‘I’ll fire myself!’: Law writer gives up six-figure salary to become human cannonball

An Oxford graduate and law writer who gave up a six-figure salary to become a human cannonball will be in Tring with his circus from next week.

Gary Stocker, 30, has funded 20 performers and a 1,400-seater tent. His show tells the tale of a 1920s circus saved from bankruptcy when it features the world’s first human cannon.

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Chaplin's Circus is coming to Tring

The show will be performed in Pendley Manor from Thursday to Sunday next week.

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