively in various different venues from Holiday
Parks for Butlins/Haven, to Theatre and Cabaret Venues the length and breadth of the
country and in 2001 starred in Zippo’s Circus, the UK’s largest
circus. More recently they have toured all over the UK and Europe
with their own Circus Hilarious and spent five years in the summer
season spectacular in Great Yarmouth at the Famous Hippodrome
Circus. During 2008, Danny performed the very dangerous
Houdini’s Milk Churn Escape and is currently trying to perfect the
Human Cannonball as his alter ego Captain Splat. After
performing in pantos all over the country, they have returned to the
Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne, for the last five panto
seasons where Geordies and Machems alike have taken them to
their hearts.
They are proud to have been jointly awarded the CFA Best Comedy Act 2007 and Danny
was also runner up in the Journal Culture Awards for Performance of the Year 2008
Youngest son of Clive Webb and brother of Danny Adams, Jonny is one of the country’s
youngest top illusionists and escapologists, having been born into show business and
taken to it like a duck to water. Jonny’s illusions have impressed audiences up and down
the country with their unique style, leaving audiences completely baffled.
Jonny also is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist with the Circus
Hilarious almost legendary all-clown rock band, Clownforce.
He spent the last four summer seasons with Peter Jay’s Hippodrome
Circus and Water Spectacular at Great Yarmouth and performed
Houdini’s straight jacket escape in the roof of the building over water.
He has also appeared in the pantomime Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs as Prince Charming.
Jonny is currently studying at the Italia Conti Academy in London,
Britain’s oldest theatre arts training school, in the final year of his
degree course
They are proud to have been jointly awarded the CFA Best
Comedy Act 2007 and Danny was also runner up in the
Journal Culture Awards for Performance of the Year 2008
Clive Webb; Amy Lynch (Marketing Officer), Jo Kirby
(Marketing Manager), Philip Bernays (Chief Executive)
all of Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne; Danny Adams
LEAD GUITARIST – CLOWNFORCE
Dave was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in 1984 and has been playing guitar
since he was fourteen, but still isn't very good. (So he says!) He has played guitar
in several bands including a David Bowie tribute and a spell in Tenerife playing
bass in the house band at a '60s theme bar. He joined Clownforce at the start of
2009. Dave's favourite drink is Cherry 7up and he says that when he grows up he
wants to be Buddy Holly.
Real name Tymon Houlton, he was born in Oxford in 1966.
He always wanted to be a clown and learned to juggle by the age of ten and to unicycle by the
age of twelve. At fourteen years old he started clowning on the streets of Denmark, France and
Italy. It was in Italy that he first became known as Timoni as Tymon did not sound quite right to
the Italians.
In 1990, Timoni won the prestigious “Jo Jo” Award for Best Young Clown at the International
Clowns Convention. He ventured into circus in 1992 when he and his mum produced a show
called “Bert Bangers Circus”, touring in a big to tent around London parks and at one of
these shows he was spotted by Zippos Circus and offered a job with them for two years.
In 1995, he joined Clive and Danny for a circus tour and has been working with them every year
since. He was with them at the birth of Circus Hilarious which is now in its fifteenth year
where he became Cousin Timoni (no relation) and has been important member of the team
since that date, performing in every show – he has been part of the slapstick routines, the
boxing routine, performed the rolling globe; the tower of glasses; the spinning plates;
impersonations such as Amy Winehouse, etc. He is also kept very busy behind the scenes
building props and flight cases. It seems that Circus Hilarious just wouldn’t be the same
without him. Here’s to the next fifteen years!
Cousin Timoni
Dave
Mummery
Danny’s TV appearances include GMTV’s Mole in a Hole (series of 26), Stars in Their
Dressing Rooms, Angus Deaton’s It Shouldn’t Happen to a TV Presenter and The
Tweenies. Danny enjoyed great success at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool, with
Cannon and Ball in the summer spectacular Comedy Bonanza in 2002.
Over the past years they have toured extensively in various different venues from
Holiday Parks for Butlins/Haven, to Theatre and Cabaret Venues the length and
breadth of the country and in 2001 starred in Zippo’s Circus, the UK’s largest circus.
More recently they have toured all over the UK and Europe with their own Circus
Hilarious and spent five years in the summer season spectacular in Great Yarmouth at
the Famous Hippodrome Circus. During 2008, Danny performed the very dangerous
Houdini’s Milk Churn Escape and is currently trying to perfect the Human Cannonball
as his alter ego Captain Splat. After performing in pantos all over the country, they
have returned to the Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne, for the last five panto
seasons where jordies and machems alike have taken them to their hearts.
They are proud to have been jointly awarded the CFA Best Comedy Act 2007 and
Danny was also runner up in the Journal Culture Awards for Performance of
the Year 2008