Roll up for the people’s circus

Forget about mangy lions and escaping elephants, and you don’t even have to run away from home to join.

The new breed of circus entertainment is home-grown, involves acrobatic street and theatre performances, as well as workshops. And the only animals you are likely to see are made of papier-mâché.

Cormac Mohally, from Glasheen, is one of the founder members of Cork Community Circus Project which finally got a permanent home this year along the city’s quays.