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Paul Kieve
Illusions and Magic Effects
Paul was magic consultant to Harry Potter And The Prisoner of Azkaban, (in which he also appears) and was a pre-production consultant on Goblet Of Fire. He is Daniel Radcliffe's private magic tutor and the young Harry Potter actor has written the introduction to Paul's forthcoming book on magic.
Theatre includes:
London: The Invisible Man, Our House, The Witches Of Eastwick, Angela Carter's Cinderella, Scrooge, The Witches, Gillian Lynne's Dick Whittington.
RSC: The Winter's Tale, The Tempest, Alice In Wonderland, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, The Mysteries and Spring Awakening.
Royal National Theatre: Theatre Of Blood, Night Season, La Grande Magia, The Cherry Orchard and Haroun.
Young Vic: The Nativity, Arabian Nights and Grimm Tales.
Other: Peter Pan (West Yorkshire Playhouse); A Singapore Carol (Singapore), Alice In Wonderland (English National Ballet); Aladdin (Scottish Ballet), Macbeth (Hamburg State Opera). Three Holiday On Ice touring productions.
Work in the USA includes The Woman in White on Broadway, Scrooge (starring Richard Chamberlain), Earthsea for Sci Fi channel. He has worked with David Copperfield in Las Vegas, with Walt Disney Theatrical Productions and has performed at the Magic Castle in Hollywood.
Television includes: BBC History Of Magic, Derren Brown Trick Of The Mind and Séance, Heroes Of Magic and Children In Need where he arranged for Simon Cowell to be sawn in half. Paul recently performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London accompanied by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. As magic consultant to Guinness World Records he created magic spreads for the 2005 and 2006 books. He is the recipient of the 2006 British Magical Society Award for outstanding contribution to magic and is a Gold Star member of The Inner Magic Circle. Website - www.stageillusion.com.