A First Class stamp write 3 paragraph essay While this production promises dazzling aerial work and acrobatics – including a stunning duet sequence on the flying trapeze – Steel stresses that audiences shouldn’t expect a traditional big-top experience until the Barnum & Bailey extravaganza rolls in at the end. “For the most part, it’s about using circus to tell the story emotionally,” he says. “So, if at any point people applaud a trick that we’ve done, we’ll have got it wrong.”