Many of these acts involve significant physical danger to the performer, and involve unique and specific skills. Please note the performers are trained professionals with years of experience behind each act. These acts should never be attempted by anyone by a trained professional.
If any permits or licenses are required for requested acts, said permits or licenses are the sole responsibility of the Purchaser.
Listed in alphabetical order:
- Ashtray - Performer extinguishes a lit cigarette or cigar on his/her own tongue.
- Balloon Swallow - Performer swallows a fully-inflated 3-foot long balloon.
- Bed of Nails - While performer is lying on a bed of 500, 8-inch long sharp nails, members of audience stand on him/her then/or an assistant break concrete blocks with a sledgehammer over him/her — performer remains unhurt.
- Bed of Swords - While performer is lying on a row of razor-sharp machetes, members of audience stand on him/her then/or an assistant break concrete blocks with a sledgehammer over him/her — performer remains unhurt.
- Bellydancing - Female performer dances in the Middle Eastern style, variation may include dancing with snakes, fire or swords.
- Blockhead - Using a member of the audience to confirm the props for the act are real, performer pounds a 6-inch spike into his/her nostril with a hammer, shoves a screwdriver into the other nostril then, after removing them, uses a power drill in the same fashion.
- Bulletin Board - Members of the audience are invited to be part of the show by attaching money to performer using an industrial stapler, then the money is removed by him/her in full view of the audience.
- Bullwhip* - Using a bullwhip with complete precision, the performer cuts targets from the hands and face of the assistant, even cutting a newspaper into little pieces from his/her hands (*MINIMUM of 10 feet head & stage clearance is required for this act — 12 feet is preferred).
- Burlesque - Female performer dances in the classic style and may disrobe in an erotic fashion, can be made family friendly. Male performer variation, "Boylesque," can be done for comedy appeal.
- Contortionist - Performer bends and twists his/her own body in ways that defy the audiences imagination.
- Cutting Board - Performer uses razor sharp knives to cut through fruits and vegetables placed on his/her bare skin (neck), without slicing through his/her flesh.
- Dartboard - Performers use each other as targets in a game of darts, leaving the darts poking into their bare skin.
- Eat a Light Bulb - After demonstrating to the audience it is a real light bulb, the performer chews up and swallows its glass shards.
- Firecrackers On the Chest - Performer reveals a strip of firecrackers taped to his/her bare chest, which is then lit and set off to create a group of explosions on his/her person, while he/she remains unhurt.
- Fire-dancing - Set to music, performer weaves hypnotic trails of flame by spinning poi.
- Fire-eating & Fire-breathing - Set to music, performer transfers flame from torch to torch, from tongue to torch, then extinguishes the flaming torches with his/her mouth. Performer also blows controlled bursts of flame from his/her mouth using an accelerant.
- Geek/Bug Eating - Performer chews up and swallows live crickets, worms and other bugs in a disgusting, but amusing display; performer may also swallow, then regurgitate, a live goldfish.
- Glass Walking - Barefoot performer walks, stomps and jumps on a pile of broken glass. Performer also lies with his/her face on the glass and allows member of audience to stand on his/her head, pushing his/her face into the broken shards.
- Grinder - Using an electric wheel grinder, performer sends showers of sparks into the air from props on the stage and metal plates attached to his/her body, culminating in lighting a cigarette from the sparks.
- Hand In the Animal Trap - After demonstrating the strength of the trap’s jaws, performer sticks his/her own hand in the trap, letting it snap shut — then removes hand, unhurt.
- Knife Throwing* - Performer throws knives, tomahawks and other sharp objects with pinpoint precision around his/her assistant, even cutting a flower for the assistant’s mouth without injuring him/her. This act can also include an audience participation component, and has a flaming dagger option (*MINIMUM of 16 feet stage clearance on the diagonal is required for this act — 20-24 feet is preferred).
- Ladder of Swords - Balanced precariously on the sharp edges, performer walks up and back down a ladder of razor-sharp machetes.
- Mental Floss - Performer sticks balloon up nose, then pulls it out his/her mouth, showing audience it goes all the way through — then makes a balloon animal to present to an audience member.
- Pierced Weightlifting - Heavy, weighted items are hung from existing piercings on performer (usually ears, tongue and nipples), then swung around.
- Pincushion - Performer shoves large needles through body parts (usually arm, throat and cheek), without showing pain or blood.
- Rebar Bend - Without using his/her hands, performer bends a length of rebar with only the point of it pressed into his/her throat.
- Straightjacket Escape - Secured into a straightjacket, with an added element of danger to raise the stakes, performer must escape before time runs out. This act can also include cuff and shackle escapes.
- Strongman Stunts - Performer does classic "strongman" stunts, including tearing a phonebook in half, bending pipes, and putting a nail through a board with his/her hand.
- Sword Swallowing - Performer inserts a sword or other long object down his/her throat and removes it, unharmed.
