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THE FORGOTTEN CIRCUS

1998  23’  Dance Film
Circus Space & Arts Council England
With his last breath, The Ringmaster breathes life back into his circus. Suspended somewhere between worlds The Forgotten Circus perform to no audience.
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S Y N O P S I S

Mixing circus, physical theatre, dance and narrative with a hypnotic score from The Irrepressibles, the film creates a surreal world that floods the imagination and seeps under the skin. The circus represents the place between worlds and the point at which one says goodbye to oneself.

THE FORGOTTEN CIRCUS is devised and directed by Shelly Love working with the students of Circus Space and the performer/actor Gerard Bell.

C R E D I T S

devised and directed by
SHELLY LOVE
with
GERARD BELL
THE STUDENTS
& STAFF OF CIRCUS SPACE

director of photography
STEIN STIE

production designer
NIGEL HOWLETT

costume designer
OLIVER GARCIA

music created and performed by
THE IRREPRESSIBLES

written and arranged by
JAMIE MCDERMOTT

editor
MARK HUNT

producers
ANNE BERESFORD
MIRANDA DAVIS