The Giffords Circus 2019 tour is now well underway, with the first set of shows at their base at Fennells Farm complete.

The circus is now officially on the road and will be at Sudeley Castle from Thursday 16th to Tuesday 28th May.

Founder Nell Gifford and Director Cal McCrystal have reimagined Giffords Circus as a psychedelic pleasure dome for the 250-date UK tour which opened on Friday 3rd May.

The show is entitled ‘Xanadu’ and takes its name from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s famous romantic poem Kubla Khan, where Xanadu is a mythical garden of bliss where anything can happen.

“I’ve wanted for a while to put on stage the love that our circus community has for eachother,” said Cal McCrystal.

“Xanadu is one big party and we want audiences to engage with their inner hippie and be wowed by the amazing feats of human strength and achievement and be part of something really special!”

Nell and Cal have set their vision of Xanadu in the psychedelic seventies, creating a garden full of joy, freedom and flowers where the flower power movement is at its height.

Hippies, hipsters, rock stars, musicians, wild women and global nomads with Shamanic horses gather to play, sing, dance, protest and perform.

The pleasure dome has been created by acclaimed production designer Takis and draws heavily from both 60’s and 70’s influences.

Giffords will be taking Xanadu to locations all over Gloucestershire and beyond over the next four months – for the full line up of dates visit www.giffordscircus.com.

You can read our behind the scenes story on Giffords Circus here.