Performing at a Rooftop Corporate Event in Barcelona
One of the most surreal parts of working as a professional mentalist is occasionally finding yourself standing in places you never imagined work would take you.
For me, Barcelona was one of those moments.
Performing at Sheffield University’s Celebration of Enterprise Awards
There’s something very different about returning to your hometown to perform.
No matter how many events you work at around the UK, walking back into a city you feel deeply connected to always carries an extra sense of pride and pressure in equal measure.
The Day Theo Paphitis Chose My Business
Building a career in entertainment can feel strange in the early years.
You spend countless hours refining performances, travelling to events, answering enquiries and trying to build something sustainable from a profession many people don’t fully understand in the first place.
So when moments of unexpected recognition arrive, they tend to stay with you.
Performing at Gary Cahill’s Wedding Reception
Over the years, I’ve learned that high-profile private events are often far quieter and more personal than people imagine.
From the outside, there’s an assumption that celebrity weddings must feel extravagant, chaotic or wildly over-the-top. In reality, many are simply carefully protected private occasions where the couple want their friends and family to relax, enjoy themselves and temporarily forget about the outside world.
What Is a Mentalist?
Most people have heard the term ‘mentalist’ before.
Often through television shows, live theatre productions or performers such as Derren Brown.
But despite mentalism becoming increasingly popular over the last two decades, many people still aren’t entirely sure what a mentalist actually does.
Is it magic?
Psychology?
Mind reading?
The Prediction: When I Took on a Police-Secured Publicity Challenge
Long before viral marketing campaigns and social media stunts became commonplace, publicity relied on a far simpler idea:
Create something people genuinely wanted to talk about.
In 2011, I accepted one of the strangest challenges of my career when the Newark Advertiser and Nottinghamshire Police invited me to predict the exact outcome of a live rugby match under strict supervision.
At the time, it felt less like a performance and more like stepping into a psychological experiment.
Performing at the NEC Birmingham
There are certain moments in your career where you suddenly realise you’ve stepped into a completely different world.
For me, one of those moments happened the first time I performed at the NEC in Birmingham.
Up until that point, most of my work had revolved around weddings, private functions and corporate hospitality events. I was comfortable mingling with guests, creating moments of astonishment and naturally moving between groups during relaxed social environments.
Trade shows, however, turned out to be an entirely different beast.