Spiral of Lights ™

Our incredible Spiral of Lights was originally commissioned by Kew Gardens, where it enthralled over 170,000 visitors, as The Spiral Tree, decorated with huge silver baubles and hanging decorations to make a spectacular interactive Christmas Tree. Since then, we have turned the Spiral into different forms, taking it to indoor and outdoor events around the UK, delighting audiences young and old. 

All 6,000 LEDs are controllable by the public, with some very cool consoles that echo the space-age style of Spiral. The controllers are both light-activated, so get out your mobile phone, hit the flashlight and get ready to play! If your battery’s low, or you’re using your phone to capture the moment, fear not - our friendly presenters have torches at hand to help you out.

One controller changes the colour - shine your light to add red, green and blue, then move your torch to the middle to send your chosen colour to the lights. Loads of fun, but also teaches people about RGB colour mixing, so it hits STEM or STEAM themes too!

The second controller operates the patterns and works in a similar way. Have a look at these videos to see our Andy and the lights in action!

Spiral of Lights is a great example of our ability to engineer a hard-wearing, audience-proof piece of interactive art. It has enraptured audiences of all ages across the country and makes a fantastic addition to any light night or after dark event. And of course, if you have a Christmas event, we can return it to its original Christmas Tree form - an 11-metre tall piece of stunning interactivity!

The video below shows you just how the combination of colour and pattern changing truly enthrals people. It works just the same when it’s a ‘flat’ spiral, it’s just a flatter! This was filmed back in 2015 when we used our steampunk, Jules Verne-esque controllers for the lights. They were truly great, and we miss them, but they took up a lot of space in our storage unit (and used a lot more diesel getting them around the country too), so we’ve streamlined.

Interactive Installations

Here at Travelling Light Circus we are proud to think of ourselves as a bunch of big kids! We love to have fun, play and sometimes be a bit silly - and we believe that is great way to be. So with this ethos in mind, we have invented some amazingly cool 'big toys' that will release the inner child of everyone, no matter what their real age.