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Our 
Story

Highwire Entertainment continues as one of Victoria’s largest independent production house of critically-acclaimed circus, cabaret and family-friendly entertainment.

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Highwire creates bold touring works that fuse commercial viability, with excellence in circus arts and other multi-artform performances. We are known for delivering highly entertaining, polished work with a strong sense of humour. We boldly meld live music with circus and dance; physical theatre with science; performing arts with politics.

We like to say that our work is politics rolled in glitter. We are passionate about presenting shows that carry a message, and champion diverse representation and inclusivity on stage. We want to empower audiences to expand their views on circus as a medium, and to create opportunities for meaningful artistic expression for the artists we employ.

We deliberately create shows for a broad age ranges and demographics. We want Highwire to be a go-to production house where most presenters we will find something exciting and suitable for their audiences. We want to be consistently creating, so that we can have new offerings available to venues who have programmed us previously.

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​Highwire was founded in 2006 by Elena Kischbaum, and  incorporated in 2018. We have worked across Australia and produced and toured shows around the world.​

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How it started...

Papillon
Wonderland Spiegeltent 2013
Featuring performers Elena Kirschbaum & Amy Nightingale-Olsen

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How it's going...

Rouge
Sydney Spiegeltent, 2023
Featuring performers Paul Westbrook, Lyndon Johnson, Jessie McKibbin, Lizzie Patterson, Maui Ryan, & Christine Ibrahim.

Our Shows

Visit the following pages for our current programming.

Half Full Moon

And of course...
Shows In Development

Meet the Team

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