Brexit visa restrictions leads to shortage of clowns in Northern Ireland:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-58733754
It sounds like Covid also plays a big role, to be fair, as clowns dispersed
to home countries during lockdowns. But where it was once possible for
Pierre Le Boufon and Gustav Komiker to throw pies in Belfast at the drop of
a battered bowler or top hat, new work visa rules make it difficult for 20
foreign clowns to pile into a VW and take a ferry over when a circus is
hiring.