Fire extraordinaire, Isobel

Fire performer and Fire artist, Isobel Midnight began her career through a Groupon fire eating course a few years ago in West Ham. Having discovered her incredible talent, she has gone on to perform all around the world and has even been awarded two Guinness World Records!
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TRANSCRIPT
My name is Isobel Midnight
But my sister I think it was quite a few Christmases ago got me a Groupon for a beginners fire eating course. I was at the fire school in East Ham and I went there, I met with the lady who's the teacher and headmistress there. I would say that I have quite a talent for it, I practice a lot at the fire school in East Ham. But I also practice in my garden, Much to the upset of some of my neighbours. So on one side I've got a 70 year old lady who's lived in the area all her life and when she realised I was a fire performer she was absolutely like "you're not going to be rehearsing in our area are you?"
I was like "I'm very safe, don't worry" It's not that because I'm into fire I'm also into pushing myself in other kind of adrenaline sports I'm not sure what it is, fire really clicks and connects with me I quite like just having a cup of tea and being in bed by 10 o'clock to be honest with you Most common thing that I get said to and I think all fire performers would agree at a gig is "have you got a light mate" and if I had a pound for every time that happened I would be so rich right now I'd probably be retiring to a dessert island or something it happens all the time The absolute pinnacle of my career so far has been this year where I achieved two Guinness World Records I now am the current world record holder for the most number of alternate fire eats in one minute as a solo performer so that's sort of eat with one hand like extinguish and then extinguish whilst you're lighting the other one and then my second record is actually a shared record with my fire partner Lady Noelia and we extinguish the fire in each others mouths I think that my whole journey has been powered by strong women The one reason I am the person who I am today and have the kind of personality and family that says hey just go do it. You want to do that, you want to become a fire performer Like absolutely do it, it's because of my mum If Pink, the singer called me and asked me to be part of one of her world tours That would probably be an absolute like glory moment If I was to get a call from her Or Noelia and I have often talked about wanting to to perform in the Circus of Horrors um and go on tour with them so I think yeah I would absolutely love to go on tour with a circus troop or performing artist who I really respect.
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