Prop Manipulation

Fire Staff

Utilising his martial arts skills and unique double jointed fingers Preacher spins, manipulates and twirls a 4 foot metal staff with flaming wicks either end around his body with grace and speed.

This is sometimes used in fight displays with other performers. Preacher is currently learning to use twin staffs which are slightly smaller and faster, watch this space.

  • Standard Props: Fire staff, High speed staff, Jo Staff
  • Additional Props: Twin Electroglo (glow in the dark) staffs

Angle Grinder Displays

With suicidal beauty Preacher straps custom made metal plates to his body and takes a powerful handheld angle grinder to the plates producing fountains of sparks from his chest, crotch, hands arms and legs in a blinding musical display. This is an incredibly impressive and thrilling stunt, and always a crowd pleaser.

  • Standard Music: Nine Inch Nails [Wish]...Ministry [Stigmata]...Ultraviolence [Psycho Drama]...Faith No More [Mid Life Crisis]...Front 242 [Welcome To Paradise]...System Of A Down [Toxicity]
  • Standard Props: Custom grinding amour, custom grinder with deadman switch.
  • Additional Props: Mask, goggles

For angle grinding shows Preacher can be hired solo or with a partner.

Notes: A power supply is needed on stage

Misc Prop Manipulation

While Preacher has skills in fire staff and Nunchucks in particular he has "Support skills" with the manipulation of other objects. These aren't used as shows themselves but rather used to put some flair into other shows.

  • Staff: this is the manipulation of any stick, brook, pole etc.
  • Knife: The skills of spinning and twirling a single blade knife.
  • Balisong/Butterfly knife: The art of opening and closing a balisong knife at high speed in a variety of different patterns Hat: Spinning, twirling and throwing a hat.
  • Swords: Spinning, twirling and otherwise slinging about a varity of different types of swords.
  • Juggling: Preacher has minor three ball juggling skills and knows about five different patterns including burkes barrage.
  • Poi: Preacher has rudimentary poi and fire poi skills.
  • Lightsaber: Preacher dreams of this approximately once every seven minutes.

Prop Balancing

Prop balancing is the art of involving various (usually ridgid) objects on the body. Preacher is an expert in this field and specialises in balancing objects on his shin. Preacher can balance sticks, chairs, swords and even running lawnmowers on his chin! Preacher Holds the world record for Balancing a lawnmower on his chin and demonstrates his skills is his infamour Lawnmower of Doom show!