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Flame Fire Productions was formed when Holly Wademan moved to Queenstown in 2000 and met Milly Begley. Holly was a whiz on the staffs and Milly was a poi Goddess, so they decided to combine their talents and offer their skills to the corporate market.
After numerous gigs, they decided to take fire to the next level and produce a choreographed and creative fire show for art's sake. They researched the Maori myth of Lake Wakatipu and gathered 10 performers to be part of the show - Legend of the Lake. It was a success, attracting an audience of 1000 from as far afield as Christchurch!
Holly then left New Zealand to travel and worked with leading UK Performing Arts company Tepooka and the Beltane Fire Society in Edinburgh to produce and choreograph several large fire shows including the Lughnasadh Celtic harvest festival
When Holly returned to Queenstown late 2001, Flame approached Queenstown Winter Festival to produce a large fire show for its opening night.
Fire and Ice featured at the QT Winter Fest 2002 opening and went on to show at Wanaka Fest and the Dunedin Fringe Festival and is still talked about.
Holly then went to OZ to work as an artist on the Southern Hemisphere's largest fire event featured at the Woodford Folk Festival, New Year's Eve 2002/ 03. She worked full-time for one-month building props, working on concepts and choreography for Under the Volcanoe. The show involved 1500 performers to an audience of 40 000.
Flame's next large scale production The Fire Tree went a step further and featured as a stand alone ticketed event at the 2003 QT Winter Fest attracting an audience of 600 into minus temperatures! The show was invited to feature at Wanaka Fest two months later and attracted an audience of 2000!
A revamped and refined version of The Fire Tree called Mahuika's Fire recently featured at the NZ Fringe Fest '04 in Wellington where it attracted an audience of 1500 and was an instant hit.
 
Flame was approached by the Queenstown Winter Festival to produce a spectacular fire show based around the Maori legend of the lake to open the festival. They also commissioned Flame to design and construct the festival flame which burnt continuously for 10 days.
    
Since 2000 we have also become one of Queenstown's leading corporate entertainment companies, provided cutting edge entertainment for a variety of corporate clients from around the world.
Our most recent initiative is a themed Lord of the Rings Elven flag dance and fire Orc show growing in popularity - see Products for more details.
Flame Fire Bio
2005 - Stiltwalkers, fire show and fire sign - Autumn Festival - Arrowtown
2005 - Stiltwalkers - Festival of Colour - Wanaka
2005 - Stiltwalkers & fire show - The World Bar - Queenstown
2005 - Team Building - Queenstown Winter Festival sponsors - Queenstown
2005 - Lord of the Rings Elven dance, fire show and fire sign - Autodesk Sth East Asia - Queenstown.
2005 - Legend of the Lake indoor fire show - DHL Asia - Queenstown
2005 - Legend of the Lake fire show - AK05 - Auckland
2005 - Lord of the Rings Elven dance, fire show & fire sign - Yamaha - Queenstown
2005 - Walkabout characters & Goddess Fire Show - Food Co Australia Conference - Queenstown
2004 - Walkabout characters & face painting - Young Presidents Association Incentive programme - Queenstown
2004 - Fire Show - Toshiba - Queenstown
2004 - Mahuika's Fire - Fire and Ice Fiesta - Invercargill
2004 - UV show and Flag dance - TRENZ gala dinner, Christchurch, 2004.
2004 - Legend of the Lake - Opening Queenstown Winter Festival '04.
2004 - Lord of the Rings Themed show - Godfrey Pembroke conference.
2004 - Mahuika's Fire - NZ Fringe Festival Wellington.
2003 - Street performers and Afrika fire show - Arrowtown Street Party.
2003 - Lord of the Rings Themed lunch - Paradise.
2003 - The Fire Tree - Wanaka Snow Fest leading act.
2003 - Lord of the Rings Themed dinner - Millbrook resort.
2003 - The Fire Tree - Stand-alone event QT Winter Fest. 15 performers, one-hour length show based on Maori legend of fire.
2003 - 50k of Coronet Peak - Duo performance.
2003 - Hewlett Packard Dinner - Dangerous and fire sign.
2003 - Women's workshop - Central Otago REAP
2002 - Japan BMW corporate show -Dangerous and fire sign.
2002 - Fire and Ice - Dunedin Fringe Festival.
2002 - 50k of Coronet Peak - Duo performance
2002 - Fire and Ice Spectacular - Coronet Peak Ski Area Mid Winter Wonder.
2002 - Fire and Ice Spectacular - Wanaka Snowfest.
2002 - Fire and Ice Spectacular - Queenstown Winter Festival Opening Party.
2002 - Flame Fire Show - Winniebagoes, Mardigras Party.
2002 - Regular Fire Shows - Millenium Hotel Queenstown.
2001 - Street performer - Edinburgh Festival.
2001 - Knockan Gorrich Fire Show - involved 6 people, Celtic Festival - Scotland.
2001 - Lughnasadh Fire Festival - involved 30 performers and 12 musicians - Edinburgh Scotland.
2001 - Legend of Lake Wakatipu - production involving 25 people - Queenstown.
2000 - Fire Show and Fire Sculpture - Sun Micro Systems corporate function.
Kawarau Bridge, Queenstown.
2000 - Fire Show - Montana Mid Winter Wonder - Coronet Peak, Queenstown.
2000 - Fire Show - Radio Works Launch - Winniebagoes, Queenstown
1999 - Conceptualised Fire Show featured at Sydney Olympic Games opening ceremony.
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