A Lincolnshire magician who has entertained people including King Charles III and Joanna Lumley has been banned from The Magic Circle, because they claim he “clearly and deliberately revealed the workings of a trick” in a video.
However, after recent events and receiving ‘several complaints’ about the video, The Magic Circle suspended him from the Apprenticeship scheme, but said this may be limited to six months should he “remove the offending videos and offer suitable apologies.” : “I review lots of magic tricks to help magicians make informed purchases. I hadn’t done anything different in this video than I’d done in the hundred videos that came before it.
“No-one can guess the actual method or working from my video and they can’t recreate the trick either. This is why I keep an arms length from the magic community. It’s full of a lot of very odd and slightly deranged individuals. There are some great people dotted around but they’re rare.” “In this case, the trick was a new creation by a seasoned Member of The Magic Circle. The complaints triggered our internal review process, which concluded that Mr Perry had deliberately exposed the workings of the trick and broke the rules he had previously agreed to abide by.