Chaplin's Circus

Chaplin's Circus
Limited company
Industry Circus / Theatre
Founded 2012
Founder Gary Stocker
Mark Foot
Headquarters Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Area served
 United Kingdom
Website http://www.chaplinscircus.com/

Chaplin's Circus is a touring U.K. circus, established in 2012 by Gary Stocker and Mark Foot.[1] It is a narrative-driven performance which incorporates both pantomime with traditional circus skills and tells the story of a 1920s circus "on the brink of bankruptcy that is saved by an inventor who builds the world's first human cannon".[2] Chaplin's Circus is an animal and clown-free circus.[3]

Gary Stocker

Gary Stocker is a co-founder of Chaplin's Circus. At the age of 15, he began performing a comedy magic street show in Covent Garden, London. In 2002, he went on to read Law at St Johns College, Oxford.[4] Stocker worked as a legal recruitment consultant and legal researcher before giving it up to found Chaplin's Circus.[5] A Member of The Magic Circle, Stocker also performs in the show as "The Great Hermann", the circus magician who is fired from The Human Cannon.[6]

Mark Foot

Mark Foot is a co-founder of Chaplin's Circus. He worked as a street performer in Covent Garden, London, which is where he first met Stocker. At the age of 22, Foot set up events company Hocus Pocus, "providing seasonal entertainment in approximately 75% of the shopping centres across the UK.[7] He is a Director of Scarenation Ltd., a scare attraction which is currently in its third year of trading.[8] Foot also performs in the show as the Ringmaster.

Tours

Chaplin's Circus premiered on 24 May 2014, in Highfield Park, St Albans.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Millionaire lawyer quits to become a HUMAN CANNONBALL". dailystar.co.uk. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Oxford graduate lawyer gives up six-figure salary for shot at fame as a human cannonball". dailymail.co.uk. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "New circus to have world premiere in St Albans this weekend". times-series.co.uk. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "You have to be of the right calibre for this job". lawgazette.co.uk. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Hotshot lawyer". thesun.co.uk. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Millionaire lawyer turns human cannonball after quitting luxury life to live in circus caravan". mirror.co.uk. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Chaplin's Circus "Our Family" November 2013". chaplinscircus.com. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "WWatford showman Mark Foot rolls into town with Chaplin's Circus". watfordobserver.co.uk. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "Circus comes to St Albans' Highfield Park". hertsad.co.uk. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
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