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Event Description
Ladies and Gentlemen, roll up roll up for an enthralling talk on the story of the birth of the modern circus. From lowly beginnings as a trick riding act on Lambeth marshes to the rivalry between Waterloo's celebrated Equestrian Aphitheatre and Blackfriars' Royal Circus and Equestrian Philharmonic Academy. Featuring Philip and Patti Astley, Charles Hughes, a host of pioneering clowns, acrobats and animal acts, not forgetting the legendary Pablo Fanque. And of course Henry the Horses dancing the waltz...
- Duration: 60 mins
- Online Zoom event: Join from your computer, phone or tablet (a recording will be available)
Meet the Host, David Turnbull
David Turnbull is an accredited guide with the Lambeth Tour Guides’ Association. His guided walks ‘Lambeth Fantastical’ explore popular culture of the 20th Century in film, television, literature and pop music and their links to South London. Supplementing these walks is a monthly Lambeth Fantastical blog. He is the author of HUSks, a near future dystopian novella and One Hundred Predictions, a collection of fantasy and sci-fi flash fiction, and the Dragon Breath Chronicles, a steampunk adventure.
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