Magic Man

Description

I’ve been a professional magician for over thirty years.

I began by incorporating magic into my work in schools. I’m a best-selling children’s author. As such, I’ve worked in tens of thousands of UK schools and have visited schools in four dozen countries worldwide. I've used magic to add a visual element to my presentations and provide an entertaining break in my workshops.

I now know about 5,000 tricks and have regularly performed in restaurants (close-up magic), at festivals, fairs and carnivals (outdoor crowd performances), children’s birthday parties (lively, interactive and entertaining shows tailored for any or all ages), private parties and gatherings of all kinds (performing whatever magic seems most appropriate). I’ve performed family shows and walk-around close-up magic in restaurants, pubs and clubs, community centres, libraries, etc., and have worked regularly with pre-school children, people with special needs of all kinds, in prisons, secure units, care homes, and other institutions. I also teach magic tricks whenever asked to do so, and am a skilled puppeteer.

In addition, I write books for adults, have recorded numerous albums of music as both lyricist and vocalist, and am a columnist and features writer for two UK journals (the music magazine RnR and the detectorist magazine Treasure Hunting).

I love my work. Entertaining people is a joy. So I don’t ask for a prohibitive fee. Also, that fee is always negotiable. For any work I do with children or the vulnerable, I have enhanced DBS and full liability insurance. None of my magic tricks involve fire or anything dangerous. For any bookings that require publicity, I can provide full-colour posters at no extra cost.

I perform throughout the north of England. If you're interested in booking me, here are my basic prices for 2026, depending on the scale of the event.

For weddings, festivals, and corporate events, I usually ask £300-£350 plus travel (from Bradford).
For children's birthday parties and visits to residential centres, care homes, etc., I usually ask £150-£200 plus travel.
For other events, I'm happy to negotiate a fee.

As for types of magic, I'm always happy to do a show and/or do walk-around and close-up magic. I love doing both, and don't like to leave any venue before I'm sure that everyone's been entertained.

I've been with Bark since December 2024. If you haven't done so already, please check out the excellent reviews I've received since then. Book me. I promise you I'll amaze, amuse, and entertain everyone at your event.

For further proof of my reliability, here are a few responses to my performances in schools and festivals:

Nick was not only a brilliant poet, but incredibly funny. The children really got his humour and absolutely loved the puppet! The poems appealed to all ages and were observant, humorous, and clever. Nick’s magic tricks were equally entertaining. I am still trying to figure out how he did them! When Nick visited each class, he only had a short time with them but, from the moment he walked in the room, he had the children eating out of the palm of his hand. He did something different with every class and the children all produced amazing poems themselves as a result. Throughout the day the whole school was buzzing with excitement!
- Seal Primary School, Sevenoaks, Kent

I don’t think, in all the time that I’ve been here, that a visitor has been so well received or the ‘talk’ in the staff room so positive… Thank you for being so amenable and for being so entertaining. A real dynamo! The rhythm and the fun of your poetry just thrilled us all - from children to grizzly senior management!
- Farleigh School, Andover, Hampshire

A huge thanks from everyone at Rufford Park for visiting our school yesterday. I’ve never seen the children so captivated for a whole afternoon! My class are very excited about interviewing you for the school magazine and will be busy this weekend thinking up questions.
- Rufford Park School, Leeds, West Yorkshire

We had an amazing day with Nick yesterday, the school is still buzzing today! He was just the tonic that we needed and I have already had one poem read to me that a child did last night at home! It was great to see so many staff literally crying with laughter!
- Whiteley Primary School, Fareham, Hampshire

Nick was fantastic! I spoke with both the children and the staff and the response was the same: “He was brilliant and funny!” Nick had a fantastic manner with which he hooked in not only the children but also the staff. His magic tricks had our children engaged and in complete awe of him. His poems demonstrated excellent rhythm and rhyme which were linked to our children’s life experiences. Please do thank him for his time and for sharing his work.
- Lidget Green Primary School, Bradford, West Yorkshire

Thank you for your fantastic event here at the weekend! Everyone really enjoyed it and it was a great success -we have had lots of enthusiastic feedback.
- Ilkley Literature Festival, West Yorkshire.