Few lockdown routines involve swallowing swords or back garden acrobatics, but for out-of-work circus performers it is a necessary part of their week.
Dozens of trapeze artists, contortionists and acrobats and have been forced to find other forms of temporary employment or survive on Government grants after circuses closed during the Covid-19 lockdown.
And with gyms shut, performers have had to get creative in order to maintain their unique talents.
Anastasia Sawicka, 33, and her 49-year-old sword swallowing husband Hannibal Hellmurto would normally be touring across the UK with the Circus of Horrors at this time of year.
Instead, they are having to practise their routines from inside their home in Northampton.