Invisible Circus: No Dress Rehearsal

Dir. Naomi Smyth, English, 2010

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Sun 29 April 2012 // 19:30 / Cinema

An inspiring documentary about performance, love, hard graft and pigeon shit.

Meet the ring master of this invisible circus Doug Francis as he leads Bristol's anarchist circus from margins to mainstream with the motto:

'If it's not impossible, we're not interested'.

The film's 3 year span takes them from chaotic squat crew to licensed building managers with huge show budgets – via rotting garages, crumbling cathedrals and a takeover of Bristol's ex-police HQ.

Doug collaborates with developers to use derelict space for circus spectacles and working arts spaces. Relationships in the close team reveal the gain and the pain of success, but they're still working for free. Profit or loss?

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzPk72f3v40


http://invisiblecircusfilm.com/