Flame Fire ProductionsThe Flame troupe offer the highest standard of innovative spectacle entertainment and community education in the arts. |
| MILLY BEGLEYDirector/ Co-Choreographer/ Costume designer/ Musician
Milly Bea had a somewhat bohemian childhood with liberal parents that encouraged artistic expression. As a youngster she grew up singing, with her multifaceted artist mother, performing self taught dance routines in full costume, darling!! entering talent quests throughout her youth. After 10 years practicing Holistic Massage Milly found herself co-creating Flame in 2000 with Holly. She has learnt an immense amount from nearly 9 years of hands-on involvement in the numerous levels of all Flame's productions. As one of Flame's star performers and creator of our eye catching costumes she now has the broadening experience of managing all aspects of Flame. An opportunity which is creatively exciting since the reshuffling and moving on of beloved friends and co-directors earlier in 2008. Milly also performs as a singer /song writer playing regular acoustic gigs around Queenstown. |
| MARK GODDENStage Manager/ Prop designer/ Pyrotechnician
Mark hails from England and moved permanently to New Zealand in 2001. He started juggling at university 16 years ago and has a wealth of performance experience and circus skills including juggling devil sticks, Diablo, stilt walking and acro balance. As early as 1990 Mark started performing with various fire toys in front of big crowds doing a two person show at a combined Guy Fawkes, Diwali celebration to 5000 people in Leicester England. Whilst living in the U.K he performed at many large festivals including Glastonbury, Womad and Reading Festivals. After years of attending the large circus conventions in Europe, Mark discovered fire staff and pois whilst traveling in Australia and New Zealand and soon became highly proficient. Mark has a vast experience of street performance in Europe, America and Australasia, even performing in Raratonga and to Tibetan monks whilst in Spiti, northern India. On migrating to New Zealand he has set up his own company Pyromonkey Fire Toys producing all manner of performance props. He creates all of Flame's fiery toys and irons out any technichal problems as our head safety officer and stage manager. |
| GREG INWOODActor / Stilt Performer Gregs highly entertaining natural charms & wit, skillful acting ability and skiing agility, contribute to his formidable stilt performances. One highlight being his performance as the Selfish Giant in the 2007 community Xmas Show the Selfish Giant, produced and directed by a local Queenstown theatre production company. Greg shined!, which is easy for him. With Flame Greg has regularly performed as Gandalf, when he greets guests with a friendly, warm, booming voice and genuine character of Middle Earth. He has joined us in some improvisational UV dance, for a fundraising event, he moves were more contemporary I would say, a character quite off the wall! Still he shined!! - watch this space |
| RICHIE LAMBERTStilt Performer & Dancer Richie, a professional personal trainer has performed as a dancer for a number of years in various productions as well as with fire for FLAME. He also enjoys unicycling, juggling, to dabble in a bit of multisport, mountain biking, bouncing as high as he can on his stilts and generally likes to push his physical limits wherever and however he can. A great asset to our Troupe! |
| ANGELIIINAStilt Performer, Hoop Performer & Dancer Angelina, queen of improvisation whether dance or wit, shes sharp and on it! Well experienced in the art of Go Go dance, from years performing in Canada at events and Performance Art Bars, she contributes great moves and energy to Flames shows. Ange has Whether improvised or in choreographed shows Ange is a hot fire dancer with great pizzazz. All this and more, she is a natural on stilts, with hoops and in developing charming characters. An inspiration and creative comrade.
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| SUNNY SKYRoving Characteress!! Hoop Troupe Instructor too!! Sunny is a born entertainer, without even trying, a colourfull bright ball of energy shes enthuses all where ever she goes! A dream to work in the realm of humorous & charming Roving Characters. Sunny has had cameo performances with Flame a few times in recent years and we hope to work more with her in the future. Stilt training is underway!! There she is pictured to the left.
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| VICKY CROSBYHoop Performer, Stilt Performer & Dancer Vicky, a solo Hula Hoop/Circus performer, has collaborated with Flame in recent years. An awesome performer to work with, always a pleasure and lots of fun improvising stilt characters when mixing and mingling. Also her choreographic contribution is an asset to flame fire and UV dance routines. We look forward to working with Hula Vix in the future.
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| HOLLY WADEMANCo -Founder
Holly Wademan has worked with fire since '98, but her love of dance and performance began at age five. She studied classical ballet and jazz ballet for 12 years, followed by theatre at Charles Sturt University Australia, where she learnt how to dance with fire. Holly has produced numerous fire shows in NZ, Australia and the UK, including conceptualising the fire scene at Sydney Olympic Games opening cermony. In '04 Holly was granted a scholarship to attend the world's largest and craziest fire festival held in the Nevada desert in the US - Burning Man where she picked up numerous new ideas and skills, including fire hula! Holly also works as a photographer and journalist, this discipline and professional efficiency assisted the development of Flame Fire Productions. Holly is currently traveling the globe, presently experiencing life in Europe. |
