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Prince William and Kate Middleton were guests of honour at the ARK 10th Anniversary Gala Dinner last night – their first public engagement as a married couple.

I was there performing close-up magic for VIPs at the £10,000 per head event. Guests included Elizabeth Hurley, Colin Firth, Sir Clive Sinclair, Jemima Khan and Prince Pavlos of Greece

After dinner, guests were entertained by DJ Mark Ronson and then treated to an amazing performance by rock band Kings of Leon.

The event raised an astounding £17.2m for disadvantaged kids.

On and off for the last few months, I’ve been working on a trick that visitors to this site can take part in. Finally it’s done. You can see the result of hours spent in front of the computer by having a look at my interactive magic trick.

I flew back from Austria yesterday to perform close up magic in Essex. It was a lively birthday party that was great fun – I had finished before it got too messy! I met a fantastic photographer, Peter Spicer, who took loads of great pictures including these shown here. If you are looking for a photographer in Essex, visit his site at www.cinnamonphotography.co.uk.

Back to Vienna tonight for another week of TV magic advising at Trick Fabrik!

During 2009, I spent several enjoyable weeks in Austria advising on a TV magic series called ‘TrickFabrik’. The Saturday morning show presented by Thomas Brezina, required magic tricks and illusions for 13 episodes – so nearly 100 close up magic effects and stage illusions with a modern twist were created.

The first series was broadcast last Summer and was hugely popular, achieving top ratings and winning industry awards. We are now filming the second series, and it’s looking even more amazing than the first! We’re creating some big things including making a major Austrian landmark disappear! The show starts on ORF1, the national Austrian Channel, in April.

This week I was booked to perform close up magic at London nightclub Chinawhite. The party, for luxury brand Porsche Design, was an amazing event at a great venue. Chinawhite reopened in it’s new location near Oxford Circus about 6 weeks ago. Not being a premiership footballer or Royal offspring, I wasn’t invited to the opening night so this was the first time I’ve been to the new club. The close-up magic went down well, and here are a couple of pictures from the party, by photographer Chris O’Donovan.

Last Saturday I worked with top magician Peter Wardell and top caricaturist David Lewis at the Specsavers annual Ball in Guernsey. I think this is about the 5th time we’ve been to perform close up magic at this high profile event. The event takes place in the Beau Sejour Leisure centre, which is the only place on the island big enough to seat everybody! Cabaret was provided by Britain’s Got Talent Finalists ‘Faces of Disco’, and the very funny Sean Lock.

Last night, over £150,000 was raised for cancer charity CLIC Sargent at their flagship annual ball. I was one of the close up magicians for the exclusive event which was hosted by Capital FM presenter Johnny Vaughn. Lord Archer was the guest auctioneer offering ‘money can’t buy’ items which included a week long stay in Charles Brockett’s Holiday Home.

Other guests included Capital FM presenter Lisa Snowdon, F1 pundit Eddie Jordan, Holby City actor Duncan Pow (pictured above) and actress Joanna Taylor.

CLIC Sargent provide vital services that support children and young people with cancer and their families. For more information on CLIC Sargent and their valuable work, go to www.clicsargent.org.uk

Yesterday was the Vegetarian Society Annual Awards. This year it was at The Magic Circle Headquarters in London and I was on hand to entertain the guests with some close-up magic at the party after the awards ceremony. Here are some pictures taken on the night by the excellent photographer Paul Darnley.
www.pauldarnleyphotography.net

The Vegetarian Society Awards began in 2001 in order to highlight those companies and services which strive to improve provision for the UK’s 1.8 million vegetarians. For more information about The Vegetarian Society, visit www.vegsoc.org

For the last six days I have been working alongside a giant Fiat 500 in London’s Oxford Street. The atmosphere was great as over 55,000 people flocked to see and take pictures of the 5-times-life-size Fiat.

I was booked as a close-up magician in London’s busiest street for visitors to ‘The Big Smile’ who also saw stilt walkers, jugglers and had the opportunity to have their portrait drawn by top caricaturist David Lewis. There’s a video here on the Fiat website – and if you watch closely (and don’t blink) you’ll see me.

Last weekend I had the pleasure of performing close up magic at the wrap party of the new Robin Hood movie starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett. The event, attended by over 500 guests, was at The Worx in Parsons Green, London, which had been magically transformed into Sherwood Forest for the occasion.
The film is directed by Ridley Scott and out in May 2010

It’s always nice when, without bribery, someone writes to thank you for your work. Today I received a lovely letter from a client who booked me for close-up magic and cabaret at The Magic Circle Headquarters last week. As we all know, there’s little that gives more pleasure than reading someone elses mail, so here it is.

Thank you so much for your amazing contribution to the success of our event on 4th June. Your magic was truly amazing and if the laughter that was coming from the show is anything to go by, I know that the guests loved it too. We have had some wonderful feedback and you were a huge part of the success of the evening.

Thank you so much again for all your hard work on the night, you really were brilliant. I very much look forward to working with you again.

Today was the FA Cup Final at Wembley, and along with Nigel Mead and James Freedman I performed during the pre-match dinner in the Bobby Moore room. With over 500 tables, it’s a massive room to work, but it’s great fun as the close-up magic goes down so well with the crowd. I was performing for the Club Wembley guests and now I’ve been working it for a while I’ve come to know some of them them quite well, which makes it even better. We stayed to watch the match and although I’m not a huge football fan there is such an amazing atmosphere there that you can’t help but get into it. A great event – especially for Chelsea supporters.

Money was disappearing and people were being tricked at Downing Street today. Then the magicians arrived. I was working there with pickpocket James Freedman for the chancellors tea party in aid of Every Disabled Child Matters. It was a great party with loads of celebrities including Phillip Schofield, the old bloke who judges Strictly Come Dancing and Ian Beale’s wife. I also got chatting to a very attractive lay-dee.

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Yesterday was the first of this year’s close-up magic gigs at Wembley, The Carling Cup Final. Back in the Bobby Moore suite, I was performing close-up magic for Club Wembley guests before the match. After seeing a close up magician at these events, people often ask what the result of the game will be so they can put a bet on! Not being a real magician, it’s hard to give a reliable answer. However this time I thought I’d go all Mystic Meg and I told one table it would be 2-1 to Manchester United. I was right. They were amazed. So was I.

I’ll be back there on Wednesday for England vs Egypt – they’ll probably ask me for another hot tip.