Bonfire night fireworks display- Guy Fawkes - 5th November

Bonfire night, Guy Fawkes and fireworks displays on 5th November are deeply entrenched in the UK's history starting from the Gunpowder Plot some 401 years ago.

Gunpowder Plot - Ightham Mote - Kent

See Phoenix Fireworks local history at Ightham Mote in Kent and its involvement in the gunpowder Plot.

Guy Fawkes night or bonfire night

See the origins of Guy Fawkes Night or bonfire night as it has now become.

November is one of Phoenix's busiest time with shows for Councils, Event Venues, Round Tables, Scout groups, Rotary, Lions clubs, schools and etc.

For organisers wanting something special, Phoenix offer three different levels of themed Bonfire night shows, as follows.

Gunpowder Plot: Heritage to present day

The “Gunpowder Plot” firework show is a powerful display that celebrates the apprehension of Guy Fawkes and his co-conspiritators on the plot’s demise.

The display makes use of some fireworks heritage, 18th Century pyrotechnic devices used by The Joseph Wells Firework Company. The show then builds with effects through the ages right up to the current day, and ends with... . .

The Mystery of the Gunpowder Plot: Premium Show

A large scale entertainment with narrated display and soundtrack of the Gunpowder Plot with a wider rage of more powerful effects than above. It finishes answering the question that has never been resolved - would the quantity of gunpowder used by Guy Fawkes have been good enough or dry enough to actually blow up the Houses of Parliament? A film-set style replication of the conspirator’s house where they made the gunpowder is the setting for the experiment.

Nov 5th show in a historic setting

The experiment concludes with a spectacular explosion that takes out walls and part of the roof of the house with theatrical flair and leaves the spectators in no doubt as to the outcome. Full crowd safety is assured and the emphasis is on creating a huge “Wow” factor that is safe and entertaining. The finale links the house exploding and moves the crowd’s eye line into the sky with a captivating and powerful frenetic burst of sky shells that cover the heavens.

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