The troupe
IGNITION was founded in Seattle in 2008 as the first medieval-fusion fire performance troupe in the Pacific Northwest. Our pitch was, and is, a blend of theatrical narrative and circus skill — martial-arts choreography, tribal dance, and the full kit of fire toys: poi, staff, fans, whips, batons, hoops, palm torches, fire eating, fleshing-to-breathing, and big-flame breath work.
We perform at Renaissance faires, festivals, weddings, private parties, corporate events, and the occasional surprise late-night show. We carry an annual City of Seattle fire permit, work with venue fire marshals, and run every show with a designated Safety Lead and Fuel Table Lead.
Where we are now
In 2026 we're celebrating 15 years. The active troupe is around 20 strong, with another dozen members in support, music, and friends-of-troupe roles. Practice is weekly at the Bothell Rental Hall, with troupe meetings held in-person or virtually each month. The 2026 calendar runs from Dragon's Landing in Renton in April through Realma in September, with festivals, ren faires, and Burning Man week scattered between.
The archive
IGNITION's original website ran from 2008 through 2013 and was last actively maintained in 2022. It's preserved in full as a static archive — performer bios from the 2008–2013 lineup, gallery thumbnails, the old calendars, safety guidelines PDF, even the dropdown-menu JavaScript. It was reconstructed from the Wayback Machine; what's missing (full-resolution gallery photos, mostly) was never archived.
→ Visit the original site
The 2008–2013 IGNITION site, preserved as-is:
https://as-is.ignitionfire-net.pages.dev/
Source & rebuild
Both versions of this site live in one git repository:
github.com/404seannotfound/ignitionfire_net
(private). The site/ directory is the recovered original; this
refreshed version lives in current/. See the README for the
recovery method and what couldn't be saved.