FROM GREAT BRITAIN---

Laughs on the menu at Chester circus

23 August 2010

Angela Chaves with camera.
A CIRCUS will be stopping off in Chester for its first visit to the city in more than 20 years.
Britain’s most celebrated Big Top show, Gerry Cottle’s Circus, will be setting up at the Roodee on Chester Racecourse for eight days from Sunday to Sunday, August 29 to September 5, including the bank holiday.
At 15, Gerry Cottle ran away to join the circus, learning his trade by cleaning up after elephants, erecting tents, juggling, stilt walking and being a clown.
At its peak Gerry Cottle Circus hosted the ‘Seaside Specials’ on Saturday nights on BBC1 and the globally renowned Circus World Championships. Gerry became the most travelled circus in the world with tours as far as Oman and Bahrain in the Middle East, and a tour of the Far East which included returning to Hong Kong three times.
The new look circus will be aimed at the family audience, starring some of the finest performers from around the globe.