As you may have seen from my previous posts, The Close Up Show was devised by magician Chris Wood, who also set up the Close Up Shows at The Magic Circle. The idea is to bring some of the leading performers from the Magic Circle, to venues dotted around the home counties, these include Hertford, Brentwood, Bromley, Epsom, Sevenoaks, and Wimbledon. I was invited to perform at The Churchill Theatre, Bromley, on Friday, entertaining the gathered crowd with Host Chris Wood, who performs classical magic with extreme charm and Andy
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On Friday, I was delighted to be asked to perform at ‘The Close Up Show’ at the Stag Theatre, Sevenoaks Kent, along with fellow magicians Chris Wood and John O’Riordan. Chris devised a format to showcase Close Up magic at London’s prestigious Magic Circle 3 years ago, which have been selling out ever since, and I have been hosting the evening for the past year. Chris decided to bring the show out of central London and out into the home counties, and these evenings showcase some of the best magicians direct
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On Wednesday, I was delighted to be invited to the unveiling of a Blue Plaque celebrating the first ever meeting of what was to become The Magic Circle. Dynamo was kind enough to take time out of his busy schedule to join Magic Circle President Scott Penrose to perform the unveiling ceremony The plaque commemorates the first meeting of 23 Magicians in 1905 who met in a restaurant called Pinoli’s at 17 Wardour Street, and it was this meeting that lead to the formation of The Magic Circle As it
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Yet another wonderful sunny day and it was a trip down to the Abbots Barn Hotel in Canterbury for the wedding of Gemma Stillwell – Cox and Gavin Firman, to entertain their friends and relatives with some Close Up magic during the drinks reception. I had been told that Gemma’s dad was very keen to see some magic and before long he introduced himself to me and, judging by his dropped jaw and the unrepeatable words that slipped from his mouth, he rather enjoyed what I did for him: ‘baffled
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The temperatures didn’t quite reach the highs of two days ago, where the thermometer on the centre court at Wimbledon recorded a high of 41.7 degrees – yes they were playing Tennis in that heat….. at the Reid Rooms today it was only in the middle 30′s, but somehow my bride and groom for today managed to look elegant, cool and totally unflustered by the heat. Husband Ben, a magic fan, did not know I was entertaining during the drinks reception, held outside in the venue’s courtyard, so I had
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