Matt Duggan

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Hey folks!

Just a quick update to let you know that a few months back, I filmed some magic for TV and tomorrow night (Friday 26th November) it airs on the UK digital channel, E4.

The show is called Natalie Cassidy – Becoming Mum and follows said Mum-to-be around as she prepares to embark on her journey into motherhood.

Why did she need a magician?

Well, she’s also getting married and was holding a party to celebrate her engagement to Adam Cottrell at The National Theatre on London’s South Bank. Obviously, every TV celebrity engagement party needs a magician and the best ones all hire me!

So, tune in to the show at 10pm for footage of me performing for Natalie and Adam. Apparently, you can also spot me in the background of the party too… but blink and you’ll miss it. It’s literally only around 30 seconds of TV time, but as I look at it, that means I have 14.5 minutes of fame left!

1230 is the leading, independent networking organisation supporting business women. Known as The Womens’ Company and run by Penny Denby and Jackie Groundsell, I’ve had the pleasure of being a guest at some of their excellent events and thoroughly enjoyed them.

They’re holding a great event at One Canada Square with some wonderful speakers and some beautiful fashion. On top of that, I’ll be performing some of my close-up magic to entertain the guests.

Jenny Agutter (star of film, stage, radio and TV) is the guest speaker and she is also Patron of 1230′s charity, Ovacome. Ovacome supports those affected by ovarian cancer and in previous years they’ve held this event in The Savoy and The Gherkin.

You can find out all the details of the event and how to get tickets by clicking here.

Now of course, magic should be surprising. If it wasn’t it would be science. But last night, a client of mine and I used magic to even more surprising effect.

I was booked to perform in Southall, west London for the surprise birthday party for Kewal (pronounced Kay-warl) who had recently reached the big 5-0, by which I mean his fiftieth birthday, not some senior rank within the police force.

Kewal and indeed most of his family orginally hail from India and having performed at previous events for them, I know how epic their parties can be. In that vein, James – my client – booked me to entertain the guests before the big surprise. We then further surprised Kewal with a cabaret slot from yours truly where I performed some psychological effects and a few bits of magic, much to the enjoyment of the crowd. Photos and video to come so watch this space…

Many thanks to James Masih, the whole Masih and Atwal clans and all the guests at Milan Palace, Southall last night.

Having been working at The Union Theatre – in my capacity as an actor – for the past three weeks, I’m now back to resume full magical service!

The play at The Union (entitled Oh Well Never Mind Bye) was the best experience I’ve had as an actor and I was very pleased to be part of a small and talented cast of actors, directors and writer Steven Lally.

You can read the reviews and find out more information on the acting side of what I do on MatthewDuggan.co.uk.

In the meantime, if you’d like to discuss the possibilities of entertaining your guests at your next event, don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Paul Kieve, the backstage wizard of stage and screen, joined me in the studio for this episode of my radio show on Resonance FM.

Although you may not recognise his work, you will almost certainly have seen his magic. For example, Paul taught magic to Daniel Radcliffe and the cast of Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban as well as being magic consultant to director Alfonso Cuaron in order to produce some ‘real’ magic in the finished movie. During the discussion, we looked back through the ages at this largely unknown side of magic and discussed some of Paul’s heroes, as well as his own illustrious career.

SIMPLY CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE SHOW or download it on iTunes.

Listen in to my radio show on Tuesday 5th May at 6pm GMT for a rip-roaring episode of Smoke & Mirrors on Resonance FM. I’ll be joined by mentalist and mindreader Marc Paul to discuss all things mental (well, in a magic sense at least).

Marc has been voted ‘World’s Greatest Mindreader’ and as well as discussing his remarkable skills, he will be sharing them with us by performing live in the studio.

Tune in on Tuesday at 6pm GMT via Resonance FM or on 104.4FM in London.