Carrie Harvey from Brighton has a bizarre job in the Circus of Horrors which visits the city later this month.
She appears on stage as a bearded lady with a contortionist, a sword swallower and other human freaks.
Together they form what one reviewer called the funniest show on earth. Now she's stuck with the false beard and won't take it off even to razor laugh.
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