The organization presently comprises a team of acrobats, a 10-piece swing band, a trick-roping cowboy clown; and several aerialists, contortionists, hand balancers, jugglers, and dancers.

Batty and the Wanderlust Circus all come from different time periods – Victorian England, the Old West, swing-era New York and even the present day.

The pair founded the Hippodrome Circus Arts Center,[3] which opened on November 17, 2007 on the lower floor of the Rotture-Branx[4] venue complex (which itself closed in 2015).

In 2009, Wanderlust Circus performed at the inaugural celebration for then-mayor Sam Adams, alongside MarchFourth Marching Band and Trashcan Joe.

In 2012, Wanderlust Circus forged a new relationship with the Alberta Rose Theatre, making it their new Portland headquarters for local shows.

[14] In 2012, Wanderlust Circus Orchestra released their first full-length album, "Joyous Panic,"[15] featuring original songs and jazz standards, like Everybody Loves My Baby and Sunny Side of the Street.

The two founders and directors of the troupe, Noah Mickens and Nick "The Creature" Harbar, each have a long history of producing, directing, and performing in circus shows in the Northwest.

[18] Creature himself first gained notoriety in San Francisco as a show producer and facilities manager at influential art collective CELLSpace.

[19] While living and working there, he and partner Mike Templeton produced and directed a dinner show called Circo Romani,[20] with musical director Zhenya Kolykhanov of The Red Elvises.

Societas Insomnia featured a variety of performance types meant to evoke a world of nightmares, including fire dancing, suspension, and butoh, along with traditional circus acts and Tuvan throat singing by Enrique Ugalde a.k.a.

Wanderlust Circus and her sister company collaborated on shows all along the West Coast, stretching from northern Washington to southern California.