The Cirque Bormann big top can be hired for company evenings, galas, team building, shoots and weddings, with up to 1,000 guests for a standing dinner reception and 500 for a seated dinner. The venue is a circus tent run by the Bormann Moreno family at 5 rue Lucien Bossoutrot, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, opposite the France Télévisions building.
Seminars and company events
The circus lists a wide range of business uses: cocktail receptions, corporate events, works council (CSE) outings, team building, galas, shows, graduation ceremonies, and fashion or advertising photo shoots and film sets. For a company evening, the tent is fully reconfigured, and the troupe can stage a show adapted to your program, from a short act between courses to a full performance. Guests can then dance on the ring.
The venue works best for a gathering where the setting carries the message: a client evening, an end-of-year party, a product launch or an awards night. It is less suited to a working seminar that needs breakout rooms, since the site describes one main space under the tent and no separate meeting rooms.
Weddings and receptions
Private hire also covers weddings, birthdays, bar and bat mitzvahs and other family celebrations. The same options apply as for companies: a cocktail or a seated dinner under the big top, a show built around the occasion, and dancing on the ring afterward. The circus also sells an afternoon birthday package for children and their friends.
Rooms and capacities
The tent itself is the event space. The circus gives two figures: up to 1,000 guests for a standing dinner reception and up to 500 for a seated dinner. Seating plans, stage use and technical needs are agreed with the team once you have a date. Public performances run through the year, so a private event has to fit around the show calendar. Ask about available dates early, especially for December.
Catering
You can choose between the circus's own catering and an outside caterer of your choice. No menus are published on the site, so the format, from a cocktail dinner to a served meal, is set with the team for each event.
History and setting
The circus belongs to a family of performers whose story the site traces back seven to eight generations, through the Moreno, Bormann and Pauwels lines, with acrobats, clowns and animal acts in earlier decades. The company says it has 45 years of history. Its current creation, ARBRE, mixes circus, dance, theater and special effects, and a second program, VIBRATION, is also announced. The tent stands on a plot at rue Lucien Bossoutrot, in the southwest of Paris near the Seine, and is open year-round.
Getting there
Public transport stops are a short walk away: metro line 8 at Balard, RER C at Pont du Garigliano - Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, tram T3a at Pont du Garigliano, and buses 42, 88 and 169. The site has a ramp for guests with reduced mobility, and the team helps them find a suitable place inside the tent. Public car parks are close by. For guests arriving by air, Paris-Orly is the closest airport.
