WELCOME TO STICKLEPATH FIRESHOW

Thank you to everyone who came to the 2009 Fireshow, The Bemused Triangle, we really hope you enjoyed the evening. We very much welcome feedback of the event - let us know what you thought at info@sticklepathfireshow.org.uk. All replies will be used in planning future shows. Did you enjoy the 2009 or previous shows so much that you'd like a DVD as a memento? the 2009 show DVD will be available in early 2010 - email for details.

*** STOP PRESS *** What? The Bemused Triangle set wasn't really burnt - it turned into a cake!! Click here to see.

Every Bonfire Night the unique Dartmoor based community arts event of Sticklepath Fireshow thrills up to 3000 local and even national visitors. Young and old from the community in and around the village of Sticklepath near Okehampton, Devon get together every Autumn to create a magnificent artistic Fireshow unlike any other. Every year a new theme and drama storyline is developed, ready for the making of small through to sometimes vast puppets, many worn by the cast. Music is planned, costumes are designed and made and an amazing outdoor stage is lovingly built only to be burnt on the night after a fabulous fireworks display following the play.

As well as the build, the mammoth task of making the costumes, masks and backpack puppets used in the show goes on in Sticklepath Village Hall in the two weeks beforehand. Just some of the 2009 workshop crew are shown below, from left to right Christine Crawford (Wardrobe Mistress), Jo Hilton and Monica Jones. During Half Term week they were joined by local children, most of whom also performed in the show.

You might like to consider volunteering for the next Fireshow - contact by email, call 01837 840136 or come along to the next Fireshow AGM in early Spring 2010 (full details will be available on the site well beforehand). There are lots of different opportunities for most abilities, skills and ages (there is a lower age limit for safety reasons). The fun and sense of achievement gained from being part of the team creating such a fantastic event is absolutely incredible. It really is an example of community spirit at its best, or as one participant put it "it's infectious, I'd never stop being involved in some aspect of Fireshow."