Here at Incandescence, we love creating imaginative and unique themed entertainment for corporate events.
One of our favourite corporate events that we designed bespoke corporate themed entertainment for was the Rose Gala Dinner, which was held in the famous York Minster Cathedral.
The client’s Brief:
To provide entertainment for 900 invited guests in the nave of York Minster Cathedral for the Diamond Jubilee Rose Dinner Celebrations.
They wanted something unique truly memorable, and that would set this event apart from being just another corporate event with a bit of formulaic run-of-the-mill evening entertainment.
What we did:
Working closely with the York Minster team, we took their event name the Rose Gala dinner and decided to re-create the Rose garden from Alice in Wonderland: this would give a fantastic theme to tie the whole event and evening’s entertainment together.
The other exciting and also challenging aspect to the event was the location - being one of England’s most iconic and beautiful buildings, but also Grade 1 listed!
This gave the project a site specific element to both producing and staging the Alice in Wonderland themed entertainment.
Given the Grade 1 status of the building, It was important to let the building dictate to some extent where and what the performance should be.
After doing site visits, the Incandescence Team had a good feel for the building, and were starting to see how to use this amazing space to complement and enhance the evening’s entertainment.
Creating a symbiotic relationship between the awe-inspiring architecture of the York Minster Cathedral and the fabulous Alice in Wonderland themed event we were planning on staging was the creative challenge.
The Event:
On arrival, the guests were transported into the magical world of Alice. A whole host of fantastical Alice in Wonderland characters greeted the guests in the Queen of Hearts Rose Garden.
The famous Mad Hatters Tea party and Croquet Scene where produced as interactive entertainment, and were brought to life using acrobats, actors, dancers and stilt walkers.
This was accompanied by a ‘playing card band’ that set the scene with fabulous live music.
The Queen of Hearts played master of ceremonies for the night, as she and Alice wove the whole evening together giving it a seamless dreamlike quality.
The main dining area was turfed with a real green grass lawn. Guests were seated at tables with fabulous rose centrepieces, accompanied by bottles with ‘drink me’ labels.
During dinner they were treated to a site specific Alice in wonderland themed show that happened above and all around them.
Aerialists spun and weaved their magic in front of the stained glass windows, dangling from the vaulted ceilings, performing on raised platforms and truly immersing the guests into the magical world of Alice and the amazing space that is the York Minster Cathedral.
What the client said:
Karen Powell, York Minster Cathedral: “What a wonderful evening you created for us. We have had countless emails and letters from guests who were thrilled and totally amazed by the Alice in Wonderland experience that you created.”
For more information on our corporate themed entertainment or bespoke corporate circus shows please visit our website.
Alternatively please get in touch here as we’d love to design a bespoke or themed corporate entertainment package for your next event in 2014.
Thanks Satya x
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ReplyDeleteI am really happy to see your work. You have arranged everything in a best way. Want to organize my daughter’s birthday party at one of event space San Francisco and she want to have Alice in wonderland theme. So will look for arrangement ideas for the day as want to make her day very special.
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