★★★☆☆ Sitting behind an office desk and armed only with a mike and a laptop that he accesses for background musical effects, Dale-Jones nostalgically takes us back to when his dad proudly shows him the Royal Worcester porcelain figure he keeps in a box under his bed – the Duke of Wellington on horseback.

★★★★☆ Performance maker Ellie Dubois takes us beyond the glitz and ‘good times’ of circus to show us the plain humanity behind the perseverance and pain behind the artistry – challenging, in particular, what we expect from female performers.