July 2026 Newsletter: Social Media, Book & Reviews
Welcome to the July 2026 newsletter, and apologies for missing one (I’ve had people ask if they’d missed it) but the last few months have been pretty busy. Actually they’ve been really busy, as those who follow me on social media often mention when they see me! Social Media Over the last few months I’ve […]
October 2025 Newsletter: Christmas, Networking, Weddings Fairs & Events
Welcome to the October 2025 edition of my newsletter. This time We are talking about Christmas parties, an opportunity to see me give a presentation about weddings, upcoming wedding fairs, performing at a charity black-tie event, and lots of opportunities to see me at upcoming public events. Christmas Magic It barely seems a week or two ago that I was […]
Suggested Afternoon Wedding Reception Magician Times
I was recently ask by a couple who are in the process of organising their wedding what times I would recommend the book me for. Like many couples they are aware the afternoon reception for some magical entertainment. Once the main group photographs have bee taken often the bride and groom are whisked away by […]
Magic and Wedding Photography in Gloucestershire
I was recently reminded of Lucy and Jack’s wonderful wedding after Gloucestershire wedding photographer Judith Parkyn forwarded over some great photos from the day – and in particular a fantastic set of me performing for Lucy and Jack before they were called in for the wedding breakfast. The wedding was at Elmore Court, on the […]
Alex Buckland, Wedding Photographer
Wow! I have to share some fantastic pictures taken by Alex Buckland, a wedding photographer covering the South East of England. (See his site www.alexbucklandphotography.co.uk for more information and about booking him for your wedding). Alex and I recently worked together at Charlotte and Tashi’s wedding at Combe Manor Barns in June 2023, and I […]
Magician of the Year 2023/24
Corporate Livewire have awarded me the Magician of the Year (2023/24) in their Prestige Awards. Wow! The administration team had considered yourselves for the category of Magician of the Year. It was actually some great news, I’m really pleased to confirm that you have been chosen as the 2023/24 winner, Congratulations! Chris Bather – Prestige […]
Lee Dann Photography – Oxfordshire Wedding Photographer
Yesterday was the first anniversary of Sophie at Simon’s wedding at Worton Hall (near Cassington, Oxfordshire; a venue I’m the recommended wedding magician for), and recently Lee Dann forwarded on some great photos of me performing magic at their wedding. Lee is a great wedding photographer based in Oxfordshire. Lee’s style is primarily “documentary”, which […]
Wedding Magician of the Year (SE England) Award 2023
LUXlife have awarded me the Wedding Magician of the Year (South East England) 2023 in their Global Wedding Awards! This is the second year in a row that I have won this award – so I must be doing something right! 😉 To establish this year’s worthy winners’ our panel of judges and research team […]
Wedding Fair Magician – 2023
Though I don’t do too many wedding fairs nowadays, I have booked a few in my diary for 2023. These are venues where I am the recommended supplier and therefore am familiar with it (though to be honest there isn’t a huge advantage to me being familiar with a venue – as long as I’ve […]
Wedding Magician of the Year (2022/23) Award
Corporate LiveWire have awarded me as the Wedding Magician of the Year in their Global Awards 2022/23. During the awards process we invited over 90,000 businesses and corporate professionals, magazine contributors and our subscribers to nominate companies & individuals based on factors such as quality of service, innovation, experience, sustainability and other areas. Additionally, our […]
Wedding Magician – Magic Showreel by Luc Amaden
In August 2022 I was booked to perform magic and mind-reading at the wedding of Ashleigh and Lester, at the wonderful Bishop’s Palace in Wells, Somerset. To record the day they enlisted the services of Bristol based Luc Amaden as their videographer. Check out www.lucamadenfilms.co.uk/weddings. What I love is that Luc didn’t try to capture […]
Wedding Magician of the Year (SE England) Award
LUXlife have awarded me the Wedding Magician of the Year (South East England) 2022 in their Global Wedding Awards! It has been a long journey from initially being nominated, undergoing the research and judging stages and finally being recognized for an award. We are now at the stage where your award can be shared with […]
What’s the best party package for you?
I was recently asked what the difference is between the different party packages I offer. To put it simply: time. But I realised there is actually more to that question. When I sat back I looked at the question from my client’s point of view, and they weren’t really asking what the difference was in […]
Three Weddings and a Party equals a busy magician in Hampshire!
Last weekend was another busy weekend (it’s fair to say it’s been a very busy September, well it’s been a busy year). Although technically my weekend started on Thursday morning. 60th Birthday Party in Odiham, Hampshire Starting on Thursday morning (yes, Thursday morning!) I entertained at Shirley’s 60th birthday celebration. Shirley helps run a group […]
Hampshire Wedding and 40th Birthday Magician
Well last Saturday was a busy – yet very fun – day as I performed at two different events. Fortunately these were only a couple of miles away from each other and I had plenty of time to travel between the two. (I even managed to stop off to grab a bite of food, get […]
Donnington Grove (Newbury) Wedding Fair Magician
This Sunday (2nd September – I know, where has the year gone?!) I’m going to be at the Donnington Grove wedding fair, near Newbury, Berkshire. I used to attend quite a lot of wedding fairs, but as time has gone on most of my business comes from referrals and recommendations from those that have seen […]
Wedding Magician in Hurstbourne Tarrant, near Andover
The month of May can be a busy time for me. It’s when the spring showers of April have subsided and summer starts to show more consistently – but without being so hot that Factor 50 must be used just to go outside for more than 10 minutes. Lunch, Dinner and Three Weddings Because of […]
Wedding Magic at Harlestone Village near Northampton
People often ask me how I get booked for parties and weddings, and where they hear about me. To be honest quite a lot of the people who book me have seen me before at an event elsewhere, and sometimes they have even booked me before themselves. Wedding Magician This was the case last Saturday […]
Magic at wedding in Cotswold Water Park
A few weeks ago I had a great time entertaining the guests of Dale and Jo at their wedding at the Cotswold Water Park in Gloucestershire. It’s a lovely venue which I have been to before (when it was names the DeVere Four Pillars – which did give me a moment of confusion…!) for a […]
Summer Party, Andover Wedding and Centenary Celebration
This last week of August has been a busy week, and glad I had the Bank Holiday Monday off to enjoy some sunshine, read a book and drink numerous cups of tea! On Wednesday evening I was entertaining near Abingdon in Oxfordshire for the staff summer party of Smart Garden Products. Though the weather hasn’t […]
Warbrook House Wedding Magic
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of entertaining Lauren, Sean and all the guests at their wedding at Warbrook House which is Eversley (near Hook, in Hampshire). It’s a great venue and I work there regularly for proms and parties, but mostly for weddings. I was booked by Lauren’s parents, Robert (good name!) […]
Weekend of weddings in Basingstoke and Hartley Wintney and birthdays in Alton
This weekend was a busy weekend as I was performing magic at two weddings and a 50th birthday celebration. Although I regularly travel around the country all three of this weekend’s bookings were relatively local, being in and around Basingstoke and north Hampshire. Wedding at Audleys Wood Hotel, Basingstoke On Saturday afternoon my first event […]
Weddings near Basingstoke and Reading
It was quite a busy Saturday as I had two bookings, both weddings. Fortunately both were quite local; the first being just north of Basingstoke, the second a few miles up the road towards Reading. Surprisingly, although both of the venues are relatively local it was the first time I’ve performed magic at weddings at […]
Bishopswood Golf Course Wedding in Tadley
It’s great when I get a booking to perform magic at wedding in Tadley which is just down the road from me, though Mandy and Rich’s wedding this wasn’t orginally the case. Great Tadley Wedding Venue When they first booked me the venue was near Petersfield in Hampshire. Unfortunately a couple of months later the […]