Home Counties Magical Society

The Home Counties Magical Society is extremely proud to announce that Geoffrey Durham will be lecturing at the Society on 20th November 2008. Geoffrey Durham is one of the most experienced and versatile magicians in the world. With his unique combination of charm, wit and astonishing sleight of hand. His new book 'Professional Secrets: A Life in Magic' has received excellent reviews and feedback since it's launch.

Geoffrey is a Member of the Inner Magic Circle with Gold Star, holds The Maskelyne, The Magic Circle’s highest award, The David Berglas Award for his outstanding contribution to magic, and recently The Murray Award, which is presented each year to honor the recipient for outstanding service and distinguished dedication to the art of magic.

Geoffrey Durham has performed for clients including members of the Royal Family, cabinet ministers, captains of industry and the aristocracy. He has performed in two Children’s Royal Variety Performances. In thirty years as a cabaret artist his unique presentations have been featured in every hotel on London’s Park Lane, as well as in many of the most prestigious venues in the world. In the corporate field, he has toured Australia for the Ford Motor Company, created over 100 special performances for Seat Cars and worked for a host of organisations from Kellogg’s to IBM. In the West End of London, he has appeared at the London Palladium, Dominion, Duchess and Apollo Victoria theaters and he has performed in over two hundred other playhouses nationwide.

He has hosted two series of Thames Television’s The Best of Magic, and was featured on The Fifty Greatest Magic Tricks of All Time on Channel 4 (where his expert performance of the Newspaper Trick came in at number 31!). In all, he has made over 700 appearances on British television - covering children’s shows, chat, quizzes and variety galas. But he is probably best known for his many years on the cult Channel 4 word game Countdown, where he has performed over 160 close-up tricks as well as displaying unsuspected skills as a wordsmith. He also appears regularly as a panelist and presenter on BBC Radio 4.

He frequently works as an illusion adviser for stage and television. In the West End of London, he has devised effects for Oliver! (London Palladium), Jesus Christ Superstar (Lyceum Theater), the Reeves and Mortimer/Fast Show double bill (Labatt’s Apollo), The League Of Gentlemen (Theater Royal, Drury Lane), Peter Pan (Royal Festival Hall), Privates on Parade (Donmar Warehouse), and The Mystery of Charles Dickens with Simon Callow (Duke of York’s). He was also the Magic Director of the critically acclaimed West End show about Tommy Cooper, Jus’ Like That!, which later toured nationwide. On television, he devised effects for Dr Who in the now classic episode The Greatest Show in the Galaxy starring Sylvester McCoy.

The Society is very pleased to announce this outstanding lecture, non-members wishing to attend should contact Dan Hudson ( 07966 036 928 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) as places will be in demand.

Full details can be found on the Programme and Lectures page, further details on the lecture will be published closer to the event, and Gary Jones has kindly agreed to reschedule to another evening in the year.

Non members are welcome at this lecture, a charge will apply to any non members attending.