Next month the skies above Nottingham’s Trent Bridge Cricket Ground will be lit up with an epic drone light show which promises to take audiences on a mesmerising journey through time and space.
If you ever wondered when we’d enter the age of sci-fi, well - we’re in it. Next month the skies above Nottingham’s Trent Bridge Cricket Ground will be lit up with an epic drone light show which promises to take audiences on a mesmerising journey through time and space.
Fusing cutting-edge technology and creativity, the show, entitled Evolution, will project hundreds of drones in the night sky to tell the story of life on Earth, from the explosive Big Bang to the remarkable origins of conscious life on Earth, depicting everything from single-cell organisms, awe-inspiring dinosaurs to the dawning of modern humans.
Everyone around us was absolutely stunned by the incredibly beautiful spectacle of hundreds of drones come to life
Cited as ‘a spellbinding celebration of the living world’, this epic-scale event has been three years in the making and is brought to us by Celestial, a company who have created drone light shows across the globe. Aiming to create show-stopping digital art - and a safe and carbon-neutral alternative to traditional fireworks - this group of animators, film makers, producers and tech wizards represents a new era of live events through innovative storytelling in the skies. “This is so much more than a drone light show,” said John Hopkins, Celestial Co-founder & Chief Creative Officer. “It’s an experience with stadium scale, created to bring audiences together using a new medium to tell the story of time”.
Having already taken place in Bristol, one attendee Martin Weitz called the show "quite extraordinary", stating, “Everyone around us was absolutely stunned by the incredibly beautiful spectacle of hundreds of drones come to life.”
A live demonstration of the state-of-the-art drone technology will take place before the main drone performance, and down on the cricket ground, the evening will see DJs bringing music and plenty of vendors serving a variety of food and drinks, making for a mesmerising, family friendly event.
‘Celestial’ takes place from 7pm on Friday 19 April at Trent Bridge County Cricket Club.
Early bird tickets of £14 per adult and £9 for children/concessions are available until 21 March at yuup.co/evolution. Full price tickets after that will be £20 per adult and £15 for children and concessions.
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