For safety reasons, each jet is intelligent enough to shut itself off should the pilot light be lost, thereby disabling that pod until a suitable ignition has been established. The materials used for the effect are completely non hazardous in their primary state, causing no problems with transportation or on site storage. MTFX completed in total over a thousand 'burns' of various sizes, without incident and with the material igniting every time (the company has over come the problems other systems have had with unreliable ignition). Each head can also be operated at an angle, enabling 8m jets of flame to be shot across the stage horizontally.
This year, productions have been so successful that MTFX have been rebooked for next year's events already.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
