Musical Instruments

Custom Circus

Custom Circus is a Portuguese transdisciplinary theater and visual arts company, officially created in 2002. Constituted as a non-profit cultural association, it operates in the areas of theater, audiovisual productions, cultural events, research and artistic training, areas in which it creates, carries out and produces cultural actions in the fields of arts, cinema, theatre, television and advertising. Initially, its members traveled in a convoy composed of classic vehicles customized in a post-apocalyptic style, which grew progressively. Maintaining a nomadic genesis in the early years, they later settled in Oeiras, Portugal, and founded the cultural center Nirvana Studios. The activities of this company began in 1992, and with the exception of 1995, it carried out various projects every year until its official foundation in 2002 under the name Custom Circus. According to João Mendes Rosa, then Head of the Culture and Arts Division of Oeiras Municipality in 2021, this company was one of the most active on spreading the name of Oeiras nationally and internationally, through the promotion of culture. The company’s headquarters are located in Nirvana Studios, on Estrada Militar, close to the village of Barcarena, municipality of Oeiras. Between 2004 and 2019 alone, Custom Circus performed around 600 shows, having also hosted and supported, annually, dozens of transdisciplinary events, from art to sports, reaching up to this date 15 interactive theater productions, 10 record music albums, dozens of exhibitions and visual art installations, 10 literary publications and other projects.

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• ▸Jack Teagarden
• ▸Disporum longistylum
• ▸Flute sonata in E minor (HWV 375)

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