I Scream Van

The smallest mobile cinema in the world. This converted ice cream van has the beautiful decor of a traditional cinema. An usher will show you to your gold braided seats and the lights dim. Sit back and enjoy a mock horror movie from amongst others the genius that is Forkbeard Fantasy. Ice creams are available from our staff as are I Screams as the van itself delivers a fine array of surprise and shocks.

For those who dream of Knickerbocker Gories, Shock Ices and Screamy Treats this performance is a big hit at festivals, events, celebrations and fetes. The van can also host a DJ set, PA and become part of the Village Fete, Green Top and Street Jam events.

The Little Green Top can also have; games , alternative races, an I Scream Van that has either music, treats, a DJ set, or the worlds smallest mobile cinema. As seen at The National Theatre London. Manchester Xtrax, Salisbury International Arts Festival, Victoria Park Bridgwater, Hamilton Park, Taunton and as part of the Urban Street Jam events.

The Little Green Top Circus  This themed event works well as a community collaborative project that may  link with school projects, community celebrations, festivals, fayres and village fetes. We have worked with school or community groups developing a themed performance that can premier at the local events.

The Little Green Top is part of the Village fete performance and creates a colorful arena for activities, performances and events.

Spectacle

Fuse fire spectacles - The company develops large and small- scale fire spectaculars glow tech performances. Celebratory performances; fire sculptures, lantern parades,  site specific commissions, installations, fire dancers, spinners, jugglers and human catherine wheels.

Commissions; Exeter City Council, National Trust, Blackheath London, weddings and personal ceremonies, parties and corporate events.  – Aller Dragon  - Firedance,   Themes can be developed to suit each event or created as a site specific or celebratory event.

                                        Spin

Stunning, spectacular, zany and unique, performed to audiences from twenty to 20,000. Shows can be adapted for all ages and events; Performances have involved Cabaret, Football stadiums, shopping centres, parks, night clubs, front rooms, barns, roof tops.

Shows can be tailored to suit all ages and hands on workshops can be offered to compliment the show.

Carnival Arts                                                

Working within ideas generated from local myths and traditions, drawings and sketches the company design and create creatures and sculptures with members of the community drawing in local skills and creative talents. The final creations are then performed engaging the local groups of all ages as operators and performers at community festivals and arts events. Bridgwater Lantern Festival (2002,03), Ham Hill (2008)

Stilts

Stilt themed characters for promotions, events, banquets, and conferences.

Themes; Ice Queen, Snow Queen, Ice Maidens, Angels, Gargoyle, The Victorians.

We have design and costume team that can create costumes to suit events. Please email info@fuseperformance.co.uk to ask for further details

Misguided Tour

(In association with fishproductions)

Knowledge in the age of misinformation is hard to come by. Let these tour guides lead you around your festival, events showing you sites of special interests and places of cultural importance. They will amuse you with their irrelevant insights and entertain you with their opinions on everything but the hard facts.

The company will research the site in advance, looking for those places and ideas that sit between truth and fiction, between the serious and the ludricous. 

For promotions and events we can also provide fire and pyrotechnic performances, glow and UV performance, face painters, balloon modelers, musicians, DJ’s, street / contemporary dancers, parkour, free runners, stilt walkers and walkabout animations. We tailor artists to suit events and sites.

The Little Big Top Circus

Circus Antics and the The Little Big Top Circus has toured extensively in the south west for over fifteen years  and has been successful as a fund raising project for schools, urban arts projects, rural villages and touring schemes. Past projects have raised between £500 - £2500 per event to support village halls and community events. . and sets up a performance and workshop arena and can offer a  variety of skills that can involve; circus skills, juggling, stilt walking, hoopla, poi, diabolo, devil sticks, plate spinning, unicycling, tightwire, ribbons. mask making, recycled junk modelling, bunting,music, Performances and parades have been created at events. Popular at festivals and celebratory events.

The Village Fete

All the Fun of the fete . The company bring a village fete that can involve gazebo’s, games, stalls, stage area, games and invite the community to join in as stall holders, or performers and definetely as participants. With a celebrity host  and most of all we like you to help build a playful event that mirrors and celebrates the life of the village fete and be part of the event. This can be part of or enhance an existing event or within a festival or as smaller parts to play an I Scream Van mobile cinema, a bunting little Big Top Circus tent.

Funds raised by the fete are donated to the village or a charity. Our charity we support is  Water Aid.  This  lasts an afternoon and uses an ice cream van, bunting, tents and stalls and an array of performances. There is also a small arena for sports races and displays. At the end of the day there is a raffle, Not everything is at it appears. Inside the ice cream van are temptations and treats and a small solar powered cinema. Local acts and jars of homemade jam for sale. The Tombola, There is also the opportunity to join in arts and crafts, making puppets, masks, hats. have a go at challenging circus activities, walk the wire, balance on sticks, a unicycle.  An afternoon to enjoy - All the fun of the fete.

See the film link and photo gallery for more.

How do we make the Village Fete ?

We can bring along, tents, stalls, performances and together with the local community design, build and create the event.

One of the aims of the event is to help you generate funds for your local community. We invite you to join in the preparations of the Village fete. Before the event the company offer sessions developing arts activities and find your talent performance workshops. This can take place within the local community halls or in the schools. Through the workshops, the company build a group of helpers, artists, stalls performers who contribute to the running of the day.  The fete can work to a theme  – Some include the Environment - Water Aid, The River Parret Festival,  Circus where the local chidren go to the circus using curriculum themes - e.g. Hatch Beauchamp School - 2003

Jonnie Walker opening the Village Fete at  Larmer Tree Festival