Bronze Arts Award Part B
Part B- Be the audience
The event I attended was Circus Fantasia, in Littleport on 6th March. Having attended quite a few circus' before and having seen ones before of very high standard, I went in with quite critical thinking...
As soon as I saw the circus I could tell instantly it was not going to be great. They say don't judge a book by its cover but if the outside looked dull with limited decoration, I only could come to the instant assumption that the inside would be similar. I was correct in thinking so because as soon as I entered, the word 'cheap' came into mind. The ringside looked old, chipped paint, rusted and sitting on them was excruciatingly uncomfortable. The chairs surrounding the ring were not lined neatly, rather in a messy arrangement which made getting to certain seats a task (though this could possibly be not their fault, but the fault of the audience who may have moved them getting to their seats). The ring itself was of small size which I was fairly surprised about since I'm used to seeing much bigger. Staff did not wear the kind of clothes I was used to seeing at a circus, instead of being eye-catching and bright they were the complete opposite. The staff themselves were also limited which was another thing I noticed when the show began. The show began straight off with a clown, who's comedy act -in my opinion- was far from funny, and by the silence of the audience, I guess they agree. However, later when you'd got used to the visual sense of humour he used (since he didn't really talk), he was easier to laugh at and young children erupted in giggles at his act. There were not a large amount of performers, and many doubled up, doing more than one act which would have worked better if they at least changed their outfits in between. On the other hand at least they worked with limited staff to the best of their ability and found performers with multi talents which would decrease their costs and increase their profit. Another fault
The event I attended was Circus Fantasia, in Littleport on 6th March. Having attended quite a few circus' before and having seen ones before of very high standard, I went in with quite critical thinking...
As soon as I saw the circus I could tell instantly it was not going to be great. They say don't judge a book by its cover but if the outside looked dull with limited decoration, I only could come to the instant assumption that the inside would be similar. I was correct in thinking so because as soon as I entered, the word 'cheap' came into mind. The ringside looked old, chipped paint, rusted and sitting on them was excruciatingly uncomfortable. The chairs surrounding the ring were not lined neatly, rather in a messy arrangement which made getting to certain seats a task (though this could possibly be not their fault, but the fault of the audience who may have moved them getting to their seats). The ring itself was of small size which I was fairly surprised about since I'm used to seeing much bigger. Staff did not wear the kind of clothes I was used to seeing at a circus, instead of being eye-catching and bright they were the complete opposite. The staff themselves were also limited which was another thing I noticed when the show began. The show began straight off with a clown, who's comedy act -in my opinion- was far from funny, and by the silence of the audience, I guess they agree. However, later when you'd got used to the visual sense of humour he used (since he didn't really talk), he was easier to laugh at and young children erupted in giggles at his act. There were not a large amount of performers, and many doubled up, doing more than one act which would have worked better if they at least changed their outfits in between. On the other hand at least they worked with limited staff to the best of their ability and found performers with multi talents which would decrease their costs and increase their profit. Another fault