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<p class=”hiddenContentp”>As professional performers and entertainers members of our team have been performing magic for audiences of every age for in excess of 20 years. We’ve performed to people of every age and all nationalities and we regularly teach magic at private events as well as in schools and at tourist attractions.</p>
But what can magic do for my pupils?

Well at it’s simplist level magic inspires wonder and creativity. It requires children to discover a sense of wonder and to see how they can take their audience on a journey with them.

But it doesn’t stop there. Recent studies by child pyschologists and educational experts have concluded that learning magic can be a fantastic way for all children but especially ones who struggle with social interaction and friendships to learn to communicate with others in a safe, controlled way. By learning how to perform magic and then having the confidence to perform in front of their peers children can learn to overcome shyness. Indeed one of the most famous magicians today, Dynamo, was painfully shy and suffered at the hands of bullies at school until his grandfather developed his love of magic and just look where it’s taken Dynamo now!

Our magic workshops are much like circus skills in that dependant on the time we have with each group we can teach either one or two tricks or a lot of different tricks and even bigger illusions.

We can teach the history of magic, it’s place in story telling and in movies and how it shapes storytelling. We always start our workshops with a short show to demonstrate some age appropriate magic to the pupils and these show always include at least one of the tricks the children will learn themselves.

We can also theme our workshops to your specific topics so please do ask if you have a particular idea.

Props used can include ropes, coins, paper bags and much more. In our full day or week long workshops we can also bring some incredible cardboard box illuisions to teach the children which include penetration cabinets, levitations and even a solo sawing the person in half (without the use of a saw!).

Magic workshops are really best suited to children in year 1 and above but we can perform short, age appropriate shows for pre-school or nursery children.

To enquire about a magic workshop for your school simply fill out the form at the bottom of the page.

[caption id="attachment_199" align="alignnone" width="150"] Leon and the place between day at Newham School[/caption]

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Balloon modelling workshops for schools
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<p class=”hiddenContentp”>We’ve all seen people making wonderful things using modelling balloons and it’s always incredible to see what can be created. Well, at our balloon modelling workshops for schools we will give your pupils the opportunity to make their own creations with expert tuition.</p>
We pre inflate all the balloons that will be needed (and lots of extras for any that pop) and then lead a workshop that teaches children all about the art of balloon modelling.

A workshop always starts with how to be safe around balloons and the basics including how balloons are made, how we can prevent them from popping, how to inflate them (we’ll preinflate balloons for the group but will demonstrate so fun way to inflate them as well) then we move onto simple techinques that when combined will help the children create their own first items. Normal models made can be dogs, flowers, hats and even fish! We don’t advocate making swords or other weapons in schools not matter how much the children may ask.

A workshop can last from as little as 1 hour up to a full day which then gives lots of time to make lots of models and even to see a large feature piece created to be left in the class room after the workshop has ended.

Due to the motor skills required balloon modelling workshops are only suitable for children in Year 3 and above.