Welcome

External Combustion was set up in the late 1980’s by artists and performers with an irresistible passion for the creation of spectacle. Now with more than twenty five years experience producing original and bold projects the company has refined a style of work that we think, maintains our creative aims and has established us as true pioneers of ideas and experts in the production of our work.

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Latest News

Autumn shows

Autumn has become our main season, we produced firework shows for halloween, the 5th and numerous Christmas Lights switch on

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Transit of Venus

Gravity Field Festival commissioned us to create an installation to commemorate the first observation of the transit of Venus. We

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Artist of the month!

I have appeared in the lovely Reflections magazine as ‘artist of the month’ for December. Reflections is a well established lifestyle publication covering Derbyshire and the Peak District.

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