You’re worried about the moment someone hands you something on fire and everybody’s watching and you have to decide whether you’re the kind of person who does this.

You’re worried you’ll flinch. You’re worried you’ll be the worst one in the room. You’re worried you’ll burn?!! Just to reassure you we’ve never used a single thing out of our first aid kit in a class.

You’re worried you’ll pay two hundred and fifty pounds to find out you’re not brave, or you can’t do it!

Here’s what nobody tells you about fear: it isn’t a sign you shouldn’t do something.

It’s a sign that the thing matters.

Every performer you’ve ever watched had this exact conversation with themselves first.

You arrive at a warehouse in East London. It doesn’t look like a studio and it isn’t trying to. Its a big dirty space where we burn things!

You’ll be shown the space, told where everything is and what we do if something goes wrong — not because something will, but because knowing means you can stop bracing for it. You’ll get your hands on unlit equipment. You’ll learn all the hows and whys  before it ever burns.

By the time anything is lit, you will have already done the hard part. The hard part isn’t the flame. The hard part is walking through the door, and you’ll have already done that.

Beginners classes are full of beginners. Nurses, engineers, dancers, people who came alone on a Beginners day because something in them wouldn’t let it go. People in their twenties to people in their sixties.

Nobody is watching you fail. Everybody in that room is too busy having their own terrifying, brilliant moment.

Our students are called Dragons. You don’t have to want that. You don’t have to want anything beyond one afternoon of finding out what you’re capable of. But most people who come once come back, and there’s a reason for that, and you’ll understand it about 30 minutes in.

5 stars across 100+ Google reviews. 2,700+ students trained since 2012.

One session. East London warehouse. Everything provided — you bring nothing but natural fibre clothing and the nerve to show up.

You’ll cover fire safety in full, learn to handle and control your equipment unlit, and light your first flame when you’re ready and not before. You’ll leave having done something that ninety-nine percent of people will never do.

£250 — Beginners Class

50c Ranelagh Road, London E6

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I’m not fit / flexible / coordinated. Does that matter?
No. Fire arts is a skill, not an athletic event. If you can hold your arms out in front of you, you can start.

What if I panic?
Then you put it down and step back, and someone will be right beside you. That’s what the safety training is for. Nobody has ever been made to continue.

Can I come on my own?
Most people do. You will not be the odd one out.

What do I wear?
Natural fibres — cotton, wool, denim. No synthetics, no loose sleeves, hair tied back. We’ll send full details when you book.

Is there an age limit?
18+ for our public classes.

What if I love it?
Then there’s a whole pathway waiting — Advanced, SFX, monthly practice sessions with the community, and a route to performing on a stage that takes most people between twelve and twenty-four months. But that’s a conversation for after your first class, not before it.