sentences:  Bates' first project with the new band was a commission from The Old Bull Arts Centre in Barnet, London.This was a series of new compositions to accompany work by one of Europe's leading new circus companies, Snapdragon Circus, and based primarily on Angela Carter's novel "Nights at the Circus".The music was performed alongside circus acts under canvas in London for a week, and included delicacies such as a bagpipe-playing chicken on a piece called "Scotch Egg".