Entertaining Martin and Rachel and their wedding guests in Hatfield Heath

I have known Martin for a number of years and we met up at a wedding fair at the Reid Rooms and I was delighted to be asked to entertain at the drinks reception at his wedding to Rachel King. After having their wedding ceremony in a local church the couple was driven by horse and cart to a farm in Hatfield Heath owned by Rachel’s relatives. The weather couldn’t have been better as guests gathered outside the marquee which had been erected in the grounds, enjoying a drink or
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Wedding Fair – Hanbury Manor – Sunday 25th January 2015

I will be exhibiting at the Wedding Fair being held at Hanbury Manor, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 0SD, on Sunday 25th January between 11am – 3pm. My stand will be in the Magnolia Room, so come along and say “Hi”, see some amazing magic and discuss your specific wedding requirements. I look forward to seeing you

My Ice Bucket Challenge

The one thing that is currently filling the social media pages like Facebook and Twitter are video clips of various people completing their Ice Bucket Challenge in aid of Macmillan Cancer support. Well it was always going to happen that I would be nominated and the other day my eldest daughter completed her challenge, and having asked me to pour the water over her, promptly nominated me. So today I completed the challenge and combined it with a trick and of course text 70550 to make my donation Good luck
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Brides – Please take note of this, maybe not the thing to do!

The world today is one of social media, and mobile communications. How many times have we heard a mobile phone go off at an inopportune moment, perhaps mid show in a theatre, or even among the congregation at a wedding. It’s always worth reminding people to turn them off or switch them onto silent. I quite often get filmed performing magic, by guests at weddings or other events using the cameras on mobile phones, its just part of every day life. However, if any of you are up and coming
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Magic for Heather, 10 years on…

Neil Francombe arranged a surprise 40th Birthday party for his lovely wife Heather, 10 years ago, and I was asked to perform the magic on that evening. I looked back at the photos and there was not a grey hair on my head then, as the photo below of me performing to Heather that night, shows. So comes 2014, and Neil again arranges a surprise party, at Roots Brasserie, Chorleywood, this time for Heather’s 50th, his lovely daughters are secretly packing things for an overnight stay in a nearby hotel,
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