I am sure you are wondering how it all began; after all, I have found myself following what is
often considered to be a rather unusual career path.
I was born to entertain, and so began by becoming a children’s entertainer –– a job I absolutely
loved, but found myself wanting to work with a more diverse range of people. With this as a
motivation I took a job as a carer, working with Deafblind people, whom I initially assumed were
either deaf OR blind, so it was quite a surprise to find out they were both! I began working on
techniques, considering how I could adapt my act to be inclusive of this new group of people.
Initially, I modified my work to be accessible to the visually impaired, before tweaking it further,
eventually so successfully that I was not only able to perform magic for Deafblind, but I was
able to teach them how to perform the tricks themselves. This was a real turning point in my
career; never before has magic been this accessible to Deafblind people. It is an area of my
work that I continue to develop and which continues to grow.
Many years have passed since I initially developed ‘inclusive magic’ and I am proud to have
toured it around the country with my Deafblind friend and assistant, Jimmy. We have performed
for schools, disability groups, magic groups, and even for Sense, a UK deaf blind charity. With
the help of some very kind sponsors on social media, as well as funding from Jamie Raven,
Derren Brown, Kaymar Magic, Uri Geller, Beard Juggling, and the Berglas Magic Foundation,
we have been able to take our magic to the Blackpool Magic Convention three times. This
convention is the world’s largest magic convention, and attracts more than 3,500 delegates
from across the world. It’s appearances like this that open up many doors for us, and I am so
grateful to everyone who has supported us, allowing a dream to be magicked into reality. We
will continue to teach magic to disabled and adults, and to adults with learning difficulties.
Our quest continues with equal credit to both our love of magic, and to our incredible supporters.
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