Circus Monoxide is NSW’s premier professional circus company based in Dharawal Country in the Illawarra, City of Wollongong. Founded in 1996, it gained its name as a defiant gesture, railing against human-induced climate change in response to our birthplace at the Bathurst 1000 races. The company gained a significant reputation due to its iconic hazard striped bus that served as both performance space and living quarters for the artists.
In its twenty-eight-year history the company has toured prolifically across Australia, presenting outdoor shows in regional centres and at major metropolitan festivals.