The Flying Fruit Fly Circus

The Flying Fruit Fly Circus was one of the productions of the Murray River Performing Group, initially an ensemble of nine artists, set up mostly by graduates the Victorian College of the Arts Drama School, including Robert "Bomber" Perrier, the first artistic director, Lloyd Suttor, Mark Shirrefs and Ian Mortimer.

[citation needed] Tanya Lester won a Gold Medallion in Le Cirque de Demain Competition in Paris.

[2] In 1993 a sell-out season of Red Alert for the Sydney Festival (and half-time entertainment for the World Series Cricket) was followed by tours to Brisbane, Gippsland and Melbourne.

[2] In 2004, the troupe performed Skipping on Stars, a tribute to the life of Con Colleano, a famous tightrope walker from Lismore, New South Wales.

[5] In 2015 it became a company in residence at the Sydney Opera House with a three-year partnership and established a collaboration with the Vietnam School of Circus Arts and Vaudeville in Hanoi.