Females and gentlemen, youngsters of all ages, the circus is back again.
Manatee County-centered Feld Entertainment announced Wednesday that it plans to deliver again the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in a new way.
In video clips introduced revealing the seem of the new show, there had been no animals or clowns and no a few rings. The iconic piece of Americana shut down in 2017, a victim of shrinking audiences who had missing their appetite for animals as entertainers.
The Ringling circus had a 146-calendar year run. Beneath extreme stress from animal legal rights protestors, the show’s parent company, Ellenton-primarily based Feld Enjoyment, taken off elephants from the circus in 2016. That only sped up its decrease with plunging ticket profits and substantial working prices.
The selection to close the circus threw 462 people today out of perform. Many who had been left jobless were also homeless mainly because they lived on the two mile-extensive trains that conveyed the circus’ two touring companies about the place.
Feld, which has a sprawling complex in Manatee County wherever it creates displays like Disney on Ice and Monster Jam, stated it has scoured the earth for human functions that will “create jaw-dropping times.” Technologies will also come into enjoy with the audience invited to use social media to interact with the overall performance through the dwell clearly show on a 360-diploma stage.
“As passionate stewards of Ringling, we are fully commited to developing a life style brand name that connects with people and sparks real entertaining 365 times a year by dwell performances, digital content, consumer products and solutions, faculty curricula, youth circus arts plans and far more,” claimed Kenneth Feld, CEO of Feld Leisure. “We are innovating all areas of the reside demonstrate and modernizing the franchise to build an participating house that is built for today’s households and will previous yet another 150 decades.”
“The Greatest Present On Earth” will commence rehearsals in Manatee County in June 2023. The U.S. tour will formally launch in September 2023, visiting extra than 50 towns in North America.
