A platoon of crack all-weather Area 51 performance artist commandos battled bravely against the elements to set up a monstrous reunion with an escapee who has been on the run with Iron Maiden all year!
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Archives for Festivals
FEELIN’ AWWL-WIGHT AT EPIC FESTIVAL!
Area 51 performers are pretty famous for making a big entrance but at the Isle Of Wight Festival they gave many helping hands to two lucky people who won a national prize to take their bows in jaw-dropping style! Teaming up with Strongbow cider
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BLESSED ARE THE GEEKS AT SCIFI
Legendary actor Brian Blessed and Area 51 teamed up to create a sci-fi supernova at one of Europe's biggest and best events for followers of all things fantasy and futurist! The seventh annual Sci Fi Weekender was hailed as the best yet after a galaxy of stars and performers shone to stun the audience after teleporting into North Wales.
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MUDDY GREAT DOWNLOAD FRENZY
A detachment of 51 Area 51 performers (!) withstood everything that Mother Nature could chuck in their direction to emerge muddied and euphoric after three days and four nights of badass shows and partying
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SOLAR SCI-FI WEEKENDER
Area 51 looked to the heavens for cosmic inspiration to eclipse past triumphs with a stellar display at a celebrated gathering of diehard sci-fi fans. The sun, moon and 51 were all in conjunction as performers used the grand spectacle
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WOOD ZOO BELIEVE IT!
If you go down to the woods today you're sure of a big surprise...as the spirit of Ibiza was reborn in Leicestershire!A herd of bright eyed and bushy tailed Area 51 performers stampeded in woodland close to the famous motor racing circuit at Donington and partied for three days non-stop as part of the third annual Zoo Project Festival which recreates the famous hedonism of the Iberian holiday isle.
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KIDS GO CRAZY AT CAMP BESTIVAL
The Caravan Of Lost Souls was born again as a stunning child-friendly circus to conquer Britain's best family festival. Igor Rasputin's pop-up caravan of cabaret curiosities was brilliantly rebranded for young eyes and ears to universal
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AREA 51 AT EXIT FESTIVAL
Area 51 stormed a 17th century fortress in the Balkans before continuing with a rampage of hedonism down to a coastline festival on the shores of the Adriatic Sea more than 300 miles away. Two stunning festivals in a mere seven days of blissful indulgence was a tall order for even the most diehard 51 crew members used to punishing schedules of hard work and hard partying but the Class of 2014.
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66SICK AT GLASTONBURY
Sometime in the past before the future began, the 66Sick office was deserted, machines slowed before grinding to a halt, silicon chips were fried and a creeping growth of plant life in a garden of evil carpeted the once busy hive of activity with organic abandon.
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SCISSOR SISTERS COLLABORATIONS
American disco-glam group, Scissor Sisters, regularly team up with Area 51 to help create stunning show costumes and props for their extravagant live performances
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BIG FUN AT RUN TO THE SUN
Robots, space girls, butterflies and tribesmen cooked up Cornish delight as they ran to the sun to storm the festival that refuses to die! Area 51 characters invaded the resort of Newquay in Cornwall for the impressive Run To The Sun Festival which despite rumours of imminent death, continues to thrive as one of Britain's best annual bashes.
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SCI-FI SUPERNOVA
A galaxy of Area 51 performers detonated an entertainment supernova to help make a major sci fi festival a cosmic success! The extensive 40-strong Area 51 team descended on a North Wales holiday park for the fifth
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RAVE ON THE WAVES AT BESTIVAL
Area 51 rocked the dock as H.M.S. Bestival dropped anchor at one of Britain's best-ever festival arenas. It was full steam-ahead as shipmates shared the fun in an amazing nautical-themed party at Bestival on the Isle of Wight.
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ANIMAL MAGIC AT ZOO PROJECT
One of Britain's wildest festivals was treated to spellbinding animal magic as Area 51 turned zoo keepers! A herd of animal characters hoofed down to Donington Park in the leafy East Midlands to stampede in a safari of surrealism at the amazing Zoo Project Festival.
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CARAVAN OF LOST SOULS AT GLASTONBURY 2013
Area 51 vamped up Glastonbury Festival's 40th anniversary with vaudevillian va-va-voom! The show-stopping travelling circus, the Caravan Of Lost Souls rolled into the festival’s theatre & circus arena for a string of shows that stunned revellers. The caravan is essentially a Victorian box-on-wheels that unfolds into a gloriously Gilliam-like stage set.
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SPACE-TACULAR SCENES AT SCIFI WEEKENDER
It's a Sci-Fi Convention Jim, but not as we know it! 51 load up the vans and boldly go - to West Wales... We embarked on 2 incredible days packed full of Sci-Fi themed walkabout and truly massive stage-shows
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AREA 51’s TWISTED CIRCUS
Peer into the twisted world of Area 51 with the company’s own “Twisted Circus.” These shots were taken at the Big Reunion event at the end of 2007 and highlight a crew of specially commissioned Circus performances. With thanks to Marc de Groot for some of the photos.
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