Thom Wall - Vaudeville Sensation

12/23/2025

Fifteen foot swells just before showtime on the MS Eurodam!

Here's the bowling ball index from tech.

Let's see how the shows express themselves tonight!

12/20/2025

A week of fun shows on the Holland America Line Niew Statendam! Thanks for the memories, friends!

12/13/2025

What a fun gig!

Keith Nelson and I were brought in for a taping of Hell's Kitchen with Gordon Ramsay a while back. Our episode aired last night!

Plate spinning, apparently, is the perfect analogy for working in a team in the kitchen. (Who are we to argue?!)

Huge thanks to Jay Ko for capturing some video for us!

11/20/2025

One of the small joys of working on ships is getting alerted to reviews from passengers. Here's a gem from working on the Holland America Line Zaandam this summer!

>>It was 9:00 p.m., and hordes of people were entering the theater to see Thom Wall and his risky juggling stunts, (this is personally my favorite show of all time, and I never liked juggling and circus tricks until then, so I highly recommend it). First, he started with some simple tricks, like juggling 2 balls, but then he got serious. Seriously dangerous. He did insane tricks like balancing swords on knives and putting a knife in his mouth. Next, after balancing a glass cup, he popped a balloon under it and somehow caught the cup on his knife. He also juggled knives. Not just 2 knives, 3 knives, or even 4; he juggled FIVE knives!!! That’s when we got all excited, waiting for what insane trick would come next. Unfortunately, that insane trick would be the closing of the curtains, and we all sadly left the theater. However, we were lucky because we would a great next day ahead of us …… after we slept and woke up.

Via:: https://sihas.substack.com/p/copy-my-trip-on-the-zaandam-to-alaska

10/23/2025

Such a joy to see the St Louis festival happening again! Thanks to the team for bringing me and Benjamin out to host the show.

>“At one point during open juggling, I zoned out and looked around, and everyone was just having fun, juggling with people they hadn’t been together with in years,” Kaplan said. “And I realized, this is because of us! We really turned this into something special, which was nice to think about.”

Seventeen years ago, long before many of their current members learned to waddle, much less juggle, the binder had been filled with notes, letters, and instructions written by Thom Wall, WashU alum and one of the original founders of Jugglefest. The binder told the story of a club that once helped p...

09/29/2025

How rocky was the stage tonight?

Here's what the stage technicians and I lovingly call "the bowling ball index."

Despite the chopping waves, a heck of a time on the Carnival Spirit! Thanks for spending part of your evening with me, y'all.

09/03/2025

Greetings from Halifax!

Having a lovely time on the Princess Cruises' Magestic this week!

Next up: two weeks at home, then back up to Nova Scotia!

08/25/2025

Heading home after a lovely month on Holland America Line's MS Zaandam!

Here are a few lovely moments from show this August.

08/10/2025

Having a wonderful time performing on Holland America's MS Zaandam!

Two different shows, twice a week. What a ride!

08/06/2025

A lovely new finale for my second show on the Holland America Zaandam!

I'm here for the next three weeks - in Alaska? Maybe we'll cross paths!