World class circus and five star dining combined in the Oxfordshire Countryside
Presenting: GOLDEN 17th - 27th July 2025 at Ham Court, Bampton, Oxfordshire
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After our April show, SIDESHOW, Fools Delight returns this August with SPINSTER!
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Join us in Bampton this 3rd-18th August for a show which celebrates women and the female form. Scroll down to meet the cast!
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In classic Fools fashion there will be magnificent, live music accompanying the acts that will leave your head spinning, lead by the incredible Noum who will be performing original music for SPINSTER!​
SPINSTER MENU by Dave Cross
Multigrain Bread & Whipped Butter
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Tomato Salad, Mozzarella, Pickled Shallot, Consommé, & Garlic Croutons
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Sirloin, Beef Marmalade, Summer Greens, & Beef Glaze
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Charred Cauliflower, Mint & Green Pepper Salsa, Summer Greens, Chickpea, & Pomegranate (veg)
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Lemon Posset, Pomegranate & Strawberry Jelly, & White Chocolate Cookie
We’ve been feeling the pinch and we know most people are these days!
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So, we’ve come up with a new seating plan for dinner ticketholders...
Our 16+ evening shows now have a tiered dinner seating prices; Gold, Silver and Bronze, which means we can make our art and pay our artists AND have some affordable tickets for all of you! And then there are Cabaret Bar Stool Tickets for those of you that want to experience the evening show without the food!
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We also have a couple Sunday Lunch shows this time! These tickets include a 2-course version of the menu and the show is suitable for the whole family!
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Please see our booking site for pricing.
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* Please note that we will close ticket sales for our evening shows 48 hours ahead of the event in order for our kitchen to prepare for all dietary requirements.
Bella Schleiker
Our Spinster CLOWN
Bella Schleiker is a physical comedienne, born and bred in Las Vegas. She was introduced to the circus world through a giant balloon on the strip in Spiegelworld’s Opium. Since then, she has performed a variety of acts in Absinthe, Atomic Saloon and Superfrico. Her most recent endeavor has been co-hosting The Miss Behave Gameshow as the cheeky assistant Keith.
Noum
The Spinster Musician
Noum is a vocalist and songwriter emerging from traditional music, retro French pop and grunge. Dubbed ‘folk with a Back to the Future vibe’ by the Slow Music Movement her songs inhabit tempestuous leafy themes of a world full of taboo, struggle and magic.
Tilly Lee-Kronick & Jonny Leitch
Performing the doubles trapeze and aerial frame
Jonny is a drummer turned aerialist, and Tilly a dancer turned aerialist. They have worked together as a duo, performing doubles trapeze and acro for the last 7 years and recently formed their own company Head Over Wheels. They are dedicated to challenging misconceptions around disability, and breaking the stereotypes of what a ‘circus body’ should look or move like. Their performing highlights include Glastonbury Festival, Bristol Old Vic, & tours around the UK.
Jenny Tufts
Performing Aerial Spiral
Jenny Tufts is a specialist in spinning bar apparatus. She has performed and taught across three continents as an aerialist, a hula hooper, and once as a blinged-out hyena. Career highlights include premiering a very gay show in Ireland’s conservative heartlands, doing her first walkover at age 30, and once being called “the perfect middle of a three-high” by a member of GOM.
Hannah Finn
Our spinning cube contortionist
Hannah is an interdisciplinary contortionist performing on a one of a kind bespoke spinning contortion cube. Hannah has performed for 19 years and is a world renowned contortionist that appeared in Harry Styles music video for "Daylight"; and has also performed for the likes of The Roundhouse London, Anantara Kihavah Maldives, The Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, and The Glastonbury Circus Big Top.
Charlie Wheeller
On the Cyr Wheel
Charlie Wheeller started his adventure from the port city of Southampton. After graduating from the National Centre for Circus Arts in 2014 he co-created the experimental acrobatic company Barely Methodical Troupe and toured their full length circus works around the world, from the Palestinian Circus Festival to a season at the New Victory Theatre next to Times Square. He specialises in working with the Cyr Wheel but revels in all things acrobatic.