A fresh START
‘A plastic hoop changed my life’
Rachel Conlisk, 45, lives in Oldbury and is a circus skills trainer.
I catch the final juggling ball and grin as the audience cheer. Putting on a show, and bringing light and colour to people’s lives feels amazing every time.
One thing’s for sure, being a circus performer is a world away from my previous job as a data analyst in a school where I’d worked since 2009.
‘I leave each class with my cheeks aching from smiling’
My adventure began in May 2013, when I went to Swingamajig festival in
