Rollercoaster
8:00 pm
Aug 31
Firkin Crane
WALKABOUT SHOW
Ultra Modern Pop Punk Juggling!
Surrounded by a huge inflatable blue structure and accompanied by electro beats composed of distorted roller coaster sounds, Peden shares cutting edge tricks inspired by corkscrews, adrenalin, and high tech seatbelts.
Featuring a 4M transparent tube making balls spiral around Wes’ body, epic 3 ball disco juggling, and invisible seat belts provide the safety to perform some of the most difficult juggling ever done on stage!
Rollercoaster by Wes Peden is a one-hour ultra-modern, pop-punk juggling to talk about finding the balance between freedom and security.
Peden is one of the world’s best jugglers and in this piece, he shares cutting edge tricks inspired by corkscrews, adrenalin, and high tech seatbelts. Rollercoaster is quirky, joyful, badass, and a visually stunning ride!
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Wes Peden
Wes has performed around the world from Olympic stadiums in Tokyo to Broadway theatres in NYC and Glacier Museums in Iceland. His energetic, playful and complex style has won awards from the International Juggling Association and Cirque de Demain. Wes uses the skills he has honed from the age of 5 to twist gravity into the most beautiful knots physics will allow.
Warning: High level of smoke / haze used
CREDITS:
Direction & performance: Wes Peden
Music: Original music by Mika Forsling
Set design: inflatable structures by Félix Chameroy
Lighting Design: Vilhelm Montán Lindberg, Joel Johansson & Zoe Hunn
Lighting and sound operator: Florence Schroeder
Costumes: Maria Peterson
Outside eye: Viktor Gyllenberg and Florence Huet
Admin and tour booking: Gandini Juggling
Rollercoaster is produced by Wes Peden and Gandini Juggling
Funded by: Stockholms Stad and Konstnärsnämndens, Sweden.
With the support of: Subtopia, Burt Out Punks and Cirkusflätan, Sweden.
Accessibility:
A transcript document will be provided for the limited speech present throughout the performance.
For all accessibility information see accessibility.