ROLLERCOASTER
WES PEDEN
Utra-modern, pop-punk juggling
Surrounded by huge inflatable blue structures and accompanied by electro beats composed of distorted rollercoaster sounds, Wes Peden performs original tricks inspired by rollercoasters and their high-tech seatbelts. A spinning plate ceremony becomes a celebration of the great rides of the past; an epic 3 ball disco juggling evokes the evolution of rollercoasters; a 4-meter transparent tube turns into a path around Wes’ body to make balls flow through loops, helixes, and corkscrews.
Rollercoaster twists theatrical rules to create a safe space place to perform some of the most difficult and unique juggling ever done on stage!
“Fizzy tricks and funky escapades from a master of juggling.”
“The ingenuity and technical mastery create an hour of open-mouthed admiration
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Premiere: February 2022
Set-up: indoor, front on
Age range: all ages
Duration: 60 minutes
Stage dimensions: 7.5m wide x 6.5m deep x 5.5m high
Touring party: 2 people
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Direction & performance: Wes Peden
Original music by Mika Forsling
Set design: inflatable structures by Félix Chameroy
Lighting Design: Vilhelm Montán Lindberg, Joel Johansson & Zoe Hunn
Light and sound operator: Florence Schroeder
Costumes: Maria Peterson
Outside eye: Florence Schroeder and Viktor Gyllenberg
Tour Booking and administration: Yellow Everything
Images: Fahimeh Hekmatandish
Rollercoaster is produced by Wes Peden and Gandini Juggling
Funded by: Stockholms Stad and Konstnärsnämndens, Sweden.
With the support of: Riksteatern, Subtopia, Burnt Out Punks, Cirkusflätan, NyCirkus Öst and Agora, Sweden.
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US-born and now living in France, Wes Peden uses the skills he has honed from the age of five to twist gravity into the most beautiful knots physics will allow. He has been voted the world's most popular juggler in the Top 40 Jugglers poll ten times and holds numerous world records. His energetic, complex, and playful juggling style has won him awards from the International Juggling Association and the festival Cirque de Demain. He takes inspiration from Sumo wrestling, fast-food packaging and 1950s playgrounds.
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For more information please contact Axel Satgé: axel@yelloweverything.com.
