The Circus Space (now the National Centre for Circus Arts, NCCA), was begun about 25 years ago - a space in London dedicated to circus training in the UK and to raising the performance standard of contemporary British circus. Created by the circus community. In 1991 I was at Glastonbury Festival with my family when I queued up to have a swing on the flying trapeze in the circus field. I was a scrappy child who was just starting out in the local gymnastics squad, and when I go