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Gerry Cottle, (born 7 April 1945 in Carshalton, England), is a circus owner and the current owner of the Wookey Hole Caves in Somerset. His father was a stockbroker and grand-master in the Masons. Gerry Cottle was educated at Rutlish School, Merton Park, south London and left home in 1961 at age 16 to join the Robert Brothers Circus. ==Circus career== Cottle started by doing menial tasks, but worked his way up to have his own juggling act, billed as ''Gerry Melville the Teenage Juggler'',〔 and then to own his own show,〔 which opened in July 1970, with just five performers. He established his Big Top in 1974 and ran it until 2003. By the mid-1970s the Gerry Cottle Circus was touring Britain with three shows. In 1975 he purchased a farm in Surrey to use as a winter headquarters, and lived there for 30 years.〔 He has also presented the Moscow State Circus and Chinese State Circus in Britain.〔 In 1995 his Circus of Horrors debuted at the Glastonbury Festival and has toured the world since then.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.millvolvotynetheatre.co.uk/events/3899/circus-of-horrors-the-day-of-the-dead-parental-guidance-advised )〕 This was a collaborative venture with Archaos, a French contemporary circus. In 2003 he auctioned off much of his circus paraphernalia in order to concentrate on running Wookey Hole caves, a tourist attraction in Somerset. In 2012 he celebrated fifty years in the business with a new show, Turbo Circus:50 Acts In 100 Minutes,〔 on a 31-week tour. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gerry Cottle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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