http://www.rob-james.com/blog Close up table magician blog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:38:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en These photos from a lovely wedding at Orchardleigh House in Frome recently. Pictures courtesy of the excellent photographer Simon Kemp. http://www.rob-james.com/blog/magician-in-frome/ I have lost count of the number of weddings I have attended in the context of being hired a wedding close up magician. My weekends over the years have basically been one very, very long wedding reception. Last weekend was a little different though. It was August bank holiday weekend ... http://www.rob-james.com/blog/a-wedding-magicians-wedding/ One of the things that always gets the biggest reactions at events is when I hand back someone their watch before they even realise that I have taken it. People always say the same thing: "I never thought anyone could take my watch without me realising!" Recently I have been taking ... http://www.rob-james.com/blog/lost-something/ Penn & Teller are currently performing in London at the Hammersmith Apollo. I went with a few friends last night and thought the show was excellent. Contemporary, edgy, funny, thought-provoking, artistic and above all relevant - which, let's face it, for a magic show is pretty rare. They have been ... http://www.rob-james.com/blog/penn-teller-in-london/ A couple of pictures from the BIBA 2010 Insurance trade show held at London Excel this month. One is a picture of the amazing magic-themed stand and the second one taken of me with Elaine and Rebecca from Fortis who were working hard manning a "higher/lower" card game for the ... http://www.rob-james.com/blog/trade-show-magician/ Some more great, arty photos taken by the super-talented Graham Morgan of me performing magic at a wedding. In this photo the bride is checking the £20 note... seconds ago it was a piece of paper! http://www.rob-james.com/blog/more-wedding-magic-photos/ I've just finished 2 days at Excel London at the BIBA 2010 exhibition. BIBA is a huge exhibition attended by insurance companies and brokers from all over the country. It's huge and every stand has something different to try and liven things up: magicians (of course), caricaturists, lookalikes, promo girls ... http://www.rob-james.com/blog/exhibition-magician/ Just had this email from a wedding last month. Hi Rob, Sorry for the delay in writing but we both just wanted to say a massive thank you for the job you did at our wedding on the 3rd of April 2010. We have had so many people comment to us how ... http://www.rob-james.com/blog/wedding-reference/ I was just looking through some old blog posts and realised that I have some great photos that capture my performance contained here than I have on my the gallery page of my site. You can find them here, here, here and here http://www.rob-james.com/blog/in-action/ If you are looking online for a close up magician it must be an absolute nightmare. Every one you come across seems to have some amazing references on their website, has worked for numerous top companies and celebrities and if you believe their publicity, is the best magician since Paul ... http://www.rob-james.com/blog/google-your-magician/