MythMaker: Fire · Myth · Ceremony
A professional company of fire artists, storytellers and myth-builders from the mountains of British Columbia, summoning living mythology to festivals, weddings and gatherings across the world.
Twelve ancient arts. One fire.
Every act scales, from a lone fire dancer at an intimate ceremony to a fifty-person spectacle on a festival main stage. Tailored to your theme, staged to professional fire-safety standards.
Fire performance
Poi, staff, sword and choreographed flame. The signature that made the name.
Circus & aerial
Acrobats, jugglers and contortionists: sacred circus of flight and flame.
Stilts & creatures
Costumed giants and archetypal masks walking among your crowd.
Epic swordplay
Choreographed steel for stage and screen. Performance and workshops.
Ceremony & ritual
Openings, finales and weddings. Moments made sacred by fire and story.
Music & parade
Theatrical music, thunderous drums and award-winning parade processions.
Also in the wagon: costumes & creatures · giant puppets · roaming theatre · school programs in fire, sword, stilt and mask.
Book the fire
Forged in fire at Black Rock City
For fifteen years MythMaker raised a Viking city at Burning Man, a hundred warriors strong, with a flaming dragon-ship stage, a stocked mead hall and a Temple to the Goddess. The Quest was born around those fires. The camp is legend now; the fire it forged travels the world.
“The veil is thin. The magic is real, and the threshold is directly in front of you.”
Beyond the fire lies a hidden world. A deck of cards you hold in your hands. A scrying scroll that reads marks others cannot see. Seven keys, seven shards, and a white antlered wolf waiting at the edge of the forest.
A real-world quest in the making. The deck is drawn, the scroll is being written.
Will you wake, seeker?From the road
Fifteen seasons of fire, feathers, steel and stilts. A glimpse of the archive.
Guided by the swordmaster
Hjeron O’Sidhe, director, swordmaster and storyteller, has helmed MythMaker for over two decades: thirty-three original productions written, directed and scored, and over two decades spent touring them across the world. His craft is rooted in thirty years steeped in Celtic and world storytelling, ancestral ritual and the art of the blade.
Around him stands a seasoned collective of professional fire artists, acrobats, stilt-walkers, musicians and makers, with the depth to bring the right artists to your event, from an intimate ceremony to a festival main stage.
Study with Hjeron
Behind the fire shows is thirty years of the real thing: ceremony, community and ancestral craft. Where the Show is spectacle and the Quest is story, this is the practice. The work you do in your own body and life.
Retreats & rites of passage
Men’s Mysteries, Rites of Passage and Youth Coming-of-Age: ceremonial journeys into healthy masculinity, initiation and belonging.
For builders of community
The Intentional Community Blueprint and hands-on consulting for co-ops and collectives. Thirty years of what makes a community last.
For makers of experience
Designing the Immersive World: a masterclass on ritual, immersion and the craft of an event no one forgets.
The old ways
Sword, fire, mask, story and Nordic/Celtic rite, taught hand to hand.
“The old ways were never lost. They were waiting for you to ask.”
Retreats run on their own calendar. Dates and places by enquiry.
Work with HjeronBring the myth to your event
Festivals, weddings, corporate gatherings, parades and schools. Tell us your vision, and we answer within two days.
Or write the hall directly at mythmakerburn@gmail.com