Chester Magician at The Botanist Tonight I was performing magic at one of Chester’s best bars and restaurants – The Botanist. (Though, in defence of Chester’s other bars – they are all pretty darn amazing!) Hidden down a dark alley (usually, that’s a terrible place to begin a journey – especially at night!), The Botanist …
Planning your wedding sounds like something that would be a lot of fun and, for the first 28 seconds, it is. What’s not to like? You get to sample loads of food, visit fabulous venues and sample loads of food… Trouble is, after a while, you get swamped with ideas. People start butting in and …
Let’s get this straight, right from the off. I’m not clever enough to talk about philosophy. Having said that, I AM going to talk about philosophy… Stoicism. Gesundheit! Stoicism – the same philosophy that stopped many a Roman Emperor from being brutally slain by 89,000 of his “loyal” subjects, could also be the key to …
Because some of them are… When you’re planning your wedding, there’s so much pressure to get EVERYTHING right. It’s the first time you’ve planned such a large event. It’s the first time you’ve had to coordinate so many suppliers. It’s the first time you’ve planned YOUR OWN WEDDING. You NEED to get it right. First …
There’s a lot of stuff going on in the world at the moment. If you spend too much time looking for negativity, you’ll find it. And you’ll feel bad. This is even truer when it comes to planning your wedding. Unexpected things will happen. (Sorry, but they will. Stick with me though, because it’s not …
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I consider myself lucky. REALLY lucky. I learned one of the most valuable lessons about being a wedding/event supplier when planning my wedding. (Or rather, my wife did). She was booking a swing singer to perform at our reception, but she was worried that he wouldn’t be able to find the place, or, if he …
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Sheffield Magician – Corporate Entertainment Busy one tonight. 300 guests. 3 Sheffield magicians and one very small foyer. I’m not fully conversant with fire laws… …but I’d have a guess and say that tonight’s corporate event at the Mercure Hotel in Sheffield stretched them to the limit. We performed for the guests as they arrived …
So… this was a first. Performing close up magic at a corporate event in Chester (at the Crown Plaza Hotel) while the diners waited to watch children fight! No, I’m not making this up. How dare you! As the comedian said, “if we were doing this in a car park, we’d be looking at prison…” …
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The two extremes of house parties The “Dear God! I think the host has invited everyone he has ever made eye contact with” party: This is where 4,000 people are crammed into 3 tiny rooms (“why are the other doors locked? What is he hiding?“) in a small, semi detached house in Scunthorpe. 👧👧👦👦🧑👨👩👩👩👩👧👦🧒🧑👨👩 You …
Being a magician means that I’m kind of at the mercy of holidays and celebrations. No one ever books a magician for the mundane moments of their lives. “We’re having a ‘we did the weekly big shop without killing anyone’ party! Are you free?” ..said no one, ever. This often means that I miss out …