Crackers?

The world is full of risks to be avoided. Crowds are subversive, disease is rife, WMD’s are everywhere, strangers are enemies and fireworks are too loud. We can only keep safe locked in our homes, engaging with the world through reality TV… But some fools deliberately court danger: step outside the safety zone, play with fire, jump off the cliff, light the blue touch paper… What happens when you take a risk?

Crackers? is a celebration of the explosive and dangerous beauty of fire and fireworks and an exploration of our attitudes to Risk.

Crackers? is a large-scale show, for audiences of 12,000, combining fireworks, projection, performance and music. Crackers? is not for the faint of heart – the show is performed 'in the round’, with the audience surrounded by fire & smoke, spinning wheels and fireworks. A symphony of pyrotechnic sounds fills the air. It’s loud, disorientating and cacophonous, but there are also moments of delicate beauty…