Chaplin's Circus
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Mark Foot
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| Company type | Limited company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Circus / Theatre |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founder | Gary Stocker Mark Foot |
| Headquarters | |
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. 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".[1] Chaplin's Circus features neither animals nor clowns.[2]
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 John's College, Oxford.[3] Stocker worked as a legal recruitment consultant and legal researcher before giving it up to found Chaplin's Circus.[citation needed] 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.[4]