The Fleisher Art Memorial is pleased to announce that Matthew J. Cassiere — better known as Matt The Knife — will bring his ‘cutting edge of entertainment’ to Philadelphia for a single outlandish performance at Fleisher on the night of Saturday, January 20th.

Matt The Knife is a magician — but he's so much more than that. His intense variety performance is a true blend of sideshow skills, escapes, magic, and mentalism. Matt’s shows include edge-of-your-seat sword swallowing, spine-tingling mind reading, death-defying escapes, intense strong man feats, and many other amazing things that one would have thought were totally impossible! Matt The Knife’s performances are funny, awe-inspiring, unique and completely wild! It's the sort of thing that audiences continue to talk about long afterwards.

Matt the Knife is an entertainer of the highest order: magician, sideshow performer, escape artist, lecturer, and consultant. A holder of eleven Guinness World Records™, Matt has performed around the globe, appeared on numerous television shows (including programs for the Discovery Channel, CNN, BBC, China’s CCTV, The History Channel, and Ripley’s Believe it Or Not!), and has been reviewed by The New York Times and Wall Street Journal, among many others. In recent years, Matt The Knife has received numerous Magic Competition Awards (2002–2005), the Sideshow Preservation Award (2006), and was nominated for the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities (APCA) Novelty Performer of the Year (2006). Matt the Knife also holds membership in the International Brotherhood of Magicians, Society of American Magicians, Canadian Association of Magicians, Escape Masters, Sword Swallowers Association International, and the National Association for Campus Activities.

Among the records Matt The Knife holds are:

• Fastest Escape From Handcuffs


• Fastest Escape From Handcuffs While Under Water


• Fastest Escape From A Straitjacket


• Fastest Fire Eater
  (first achieved in 2005, and then broke his own record again in 2006)


• Longest Fire Torch Teething


• Fastest One-Handed Card Cutter

“Matt The Knife stands out as unique, off beat, and sometimes totally bizarre... dynamic... wonderfully refreshing... he can mesmerize an audience for hours!”

Tim O'Brien,
Vice President of Publishing and Communications, Ripley Entertainment (Ripley’s Believe it Or Not!)

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“Dear Matt The Knife,
A researcher has considered your proposal further, but has said that we have been advised that it is not medically sound for others to perform such a feat and that it is simply too dangerous. Therefore, we can not consider your latest record category despite your ability to do it.”

Ann Collins,
Records Research Services, Guinness World Records™

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