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CodeDS/UK/24021
NameGiffords Circus; 2000-; English circus
Dates2000-
Place of Birth/OriginEngland, United Kingdom
BiographyGiffords Circus is a traditional English circus that tours the Cotswolds every summer. As of 2022 it is also performing at Chiswick House, London. Established in 2000, Giffords Circus is a small circus company, founded by Nell and Toti Gifford, that has toured market towns of the Southwest since 2004.

Nell Gifford was the sister of designer Emma Bridgewater and journalist Clover Stroud. She died on 8 December 2019, aged 46, from cancer. The circus is now managed by her niece Lil Rice and has been directed for the last 11 years by Cal McCrystal.

Performers come from many different countries, but one regular is Tweedy the Clown.

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