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Flamees
Flame Fire Productions is run by three experienced fire folk who have over 25 years experience performing with fire between them. Holly Wademan, Milly Begley and Mark Godden are skilled performers and experienced producers who work together to offer the highest standard of theatre and entertainment.
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HOLLY WADEMAN
Producer/ Director/ Chief Choreographer.
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 learned 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. Holly also works as a photographer and journalist in QT, and lends this discipline and professional efficiency to Flame's productions.
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MILLY BEGLEY
Co-Choreographer/ Costume designer/ Musician.
Milly has been involved in a number of fire productions including Legend of the Lake ('01), Fire and Ice ('02), The Fire Tree ('03) and Mahuika's Fire ('04) as co-choreographer and costume designer. She's also a professional fire performer (7 years exp) and manages Flame Fire Productions with Mark and Holly.
When not working with Flame, Milly performs as a singer /song writer playing regular gigs around Queenstown. She wrote and performed Mahuika's Song featured in Mahuika's Fire and intends to write more music for future shows.
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MARK GODDEN
Stage Manager/ Prop designer.
Mark was born in England in 1970 and moved permanently to New Zealand in 2001. Mark started juggling at university 13 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 is a real asset to Flame Fire productions creating exciting and new fire props.
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