In the s, as he struggled to find a winning formula again, he staged a show under the big top at Wembley Stadium with Jeremy Beadle as ringmaster and joined Austen in promoting the Moscow and Chinese state circuses on tours of Britain.
He announced his retirement in but was back two years later, when he co-founded the gothic-themed Circus of Horrors — based on French circus Archaos — with singer-songwriter and big-top performer Dr Haze, making its debut at the Glastonbury Festival.
The circus entrepreneur decided to leave his big-top career behind him in when he was refused planning permission to expand his Addlestone Moor headquarters, the centre of his Surrey-based company for 30 years. He sold off his equipment to Austen and put his memorabilia up for sale while directing his energies into a new venture at the Wookey Hole caves, in Somerset, adding circus performances to the tourist attraction.
The showman hit the road again in with a British tour to mark his half-century in the business, and followed it up with his Magic Circus tour in Cottle and his wife split up in the s. She survives him, along with their daughters, Sarah, April and Polly, and son, Gerry. Gerry Cottle crash. Gerry Cottle depression. Gerry Cottle mental illness. Gerry Cottle cancer. Gerry Cottle expiration. Gerry Cottle extermination.
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He could do this partly because he had great charm. There was no better person than Cottle to sit next to at a show. He would spend the performance whispering his opinions in your ear, holding back with neither the praise nor the put-downs. He was no admirer of contemporary circus, but would pitch up to circus-industry conferences just to feel the ripple as he entered the room. He enjoyed the drama of disagreeing.
When Brexit arrived, threatening the circus industry with being unable to bring in European performers, he was one of the few in the industry who supported it. Cottle also had a keen eye for a good press story. His first stunt, in , was to get his daughter Sarah christened in his ring.
In the s he started working with the PR man Mark Borkowski, and together they dreamed up various stunts. When Payne landed at Heathrow airport, she was greeted by a group of faux-outraged, placard-waving clowns , all employed by Cottle.
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