With equal parts sadness for our loss and joy for the truly wonderful opportunity we had to experience life with him, we remember the sudden and devastating loss of Mike on the 21st April 2024. The man with the biggest heart, the most hilarious sense of humour, a circus legend and so so much more. Mike was doing what he loved right until the end of his full and eventful life. We will always remember the incredible memories we all shared with Mike. There truly aren’t enough words to express the person that Mike was, he touched countless hearts and raised many. Mike will live on through hundreds of people and will never ever be forgotten. 

Originally from  South Africa, Mike Wright trained firstly as a classical ballet dancer in Cape Town before joining and touring with Cape Performing Arts Board’s Ballet Company.  His aerial career started in the late sixties when he studied flying under trapeze supremo Keith Anderson, and went onto tour internationally with companies such as Circus Benneweis (Denmark), Circo Cesare Togni (Italy) and Billy Smarts (UK).

Mike was a successful producer and choreographer, whose credits include producing
bungee trapeze acts for the Brit Awards in 1995; producing flying acts for Euro 96 and
Simply Red; producing acts for Barnum & Bailey Circus, Circus Krone and Circus Knie;
and acting as a consultant for the London International Mime Festival. In 2002 he
created and performed in a large scale group aerial piece, Bar-Rock. Recently he has
appeared on Channel 4 and choreographed aerial acts for breast cancer film. He also
taught classes in Flying Trapeze on the lawn at the Kingswood Site.