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really work on, especially for this tour, but
the blagging skills in a way, I wouldn't be
in this position without them. It took me
ten years of blagging to get my TV show
'Magician Impossible' and it was almost a
risk, no one had really heard of 'Watch'
channel that signed me up, but none of
the other major channels would take me
back then, so I took that risk and they
believed in me. I'm not going to lie, I did
blag a lot of this interviews and meetings
with them, but they totally got behind
me and it paid off for everyone and I was
able to bring my vision to life. Everything
from all the celebrity guests you have see
on my shows and events, a lot of that is
me blagging my way to their shows,
finding out who their security is, amazing
the security with tricks, then getting
taken to the manager, then taken to their
dancing girls who are working on their
shows, amazing them, spending as much
time as I possibly could with them haha,
before then eventually getting taken to
the main act and then blowing their
mind with magic and saying 'oh by the
way I've got a TV show Im making and I'd
love to have you on it, and thankfully a
lot of them came back and said yeah ok.
One of the toughest blags ever but one
of my favourites was when I met
Coldplay. Many many years ago when
they did the X&Y album, I blagged my
way in to Coco in Camden where they
were doing their press performance for
the album, so I ended up doing magic to
this old lady, and she said, 'you must
come and show my son' so I was like oh
ok, and she started shouting 'Christopher
Christopher' and her son was Chris
Martin. He was packing up his guitar and
stuff, eager to get off to the after party,
but she insisted he watched me, so I did a
few tricks and that and he was
mesmerised so then he called Gwyneth
Paltrow and the rest of the band over, so I
was a bit cheeky and asked if I could film
it to put it on my website. Chris said if I
ever made it big and got my own TV
show they would love to come on it. So
when I got my own TV show, series one can't make it, series two - can't make it,
series three - can't make it, so I didn't
bother asking on series four but they
heard it was my last series and got in
touch with me and they were on the
show. So with blagging its about being
able to get in a position to meet people
and keep in touch and keep the
relationship going and stuff, and believe
that the magic has been memorable
enough for them not to forget it and
hopefully in 100 years from now, when
people think of magic, Dynamo will still
come to peoples mind.
Does it ever go wrong and if it does
what do you do?
Well because of most of what I do is
improvised, people don't actually know
whats going to happen, so in my head if I
think somethings not going quite to plan,
I can twist it and turn it and make it into
something that is still magical, it might
just be a bit different to what I intended
in to be but the crowd don't know that!
Other than your grandpa, if you could
name one person that has influenced
you in your profession who would it be?
There has actually been two people, an
American and an British magician The
legendary David Copperfield, I think he is
one of the most greatest magicians to
have ever lived, his legacy is phenomenal,
and David Berglas a British magician, not
that many people have heard of him, he
was long before Paul Daniels, years ago
he was the man! A very gracious man and
has even given me permission to create
his talents today and on my show, so I
have a lot to thank him for too.
So after spending some time chatting with
Dynamo, I was amazed to discover he really
is a genuine, down to earth guy with
massive talent and a desire to impress the
audience. Later that evening I watched the
show at the Manchester Apollo. Totally
unsure what to expect, and not wanting to
give too much away to those wanting to
see it for themselves, I have to say I was
amazed, stunned, fascinated and
mesmerised. He brought the stage to life
involving many of the audience, it just kept
getting better and better. There was a story
to the show too that was so inspirational it
sent shivers down your spine.
You can see Dynamo this December at the
Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham, from the
9th - 13th. I would highly recommend you
go, even if you don't believe in magic, you
will after seeing this show!