JumpJet is completely redesigned for 2008 and re branded JumpJet MKII. This site specific 22-minute aerial based pyrotechnic spectacle performance combines stunning story-line based theatrics with aerial, dance and acrobatics. Add in a large amount of pyrotechnics and flame effects and the result is a show like no other.
The bulk of the show takes place high in the air suspended from a large industrial crane with the various acts flown on and off stage. The only staging required is three large shipping containers to hide the jet and provide a performance space. This creates terrific sight lines and ties up less valuable real estate on the ground. This arrangement also creates a truly unique and spectacular show unlike anything ever seen before!
ACT ONE - AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS:
The show begins in the chaotic surreal world of an airport. An army of orange jump suit clad characters are working furiously amidst an industrial setting (the shipping container stage). Machines are being refueled and repaired creating showers of sparks and fire while other characters are going through acrobatic preflight preparations.
Finally everything is ready and the countdown begins. The air traffic controllers are at their stations and begin their elaborate choreography with pyrotechnic wands that somehow translates into preflight logic for our trusty pilot. Explosions and pyrotechnics are seen shooting skyward from behind the shipping containers as we hear the massive jet engines spark to life.
ACT TWO - JET FLIGHT & WING WALK:
The JumpJet slowly rises into the night’s sky and is truly a sight to behold. Long columns of fire shoot downward propelling the jet up. The audience can just make out the silhouette of the fearless pilot and his cargo of one as they rise dramatically into the sky. Once at height the jet flies through a series of figure eight turns before hovering at a pre determined altitude in readiness for the aerial act. |
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ACT THREE - JET FLIGHT & MALFUNCTION
All of a sudden alarm bells ring as one of the jet engines malfunctions and explodes sending the jet into a slow spin downward out of control. The pilot is forced to climb out on the wing to fix the engine but he ‘accidently’ falls off and is suddenly dangling from the bottom of the wing. Finally he fixes the engine and the audience breathes a sigh of relief as the jet starts to rise upward again.
ACT FOUR - TRAPEZE
From beneath the suspended jet we see a figure in white who performs a dramatic static trapeze act with pyrotechnic highlights. This is a truly stunning backdrop for a trapeze routine and it comes off like none ever seen before.
ACT FIVE - STAGE, TRAMPOLINES & FLAME THROWERS:
At the end of the trapeze routine the lights all go off on the jet as pyro ignites off the helmets of the performers on stage.
This begins a highly choreographed stage routine with pyro props and our spectacular trampoline act where the trampolinists actually jump over the flames shot by the Air Traffic Controllers with their flame throwers.
ACT SIX - BUNGEE
For the finale the jet maneuvers to a higher altitude through the use of a pyrotechnic propellor and the fiery engines. Once at altitude a bungee act begins with the performer suspended below the jet. In a spectacular sequence of events our brave aerialist literally jumps off the Jet suspended 70 feet in the air and begins an aerial bungee performance. High-level proximate pyrotechnics shoot from the top of the jet in perfect time with the acrobatic bungee act taking place below.
ACT SEVEN - FINALE
The air traffic controllers re appear on the shipping container stage for the finale of the show now mirroring the bungee act high above by bouncing high into the sky on trampolines with bright pyro flares attached to their arms. For the big pyro finish the jet plane, crane top and area directly behind the shipping containers are utilized as pyrotechnic launch sites to create a dramatic high-elevation pyrotechnic crescendo.
ACT EIGHT - POST SHOW FOAM PARTY
As a post show act foam pours out into the area directly in front of the stage creating an impromptu foam party.
CAST & CREW:
Performers - 1 Aerialist, 1 Pilot, 4 Air Traffic Controllers, 2 Trampolinists
Crew - 1 Choreographer, 1 Musician, 1 Stage Manager, 1 Show Tech Lead, 4 Technicians
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