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David Duffy, co-owner of Duffy’s Circus in Northern Ireland, told the BBC his business is in dire need of clowns because many performers in his circus returned to their home countries after the initial lockdown in the spring of 2020.

Duffy’s Circus has been closed for more than 500 days as a result of lockdowns. With other nearby countries having reopened much earlier in the past few months, many of the clowns have returned to work elsewhere while Duffy tries to organize a new team in anticipation of the country reopening.

Now he is appealing to new local recruits to try on the big red shoes.

Duffy said that his new recruits have to be very “adaptable,” and quick on their feet, making decisions as while they are the center of attention for hundreds of people.

“When you go into the circus ring and you’ve got 700 to 800 people looking at you, no matter what sort of mood you’re in you have to light up that circus ring,” he said.

“A clown actually can be the loneliest place because you’re in there on your own and you have to be able to read your audience, in a short couple of minutes you have to be able to get a rapport going with them and interact and feed off them.”

https://nypost.com/2021/10/03/northern-ireland-suffers-clown-shortage-amid-covid-19-lockdown/

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