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by Charon

Welcome to theswordswallowers.com!

We are Alexander Kensington & Charon Henning, a male-female swordswallowing act who have been amazing and inspiring audiences everywhere with 20 years of combined performance experience.

Here’s you’ll find information about our show schedules, how to book us, reviews of our work and those we have worked for in the past as well as the many different shows and entertainments we offer and what you can expect to see from us at your event. You’ll also find details about our life on and off the road and many, many things we find fascinating and worthwhile.

There’s still a lot of work to be done on the site, but it’s up and running at the very least, ready for the addition of photos, video and even audio now and then.

If you have specific question for us while the website is still evolving, please click on our Contact Page and let us know.

Thanks and we’ll see you down the road.

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