The Latest from Magic Peter

I can’t promise to write something every week, but if I have nothing to say, would you want me to waffle on? But I’ll update this blog as often as possible. And when I do, I hope it will be interesting, entertaining or useful – or all three!

An Amazing End to an Incredible Year

by MagicPeter | 22 December 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

Twelve months ago today I was heading off to preform my last show of the Christmas 2019 season. December 2019 had been my busiest and most successful month and 2019 my most successful year ever. I...

For My Next Trick: Delivering Christmas Cheer, Magic Peter Style

by MagicPeter | 26 November 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

Two things happened this week. My last two bookings between now and Easter cancelled. And I was paid a salary for the first time in 17 years. To be frank, I was expecting the bookings to cancel. ...

Why I Don’t Do Zoom Shows

by MagicPeter | 12 November 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

It's a question I'm often asked. "Do you do Zoom parties?" Of course, by 'Zoom' they mean a videoconferencing or online collaboration app. It could be Zoom, or Microsoft Teams, or Google Meet, or...

How Do You Learn Magic?

by MagicPeter | 8 October 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

“How did you do that?” That’s the question I get most often from children. The question I get most often from adults is “Can you make my wife disappear?” but that’s a whole different blog! “How did...

Two Days in the Life of a Children’s Entertainer

by MagicPeter | 22 September 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

Monday 21 September: 3am I couldn't sleep. Work - or a lack of it - was going around and around in my head. Yesterday the BBC News had told us that the government's chief medical officer Professor...

The Rule of Six and How to Put on a Great, Safe, Legal Children’s Birthday Party

by MagicPeter | 12 September 2020 | Blog | 2 Comments

Last month I wrote to all the venues I'd performed at over the past three years. It was approaching the end of August. Two weeks earlier, the government had announced that live entertainment could...

What I’ve Learned During Lockdown

by MagicPeter | 28 August 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

I turned 59 yesterday. Thank you, I know I don't look it. (Stop laughing at the back.) And I spent the afternoon celebrating with Grace, born exactly 54 years after than me. Grace's mum booked me to...

So What’s Your Real Job?

by MagicPeter | 13 August 2020 | Blog | 2 Comments

So there I was, sitting in a room, being interviewed for a job - for the first time in more than 35 years. The man interviewing me probably hadn't been born when I had my last job interview....

Who Would You Trust With Your Child’s Party?

by MagicPeter | 31 July 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

So I was cooking dinner the other night, pondering life's imponderables, as you do, and thinking how proud I am that so many customers come back to me again and again to perform at their events. I...

The Minefield of Children’s Parties

by MagicPeter | 21 July 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments

I hope you are well. I promised to keep you up to date on news about children's parties, but boy it is a minefield. Yesterday, Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE, the association for...