The Fantastic Fireworks Family

11 Nov 08, 12.20pm
Underneath all our gloss is the reality of real people with real feelings doing real work. The fact that our work is to set fire to things in the name of entertainment does make it a little odd.

The last dozen or so blogs allude to the stress of intense peaks and the combinations of fatigue and elation. The teams who contribute to putting the jigsaw together from the very first client conversation to the very last firework burst in the sky become with each other, as families do, intensely bonded and at times almost as intensely irritated. Emotions run high and shared exultation comes with frustration when things become testing. The Fantastic Firework Family is a disparate collection of enthusiastic, hard-working, dedicated people who, shock-horror, do not always see eye to eye, particularly when the stress levels peak.


But as families go, it endures and we remember not the grumpy times, but the happy times, of which there are many.