Cirque du Soleil update

We thoroughly enjoyed the circus last weekend (not that the pictures show that!! They were taken at the interval and it was very hot and thirsty but the food and drink prices were a complete rip-off.)



We were in a block near the back with Ian's work colleagues. Although it was near the back, the view of the stage was very good. There was quite a lot of empty seating though and after the interval we were allowed to move and went closer.

The clowns were Ishbel's favourites. They came out before the rest of the performance started. They helped one man get to his seat - follow me they said then proceeded to climb over the back of seats to the front, then along the front of the rows and then back up to where he started from! Later they pulled him out of the audience and made him do the introduction to the circus, picking his pockets and generally being silly. They picked on the poor man several times during the performance but it wasn't until the fourth or fifth time that we found out he was one of the clowns too!! Meanwhile we had all just been thanking our lucky stars it wasn't us they'd been picking on.

I remember Dad taking us to the circus in Camberley. I must've been 6 or 7 at the time. All I really remember was the gorilla who came into the audience and took a lady's handbag. It then took out her undies and a bra! And I remember Karen being absolutely terrified and clawing her way up Dad's front to get away from the gorilla. Anyone else remember that?