As The World Tipped is the largest and regarded as one of the finest large-scale outdoor shows to be produced by a UK company. (Xtrax)
Combining dramatic film and visuals with breath-taking aerial performance, As the World Tipped confronts one of the most pressing issues for the planet with spectacle, humour and emotion.
An epic and stunningly realised portrait of the disaster we may all be facing .... [As The World Tipped] is a lot more than mere spectacle. It does that rare thing - it makes you gulp with astonishment, but also think.
Mark Shenton, The Stage
At the Secretariat of the Copenhagen Climate Change conference, harassed staff fail to notice as the world around them, literally and metaphorically, slides toward disaster. Suspended above the audience in the night sky, the performers struggle to control their increasingly precarious world as they do battle with the effects of a drastic environmental catastrophe.
Written and directed by Nigel Jamieson, one of the world’s leading creators of outdoor spectacle (Sydney Olympics, Liverpool Capital of Culture). The show has played over 70 times; to audiences across the UK and festivals in France, Germany, Australia, Chile, South Korea, Italy and more. In 2018, As The World Tipped featured at Sziget one of Europe's biggest music, culture and arts festivals.
A Wired Aerial Theatre Production
Written and Directed by Nigel Jamieson
Wall design by Jamie Ogilvie
CREATIVE TEAM
Director – Nigel Jamieson
Aerial Director – Wendy Hesketh-Ogilvie
Technical Director – Jamie Ogilvie
Musical Director – Patrick Dineen
Re-Light Design – Gareth Green
Set/Props Designer – Andy McDonnell
Props Fabricator – Tim Denton
Film & Visual – Inflammable Films
Film Producer – Diarmid Scrimshaw
Film Project Manager – Sarada McDermott
Lead Film Editor & Animator – Chris Newcombe– Project Monster
Film Animator – Andy Cooper – Draw and Code
Film Editor – Tom Grimshaw
Film Co-ordinator – Paul Harry Thomas – Project Monster
Film Archive Researcher – Sue Tiplady
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Ian Ross
PRODUCTION TEAM
Production Management – Jamie Ogilvie
Head Crew – Sandy Ogilvie
Crew – Gruff Harris
Chief AV – Matt Bailey
AV Operator – James Bragger
Lighting Operator – Adam Nicholls
PERFORMERS
Bilal Bachir
Amy Eccleston
Sebastian Gonzalez
Beverley Grant
Wendy Hesketh-Ogilvie
Josh Hutchby
Gavin Vincent
CLIMBERS
Jake Gresham
Luke Murphy
Jacomo Nardi-Forster
Jamie Ogilvie
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Ainscough Cranes
Rigging Services
Environmental Impact Advisor
Julie’s Bicycle
Film & Music Archive
Gideon Mendel Photography Ltd
Home – A movie by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
© Elzévir Films/Europacorp
Original Music composed by Patrick Dineen
Additional Music by
Johann Strauss,
Female vocalist Sylvia Enchada
Beth Gibbons (Show)
Lena Horne (Stormy Weather)
Formerly Produced by XTRAX
With Thanks to:
Maggie Clarke, India Rose-Cox, Gareth Lang, S & S Motors, DBS Solutions, Desiree Cherrington (ACE), Rose Fenton (Without Walls/Tipping Point), Rosemary Burgess, and June Hesketh
Original Co-Commissioners
Co-produced by Without Walls
A Tipping Point/Without Walls Co-commission
Commissioned by Brighton Festival, Norfolk & Norwich Festival and Fira TÃ rrega
Made in Liverpool supported by Liverpool City Council
Co-commissioned by Greenwich + Docklands International Festival, Mintfest, Stockton International Riverside Festival and XTRAX
Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England
Norfolk & Norwich Festival May 2011
Brighton Festival May 2011
Greenwich & Docklands International Festival June 2011
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral July 2011
Stockton International Festival August 2011
Platform 4 Festival August 2011
Mintfest September 2011
Sydney Festival January 2012
SO Festival Skegness June 2012
Tollwood Festival July 2012
IF Festival Milton Keynes July 2012
Fira Terrega September 2012
Viva Cité June 2013
Greenwich and Docklands International Festival June 2013
Festival Deventer on Stilts July 2013
Appetite August 2013
Temudas Festival August 2013
Derby Feste September 2013
Hastings September 2013
Four Squares Weekender September 2013
Bradford Festival October 2013
Fuse Medway Festival June 2014
Kulturhause Festival July & August 2014
Flurstücke Int. Festival 015 June 2015
Le Festival d’Aurillac August 2014
Hi! Seoul Festival October 2015
Toulon September 2016
Freedom Festival September 2016
Torino July 2016
Les Accroche-CÅ“urs September 2017
Santiago a Mil January 2018
Sziget Festival August 2018
WE Wonder Noir November 2019
WOMADelaide Festival 2020
St Helens Borough of Culture 2023