Wedding Magician
for Hire

Picture your Aunt Mabel losing the plot as her borrowed ring vanishes from her finger, only to reappear inside a sealed envelope. Or your best man's face when the card he just signed turns up in the most impossible place imaginable. That's the kind of magic I do — close-up sleight of hand, mind reading and pickpocketing, performed right in front of your guests with nothing but my hands and a healthy dose of mischief. I'm not a stage illusionist or a wedding illusionist with a big box of tricks — no doves, no disappearing cabinets, no sequinned assistants. Just genuinely jaw-dropping moments that happen inches from people's faces. Every trick is tailored to the group — whether that's making the newlyweds the stars of the show or giving the father-in-law something he'll dine out on for years.

Three golden windows — and they each do a different job. The drinks reception is perfect while you're off getting photographed. I mingle through your guests, break the ice between people who've never met, and get the energy up before anyone's had a chance to stand around looking awkward. The wedding breakfast is brilliant between courses — I go table by table so every single guest gets a personal, up-close experience rather than watching from a distance. And the evening reception is where I bridge the gap between the meal and the dancing, keeping the energy from dropping at exactly the moment it wants to.

I've written a full guide on when is the best time to have a wedding magician if you want the full breakdown.

The obvious one is entertainment — but that undersells it. A close-up magician does something no other wedding entertainment does: it works in small, intimate groups, it moves around the room, it's completely interactive, and it creates genuine reactions that your photographer will capture without being asked. Those candid jaw-drop shots are some of the best photos that come out of any wedding. Beyond the photos, a wedding magician is the single most effective icebreaker you can hire. Strangers who've never met become a group within minutes. Awkward silences disappear. The atmosphere builds from the moment I arrive — and that energy carries through the rest of the day.

A professional magician who knows what they're doing will typically start from around £500 for a private event. For a wedding — where the day is longer, the stakes are higher and the performance needs to work across very different groups of people — you should expect to pay more. My wedding packages start from £850.

What you're paying for isn't card tricks. It's 28 years of knowing exactly how to read a room, how to bring strangers together, how to make the bride and groom feel like the most important people there — and how to do all of it without ever making it feel like a performance. That's the difference experience makes.

I've put together a full guide to how much a wedding magician costs if you want the detailed breakdown before getting in touch.

If you've got a date and you want me there, the best time to book was yesterday. The second best time is right now. Most Saturday dates go 6 to 12 months in advance — sometimes longer for peak summer weekends. I'm not saying that to create urgency for the sake of it. I'm saying it because I genuinely can't help you if your date's already gone. Check availability early, even if you're not 100% ready to commit — at least you'll know where you stand.

Three steps, no faff:

1. Get in touch — drop me a message to check your date. I'll come back to you quickly, usually the same day.

2. Pick your package — once we've confirmed I'm free, we'll talk through which package works best for your day.

3. Secure your date — a 50% deposit locks in your booking. The balance is due two months before the wedding, so you're not thinking about it on the day.

Ah, awards. If I had a pound for every "award-winning magician" I've seen, I'd be richer than a leprechaun at the end of a double rainbow. The magic world hands them out like confetti — Best Card Trick of the Month, Most Doves Released Indoors, Longest Levitation in Driving Rain. I am, proudly, the world's best award-losing magician. Not a single trophy to my name. What I do have is 216 five-star reviews, 965 weddings performed and the #1 ranking on FreeIndex out of 299 magicians — given by real couples, not a panel of judges in a back room. I'll take that every time.

Watch their videos first — not a showreel, actual footage of real performances with real people. Any magician worth hiring will have plenty of it. Then check their reviews on independent platforms like FreeIndex rather than testimonials they've curated themselves. Finally, make sure they've actually performed at weddings specifically — corporate events and private parties require a very different skill set. A wedding magician needs to know how to read a room of people who don't know each other, work around a schedule that always runs late and make the bride and groom feel like the most important people there. That's a specific craft. Make sure whoever you book has done it hundreds of times, not dozens.

I've written a full guide if you want the complete breakdown before getting in touch.

If you're looking for a wedding magician near me in the Midlands, I'm based in Staffordshire and cover Birmingham, Coventry, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton, Lichfield and surrounding areas — but I regularly travel to Manchester, London, Leeds and beyond for weddings across the UK. If you've found a stunning venue anywhere in the country, get in touch and I'll let you know if I can make it work. Travel costs are included within a reasonable radius and quoted transparently beyond that — no surprises on the invoice. You can also find me on Google Maps.