It took them 17 years. The £30,000 rent is paid for by classes for all manner of circus skills, from unicycling to trapeze, tightrope to juggling. Indeed, No Fit State has turned South Wales into an unlikely hub for circus training. Of the 25 apprentices they’ve taken on in the lifetime of the company, 11 are still working in circus and eight are still with the company, if not performing then working behind the scenes. Other performers have gone out and created their own Welsh circus companies. And children continue to flock in their hundreds to hone circus skills.