Rollercoaster

Rollercoaster is a one-hour solo show by Wes Peden that uses ultra-modern, pop-punk juggling to talk about finding the balance between freedom and security.

Surrounded by a huge inflatable pink structure and accompanied by electro beats composed of distorted rollercoaster sounds, 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 to perform some of the most difficult and unique juggling ever done on stage!

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Direction & performance: Wes Peden
Music: 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: Gandini Juggling
Images: Fahimeh Hekmatandish
Premiere: February 2022
Set-up: indoor, front on
Age range: all ages
Durstion: 60 minutes
Stage dimentions:7.5m wide x 6.5m deep x 5.5m high

Full technical rider available on demand.
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.

“Wes Peden is a wonder”

— New York Times