Holy moley, it’s been far too long since my
last blog peeps! You’ll have to forgive
me, I’m doing my best, but there’s sooooo much to do round here! I intended to chat to you last while I was in
Milton Keynes with the team while they were performing As the World Tipped down
there as part of the IF Festival, and so, lets hand over to the me of the past,
as she’s got a whole lot to say!
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Morning all! I’m writing to you from down in Milton Keynes
today, where Wired have been performing As the World Tipped at the IF Festival,
there’s still one performance left and you can grab your tickets when you get
here, so jump in the car and come and join us for the last night- it’s going to
be a good one! (Um, too late, dang it! –
Future Mand) Got loads to cover today so I’ll blast straight into it! Hoorah!
We returned from Munich a week or so ago
now- what a fantastic time we had! The
weather was just unbelievable, who knew Europe could be so tropical?! Not me for sure! I love a good thunderstorm, but crikey, for a
few nights over there it was the most full on weather I’d ever witnessed! I’ve included a pic for you so you
can appreciate just how wild it was, but suffice to say; as I sat in my hotel
room, the lightning outside my window was flashing like some kind of possessed
disco ball, and the thunder was just a constant roar! While the show goes on rain, hail or shine,
for that one night the festival insisted we had to bend to the will of Mother Nature in the face of
her onslaught, and so, not to be upstaged, we added an extra show later in the week instead- take that
elements!! The festival itself was
fantastic- if you’ve never been to Tollwood I highly suggest you try it one
year, we all had a great time! A big
thanks to the staff there who were very supportive and friendly, we’d be back in
a heartbeat!
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| Lightning + Metal Wall = Extra Crispy Twirlies |
On our return, the company got down to some
hard-core training. Wendy and Jamie, the
Wired Directors, really invest in their performers, and the last couple of
weeks have been a testament to how they build the skills of the individuals who
work with us. It was time spent
returning to the core of the movement, strengthening the skills which underpin
the technique and really getting to grips with where the power and momentum
should all stem from. I’m hoping to have
a sit down with our gorgeous Artistic Director, Wendy Hesketh-Ogilvie over the
next couple of weeks to have a good old chat about her training approach and technique
in general actually, so to hear more about this kind of thing, just keep an eye
on the blog!
After the hard stuff was out of the way,
the Wired team was off for a bit of camping last weekend. Whereas for normal people like you and me
that might mean trips down the pub, sunbathing and playing cards by the BBQ,
Wired do things a little differently.
Yes, camping for our staff means climbing mountains and hanging around
on cliff faces- namely Stanage Edge in the Peak District. It looks a whole lot of fun, and it was a good
job Sarah Norris was around to take these cracking shots- otherwise we’d have
no idea how crazy that lot are! Hehehe. If you want to take a look at the whole album, and you totally should, you'll find it here!
While we’re in Milton Keynes we’re going to
be doing something a bit special. We’re
taking a group of Executives from Nifty Lift up on our bespoke aerial wall for
a liddle stroll! Niftylift is one of the largest manufacturers of cherry picker, boom lift, access
platform, lift platform, aerial
platform and work platforms in Europe and sells throughout Europe, the USA, the Middle
East, Far East, Australia and South Africa. They specialise in
compact, low weight articulating booms that offer maximum performance with
minimal environmental impact, and anyone trying to go easy on the environment
gets a big thumbs up from us! The lucky
participants will be getting a full introduction to harness work, training in
wall walking and then a good old run about on our custom built wall – which we
use for our show As the World Tipped. I
know they’ll have a blast, and I’ll try and get some pics for you next week of
the festivities!
Finally, this week we say a fond
farewell to Blogger. We’ve been hosting
our blog here for over a year now and it’s a great site, but we’re moving on to
pastures new over at Wordpress, and gaining a brand new author to boot! You might already know Daniela B Larsen from
our shows, she’s one of our twirly extraordinaires, and has been running a lot
of our social media for As the World Tipped for quite a while now. Dani will be posting alongside myself on our
new blog, and keeping you up to date with everything ATWT; so between the two
of us you’ll have about as much aerial as you can shake a very large stick
at! The new blog is already up and
running, so feel free to go along and take a look, you’ll find it here. This will be my last post here on our lovely
old blog, so to keep up to date with new goings-on and stuffs don’t forget to
update your bookmarks and RSS feeds yada yada.
If you ever get lost and end up here don’t forget there’s a link to our
new blog direct from the wiredaerialtheatre.com homepage, so you’ll always find
your way in the end!
A big thanks to everyone who
contributed, subscribed, and read this blog, and we look forward to seeing you
all at our new blogtastic home!
See you next week!
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