Ginno joins the Circus of Horrors
The show that stormed into the finals of Britain's Got Talent and is now a West End smash is back to mark its 21st Anniversary in spectacular style.
The show that stormed into the finals of Britain's Got Talent and is now a West End smash is back to mark its 21st Anniversary in spectacular style.
The show is still the only circus ever to reach the finals of Britain's Got Talent. Its appearances on various subsequent TV shows have turned what set out as a cult show into a household name – taking the extreme to the mainstream. TV credits now include The X Factor, The Slammer, Daybreak, Fairground Attractions, Who wants to be a Millionaire, Body Shockers, Fake Reaction, This Morning, Ant & Dec, The One Show and A Royal Command Performance.
Last year the show began a series of dates in London, becoming the first circus to appear in a West End Theatre for 100 years. The show also returned to The Fuji Rock Festival in Japan.
The latest production is set in Victorian London in 1899, the age of the freak show and when Jack the Ripper was still at large. A young girl dreamt of running away to join the Circus only to see her dream become a nightmare in a decrepit and corpse- ridden Carnevil, plagued by a swamp of Killer Klowns, Sword Swallowers, Demon Dwarfs, Death Defying Aerialists, A Guinness World Record holding 'Hairculian' Diva swinging solely from her hair, back flipping and fire limboing acrobats. Share article
The story twists and turns with grisly murders and sensational shocks – all interwoven with some of the greatest and most bizarre circus acts on earth, performed by an almighty cast with a forked tongue firmly in each cheek and the devil- driven rock n’ roll of Dr Haze & The Interceptors from Hell.
Ginno went along to meet the cast when the show visited Eden Court in Inverness - but did he have what it takes to run away with the circus?