nightmares, including fire dancing, suspension, and butoh, along with traditional circus acts and Tuvan throat singing by Enrique Ugalde a.k.a. Soriah, who portrayed the sun. In 2005, Mickens also co-founded and toured with The 999 Eyes of Endless Dream Carnival, an underground freak show, now the 999 Eyes Freakshow, as ringmaster and Master of Ceremonies. While serving as Creative Director of an art bar called Someday Lounge, Mickens returned to a more traditional circus format with a show called Batty's Hippodrome in 2006. Just a few months later, along came Nick the Creature. By this time, the Bohemian movement of circus, cabaret, marching bands, burlesque, and freakshows had spread all over the world; with noteworthy centers of activity at New York City's Coney Island, New Orleans, and Los Angeles; and other troupes starting in almost every city. Wanderlust Circus heavily tours festival circuits, performing as featured and ambient circus entertainment for Electric Daisy Carnival, Oregon Country Fair, Sasquatch, Paradiso, Tomorrow World, Symbiosis, Lightning in a Bottle, The SF Edwardian Ball, and others. Wanderlust Circus has also toured across the West, including California, Idaho, Montana, Washington and more. Wanderlust Circus South (2009–2014) In 2009, Wanderlust Circus acrobat Alexander Dial returned to San Diego, California and established his own circus production company called Otherwise Entertainment. After a year spent establishing his new troupe, Dial took on Wanderlust Circus' name for both his existing and future San Diego projects, calling it Wanderlust Circus South. Wanderlust Circus and her sister company collaborated on shows all along the West Coast, stretching from northern Washington to southern California. Wanderlust Circus South entered a period of indefinite hiatus in 2014. Core troupe Dozens of entertainers of performed as members of Wanderlust Circus over the years. Noteworthy present and past members include: Noah Mickens as William Batty, the immortal ringmaster of the Wanderlust Circus, and band leader of the Wanderlust Circus Orchestra. In theatrical shows, Batty is often a protagonist and/or narrator, suiting his role as emcee. Batty is based on the Victorian-era ringmaster of the same name. David "Leapin' Louie" Lichtenstein, an Old West cowboy clown who does lasso tricks, cracks whips, rides unicycles, and juggles. Jon "Dutch" Paglia and Scott Maxwell are longtime Wanderlust Circus acrobatic bases and comedic actors. Dutch, Maxwell, and Mickens formed Team RAD (Rose City Acro-Devils) in 2013. Team RAD now serves as Wanderlust Circus' core acrobatic troupe. In addition to Dutch