Preaching to the Converted

Nicknamed 'The fastest fire eater on earth' Preacher holds several world records for both fire eating and fire breathing With 17 years experience Preacher can guarenee a top class act for any event utilising high level fire stunts.
Preacher is well known for extremely large breaths of fire, rapid fire eating, utilising rare and difficult stunts such as vapour transfers and incorporating prop manipulation and custrom made props into his acts.

Fire acts can be performed indoors or outdoors however outdoor shows are weather dependant.

Preacher takes fire safety extremely seriously. He has full public liability insurance, is extensively trained in health and safety and is a fire safety instructor for many other fire performers.

Preacher uses two different fuels for fire acts and both are low odour and smoke.

Guinness World Records:
Most fire breaths in one minute: 85
Most fire torches eaten in 30 seconds using two rods: 53
Most fire torches eaten in one minute using two rods: 83 (Pending approval at 106)
Most fire breaths with one mouthfull of fuel: 16 (Since broken by another performers)

A stunt that is considered one of the new generation of sideshow stunts. Preacher takes an unmodified, high powered staple gun and a clip of bank notes, playing cards or even silk scarves and defying all medical advice staples the objects into his bare flesh.

Preacher can staple objects into his arms, chest, legs and even his face seemingly without serious injury.

The Blockhead is one of the oldest sideshow stunts and was a cornerstone of the traditional american sideshow and has been performed for well over one hundred years. Preacher takes an ordinary 4 inch roundwire nail and a clawhammer and proceeds to hammer the nail up his nose and right into his head, then pulls it out with a pair of pliers and gives it to the audience to prove it's authenticy.

Whilst several sideshow performers can do this stunt Preacher goes a step further and uses many other objects such as spoons, meathooks, fireworks, lit cigerettes, coat hangers and even knives!

This modern sideshow stunt is a more advanced and far more dangerous evolution of the blockhead stunt. Preacher slides not a nail but a running drill 4 inches up his nose. The drill rotates at several hundred RPM and contains a live masonry drill bit. Items such as bricks and concrete blocks are often drilled live on stage to demonstrate the authenticity and power of the drill.

Preacher takes a Lightbulb, plugged in and turned on (to prove its authenticity), from its stand and removes it from its socket. The bulb is shattered with a hammer or underfoot. The razor sharp glass fragments are carefully held up and then sprinkled into Preacher's unprotected mouth. He chews (into a microphone if possible) so the whole crowd can hear the excruciating crunching until the climatic moment where he swallows the glass.

This is a short but atmospheric stunt which can be performed in some but not all locations due to the anti smoking laws

Preacher lights and partially smokes a cigarette or cigar, building a red-hot tip of tobacco hot enough to melt flesh. He then slowly stubs it out on his tongue, somehow leaving his tongue unharmed.

An extremely popular and quite uncommon stunt. Preachre produces a condom on stage and unfurls it in front of the crowd and then places the tip in his nose and sucks it into the back of his mouth and then litterly flosses his skull. As if that wasn't enough preacher takes the same condom, places it in his mouth and incredibly blows it inflared out of his nose. To the best of our knowledge Preacher is the only performer in the UK that can do the second part of this stunt!

Preacher also performs a variation of this stunt that is equally uncommon. He places a plastic tube up his mouth and pulls it out his mouth and then squirts a liquid through the tube.

It has been said that with a focused mind one can achieve anything. Preacher sets out to prove this by smashing beer and wine bottles live on stage and then walking barefoot on the razor sharp shards. Indeed not only walking but doing press-ups, hand stands and even jumping on the glass remaining uncut.

This is primarily an addition or a grande finale to a glass manipulation routine. Preacher lies face down on the stage and places his face in the broken glass. He lies perfectly still as another performer places their full weight on the back of his head crushing his face into the shards of glass beneath. Amazingly he remains unharmed.

Preacher strips to the waist and lies down a bed of 6 inch roundwire steel nails and a concrete patio slab is placed upon his stomach, causing the nails to further bite into his unprotected back. Then, putting his life in the hands of his partner, lies motionless as the patio slap is demolished with a single blow from a sledge hammer.

Notes: Due to the nature of this stunt it can only be safely performed by two performers, therefore it is not available when Preacher is hired solo.

After erecting a chrome free standing stepladder on stage, Preacher demonstrates that he has removed the rungs and replaced them with sharpened sword blades by slicing various items on them. He removes his boots and climbs the ladder barefoot.

Preacher can also perform this stunt while juggling, balancing items, or during a choreographed sword fight

In an attempt to prove either he is indestructible or the most reckless human being alive, Preacher sits on the stage with his legs apart, takes time to say a quick prayer, then rests a full cavity block between his legs. He shuts his eyes and waits for the moment when his partner smashes the block into pieces with a sledgehammer. During this stunt Preacher's only "protection" is whatever trousers he happens to be wearing.

Please note: For safety reasons this stunt is not available when Preacher is hired solo

In the Vietnam war medical supplies were low in the combat zone so drastic measures had to be taken. Stiching a wound was simply not possible so "Superglue" was invented, a lightning-fast acting solvent that was designed to be particularly effective on human skin.

Preacher takes advantage of this unique invention by glueing several plates or ceramic tiles to his chest and torso and when the glue has set he smashes them to pieces with an eastwing claw-hammer.

Any pieces that survive the onslaught with the hammer and remain stuck to his skin just have to be ripped off...ouch!

In this stunt Preacher tempts fate by playing with the legendary"shirt of death" - an item of clothing rumoured to be the spawn of two t-shirts hibernating at the bottom of Preacher laundry basket and so unbelievably foul the fumes could concuss a rhino.

Preacher tempts fate by not only taking this clothing item out of its cage, but by placing it on a coat hanger, which has a needle tip on the hook. He pushes the coat hanger through his tongue dangling the infamous shirt under his tongue. To add to his troubles Preacher then stands on a bed of broken glass. As if this wasn't enough he then starts to juggle balls of fire whilst standing on the broken glass with the Shirt of death dangling from his tongue!

NOTES: If fire is unsuitable for your venue then The fire balls can be substituted with Ultraviolet reactive juggling balls or standard juggling balls.

Preacher considers himself to be very fortunate to have worked with some of the best performers in the industry But none compare to the honour of working with the infamous Lawnmower of Doom. Once just a cheap gardening implement the Lawnmower of Doom has trained itself to balance whilst running on Preachers chins and even keeps its balance while members of the audience throw lettuce into the blades!

This stunts is hugely popular and is fantastic for crowd involvement, especially when it is made into a competition (IE: whoever gets the lettuce into the blades wins a bottle of wine etc). To current knowledge is one of very few performers capable of performing this stunt and the only one in the UK.

Preacher Currently Hold the Guinness World Record for Balancing a lawnmower on his chin for the longest Period of time