Circus of Horrors seeks flexible ‘pickled person’

The Circus of Horrors has been inundated with applications to be a “pickled person” who can squeeze into 2ft high jar.

The group had advertised a £300-a-week job as a “pickled person” who must “be flexible” and “not suffer from claustrophobia” and prove they can fit into a 2ft high by 18in wide jar.

The extreme act – which reached the finals of Britain’s Got Talent – has taken out the Jobcentre advert for a contortionist as part of its search for new talent ahead of forthcoming shows at the Wimborne Tivoli Theatre on July 27 and Exmouth Pavilion on July 28.