WELCOME TO STICKLEPATH FIRESHOW

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.

STICKLEPATH FIRESHOW CRAFTY CAPERS SUMMER EVENT WEEK - Creative workshops for ALL ages, exhibition and cat walk fashion show. Children - do you want to have some creative fun for a week in the Summer Holidays? Parents - are you looking for holiday activities for your children? 'Grown ups' of all ages - fancy giving your creative skills a stretch? Don't want to join in but want a fun afternoon? - come along to the Saturday show. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

03.07.10 : NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF STICKLEPATH FIRESHOW

There shall be an Extraordinary General Meeting of Sticklepath Fireshow on Monday 19th July at 7.00pm in the Bert Stead Room of Sticklepath Village Hall. The Fireshow Committee have called the meeting to discuss and vote upon alterations to our constitution in advance of applying to the Charity Comission for registered charity status. All members of the public interested in Fireshow are welcome to attend and vote on the resolution. Please click here for further information about the reasons for applying for charity status at this time.

You might like to consider volunteering for the next Fireshow - contact by email, call 01837 840136 .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." .

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.

View images from the 2009 show, The Bemused Triangle.