Kansas City born, booked coast to coast
Sharp things,open flame,big laughs.
Maxwell the Magnificent juggles knives, torches, and anything else that shouldn't be thrown in the air — then gets the whole room howling between catches. One performer, forty-five minutes, zero dull moments.
- Knives
- Fire
- Danger
- Comedy
- Lit Torches
- Throwing Knives
- Juggling Clubs
- Machetes
- Kitchen Cleavers
- Unwise Ideas
The Act
One man, too many sharp objects
Maxwell built this act in Kansas City parks, talked his way onto festival stages, and has been hauling a case of knives and torches around the country ever since. The show runs on two engines: a genuine danger act that earns real gasps, and a running comic conversation with the audience that never lets the tension turn grim.
He works clean, he works fast, and he pulls volunteers on stage without ever putting them in harm's way. Bring a crowd of six or six thousand — he plays the room either way.
- Years on stage
- 14
- Shows a year
- 300+
- States toured
- 31
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Comic first, daredevil second
The jokes carry the show and the danger punctuates it. Crowds come for the flames and stay for the punchlines.
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Trained hands, real steel
Live blades, lit torches, and honest physics. Nothing is a gag prop, which is exactly why the room leans forward.
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Built for any room
Ballroom stage, festival street corner, or a barn with low rafters. Maxwell scales the fire to the ceiling he is given.
The Lineup
Pick your flavor of trouble
Every booking is assembled from these pieces to fit your runtime, your ceiling height, and how nervous your venue manager is. Tell Maxwell the room and he builds the set.
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25 – 45 minutes
Comedy Juggling Set
Clubs, rings, and a running joke that builds all show. Family-friendly language with grown-up timing.
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Featured 8-minute bit
Knife Juggling
Three live blades, bare hands, and a volunteer close enough to hear the steel. The room goes quiet, then loud.
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Closes the show
Fire Finale
Lit torches in long arcs, a fire-eating tag, and a bow taken while something is still burning.
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Onstage
Proof it happened
Fire, steel, and a few thousand faces caught mid-laugh. Press-ready files come with every booking.
Where He Plays
Home base Kansas City. Work address: everywhere.
Maxwell loads the prop case and goes. Regional dates around Missouri and Kansas travel light; anything farther out is quoted flat with travel included, so your budget line never moves after you sign.
Booked by Voss Visuals- Street & arts festivals
- Corporate galas
- Theaters & variety bills
- County fairs & fundraisers
- College campuses
- Private parties & weddings
Word From the Crowd
They booked once and came back
From corporate ballrooms to Renaissance grounds, street fairs to college quads — the same reaction every time.
“Maxwell had three hundred corporate guests gasping one minute and howling the next. The knife act stopped conversations mid-sentence, and the comedy kept everyone loose all night. Best entertainment decision we've made for a company party.”
“We book a dozen acts a season and Maxwell draws the biggest crowd every single time. Fire, blades, and jokes that land with every generation in the audience. He's a festival headliner, full stop.”
“Our street fair needed something that could hold a moving crowd for a full hour. Maxwell built a circle, kept it, and had strangers cheering for each other by the end of the fire finale.”
“Eighteen-year-olds are a tough room. Maxwell had a packed quad laughing and recording video within five minutes, then went dead silent for the knife-throwing. Perfect read of the crowd from start to finish.”
“We needed a closing act that felt like an event, not a distraction. Maxwell delivered a genuine wow moment our attendees still bring up months later.”
“Booked him for our small-town fall carnival not expecting much beyond a novelty act. He put on a full show with real danger and real comedy. Already rebooked him for next year.”
The boring part, answered
Everything your venue will ask about before they say yes to open flame indoors.
- Fully insured
- Certificate of liability sent to your venue the day you book, naming them as additionally insured.
- Space needed
- 12 ft by 12 ft of performance floor. Fire finale wants 16 ft of clearance overhead, or it gets swapped for the knife set.
- Flexible runtime
- One 45-minute headline set, or two 20-minute sets with a break. Walkaround juggling available before the show.
- Indoor fire, handled
- Maxwell coordinates directly with your fire marshal and brings his own extinguisher, blankets, and fuel safety kit.
Booking
Let's set something on fire
Send the date and the details. Maxwell answers personally, quotes flat, and will happily talk your venue through the fire plan before you commit.
Call the stage door
- 913-710-2126
- adam@vossvisuals.com
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Maxwell the Magnificent
Kansas City, MO 64108
Touring nationwide