The Balloon Monsters of Twisted Designs

  • Costumes in Brisbane, QLD

  • Travels Nationwide
  • Starting from $450
  • Available on Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

  • 11 people have checked out this act in the last fortnight. Calendars book up fast!

From the deep, dark, depths of a Twisted imagination, surface these colourful, loveable and friendly Balloon Monsters. They may look frightening, but they survive on love from the crowd, and give out long skinny balloons in exchange for hugs and laughs. Cuddling everyone from babies to grandparents these giant creations will embrace you in their monster arms as they move through the crowd, and yes they do squeak when they are squeezed. Standing over 2.5 metres tall and twisted completely out of many hundreds of vibrantly coloured balloons, they are truly a spectacular sight. Let yourself be wooed by the Balloon Monsters, get a selfie because when they are in town no head remains unturned.

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Monsters can be built on site or transported ready made to the event. The monsters take 6-7 hours each to build, or 2.5 hours with two people working. They contain more than 600 balloons they are expertly twisted to create these one of a kind roving sculptures. They are durable, can last for up to three days for multi-day events. They are repaired, if required, in between roving sets. They are also very mobile and can move on grass and concrete – they have even been spotted climbing stairs or hitching a ride on escalators.

They can move around the crowd giving hugs, taking pictures with people and shooting balloons out of the costumes that people can take home. In one hour they can shoot up to 100 balloons.

The balloons used are 100% biodegradable and are made from natural latex so they are completely non toxic and totally environmentally friendly.

The monsters can also be inner lit using programmed full colour LED strip lighting, providing a spectacularly interactive and mobile visual light show for entertaining in the evening.

Operators are highly experienced in large crowd entertainment, busking and live theatre, providing an extremely entertaining and interactive show.

ALL MEDIA INCLUDING TELEVISION AND PHOTOGRAPHY ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE MONSTERS!!! THEY ARE BIG, COLOURFUL, INTERACTIVE AND UNIQUE!! YOU ARE GUARANTEED TO GET SOCIAL MEDIA COVERAGE WITH THESE ROVING CHARACTERS. PEOPLE WILL LITERALLY LINE UP TO TAKE PHOTOS WITH THEM.

Let’s have some fun!

For 15 years Twisted Designs has been performing on the street, at festivals, at markets, parties and corporate functions. We have performed thousands of times in 5 continents and have performed for an extensive list of high profile national and international companies and entertainment agents.

Previous Festivals that have had Balloon Monsters:
• The Royal Sydney Easter Show (Sydney, QLD)
• Cubadupa (Wellington, NZ)
• The Redcliffe Kite Festival (Brisbane, QLD)
• The Royal QLD Show (The EKKA) (Brisbane, QLD)
• Just For Laughs (Montreal, Canada)
• The Montreal International Jazz Festival (Montreal, Canada)
• Toronto International Buskers (Toronto, Canada)
• Halifax International Buskers (Halifax, Canada)
• The Australian National Buskers Championships (Gold Coast, QLD)
• The French Festival (South Bank, QLD)
• Woodford Folk Festival (Brisbane, QLD)
• Outback Fusion Festival (Newman, WA)
• The Optus Gympie Muster (Gympie, QLD)
• Island Vibes (Stradbroke Isl., QLD)
• Sonica (Italy)
• Boom (Portugal)
• Rhythms of Peace (Morocco)
• Rainbow Serpent (VIC)
• Festival Cairns
• Sportsfest (Cairns)
• Xavier Rudd (Kuranda Amphitheatre)
• Reggae Town (Cairns)

Previous Companies that have enjoyed Twisted Designs at their event:
• Surfers Paradise Alliance
• Cairns City Council
• Brisbane City Council
• Melbourne City Council
• Morton Bay Council
• Brisbane Marketing
• Events Cairns
• Festival Cairns
• Tourism Queensland
• Universal Pictures
• Paramount Pictures
• FOX Studios
• Estee Lauder
• Woman’s Weekly (AGM Magazines)
• Channel 9
• Suncorp Bank
• Westpac Bank
• Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC)
• The Brisbane Broncos (NRL)
• The Parramatta Eels (NRL)
• The State of Origin, (NRL)
• The Brisbane Lions, (ARL)
• The Cairns Taipans (NBL)
• Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
• Ronald McDonald House
• Queensland Children’s Hospital, Brisbane
• Warner Brothers Movie World
• Sea World
• McDonalds
• Tourism Too Deadly - North Queensland
• Trilby Misso Lawyers
• The Family Nightclub, Brisbane
• Forest Lake Village Shopping Centre
• HIA Insurance
• Australian Circus Artists
• Way out Theatre Works
• FRESH Events + People
• Mavric Entertainment
• St John Entertainment
• Oscillating Entertainment
• Etch Marketing
• Goodchild Entertainment
• A-List Events
• Phoenix Entertainment
• Sacred Circus Entertainment
• IZIT Entertainment
• MAS Entertainment
• STRUT & FRET Productions
• Aerial Angels Entertainment
• Tjapukai Aboriginal Dance Theatre
• Cape York Aboriginal Experiences
• Fitzroy Street Traders Association


Minimum of 6m x 3m clean controlled and preferably air conditioned space with as easy access to performance site as possible.
Power outlet to run a small air compressor.
Monsters can be built in 2.5 hours with two twisters or 6 hours with one twister.


Operators of the Balloon Monsters can do up to 5 x 1 hour roving sets per day


*Balloon Monsters only need to be made on the first day and can last for 3 consecutive days provided they are stored in the air-conditioning between sets.

1 Balloon Monster
1st Day, Balloon Monster created with 3 x 1 hour roving sets - $1400
(for multi day events)
2nd Day, 3 x 1hour roving sets $450
3rd Day, 3 x 1hour roving sets $450

2 Balloon Monsters
1st Day, 2 Balloon Monsters created with 2 x 3 x 1 hour roving sets - $2200
(for multi day events)
2nd Day, 2 x 3 x 1 hour roving sets $900
3rd Day, 2 x 3 x 1 hour roving sets $900


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