My love for magic started when I was a child
like most people with Dad pulling 10p from behind my ear. One day I saw
a magician called Faust produce a leopard, he totally amazed me because
this was all live on stage, not a T.V. in sight I thought WOW! I then watched all the
magic I could from the cool hippy style of Doug Henning to the smarmy David
Copperfield. I watched Paul Daniels religiously and tried to work out
how he did his illusions. Thankfully I have managed to meet and in some
cases work with some of my heroes.
I started as a professional Magician in 1989,
with a season lined up in a holiday camp in
Scotland
. So this year will mark my 19th anniversary of being
a professional entertainer.
During the season I was moved and promoted
twice acting as a trouble shooter at problem camps. I ended the season as
Deputy Entertainment's Manager in Hastings.
I decided to move back to the North-East and
over the years I have slowly built up a reputation for providing good solid
entertainment for whatever the occasion may need.
I have performed all over the country and
Europe
in various Pubs, Clubs, Camps and Businesses.
I received a certain amount of Fame/Notoriety a
couple of years ago when the fact that I am allergic to rabbits came out in a
local paper. I guess it must have been a quiet news week that week for within a
couple of days I had been interviewed by and appeared in most of the National
and Local press and Radio Stations, which led to TV appearances on Northern Life,
Sky News and even Richard & Judy.
I am still allergic to rabbits and I still use
them in the show, because lets be honest a magician with out a rabbit? Whoever
heard anything so daft?
I am married to
Tracy
and we have a 15 year-old son Daniel , who likes to help
out at the odd show, in fact he appears and performs the odd trick in shows now
and again.
One of the most liked pages of the old site was my "A funny life" page, my slanted view on life, you can find that here and my old website can be found here, please let me know if you like the new site.
Some testimonials I have received can be found here. |