Tom Hudson AKA AfroMagic has been performing magic since he was seven years old. Today he travels across the UK bringing close-quarters magic shows to crowds at a wide variety of events. You can book his services at afromagic.co.uk, or give him a follow at @afromagician.
1.MAGIC CIRCLE EXPULSIONS ARE A MYTH
Everyone thinks we will get kicked out of the magic circle if we tell you how a trick works, but that’s not strictly true. How else would there be any new magicians if there wasn’t a way of sharing the secret behind certain tricks? However, I won’t be telling you lot how things are done, that’s for sure.
2.WE TAKE A BREAK FROM IT SOMETIMES
Yeah, so we don’t actually do magic all the time. Pulling rabbits out of hats all day and changing tenners into twenties might sound like a lot of fun – and it is! – but unfortunately we still have to boring stuff like pay the bills and clean the house (I’m still working on a Harry Potter-style trick to make the house tidy itself).
Tom Hudson AKA AfroMagic
3.IT’S NOT FOR EVERYONE, YOU KNOW…
You know how people often say, “Everyone loves a bit of magic”? Not true. There’s actually a genuine phobia called Rhabdophobia, which is a fear of magicians. If I ever meet these people I’ll try a bit of exposure therapy and be sure to show them some of my most mind-bending stuff. I’m sure that’ll work, right?
4.IT’S NOT A ROMANTIC PURSUIT
People think my partner just gets a constant magic show and we live out our lives producing doves and flowers for them at a moment’s notice. In fact, most of our partners would be lucky to see much magic at all when we’re not performing; they would probably leave us if we never stopped doing tricks around the house, and my partner definitely isn’t very eager for me to have a go at sawing her in half…
5.SORRY ABOUT THIS, BUT…
No, and despite the multiple requests received, we cannot make your other half disappear. That won’t be at all appropriate. Next request, please!
