Christopher Howell has built a reputation for his creative and diverse magic shows created for private and corporate events. In his blog posts below, you’ll see articles about his various shows. These include entries on…
– His performances in theatres around the world
– Interviews about special new acts that have just been released
– Explorations of theatres where he has performed
– And much more…
The pie-in-the-sky vision with my show partner Desireé Kongerød early this year was to create a new show called the Top Hat Act. It would be designed for delivery in the uncertain entertainment landscape of the pandemic. This was the gist of the brief we put together for the Arts Council application… and we got …
Eight months ago, I wouldn’t have believed it if you told me that in only a few months I would have a Zoom magic show to entertain audiences around the world. But as John Lennon said, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” As everything changed in warp speed for …
This is a story unfolding in real time of how magic is reinventing itself. Many other types of entertainment hit a wall with the coronavirus crisis. But magicians have found a way forward through the computer screen. Almost overnight magic has transformed into a new type of interactive online socially distanced entertainment. The best online …
Covid-19 has hit the performing arts with disastrous effect as social distancing has brought magic and variety shows, plays, film productions, concerts, operas and comedy nights to a grinding halt. This week Delfont Mackintosh Theatres which house shows like Hamilton and Les Misérables in the West End announced they would remain closed until 2021. So …
It’s a neighbourhood where the main export is its colourful characters. So it fits that my character Norvil hit Hollywood for a week as a Magic Castle magician. His task was to share his whimsical magic act at the world famous magic venue. For those not in the know, The Magic Castle is a legendary …
“If you build it, they will come” was the mantra that Desireé and I were chanting to ourselves throughout the backbreaking eight full days we spent constructing our latest marvel. And now we have it: our very own magic street theatre tent! It’s a portable home for our beloved double-act of magic, acrobatics and singing: …
I didn’t know it would be as if Benedict Cumberbatch was waiting for me. He could have been right there at the theatre as I cycled over for my Hackney Empire Tour. It’s one of my favourite weekends of the autumn: the Open House London tours this month. The Hackney Empire is about five miles from central …
It’s the million dollar question. How do you get over stage fright? It’s like a cruel joke. Your mouth is bone dry while the rest of your body has sprung leaks in places where you didn’t know sweat glands even existed! Your stomach feels like it’s become an anvil. I know this from my experiences …
“Josephine and I ran through the backstage corridors of this beautifully ornate theatre. We guided ourselves by the exciting and powerful glimmer of the lights in the wings. Already there, we felt the audience’s roar resonate between the horseshoe shaped wooden balconies. The luscious red velvet curtain lifted to reveal our stage magician variety show …
Since I’m a London magician, I guess you expect this blog to be all about magic. Full disclosure: it won’t be – not all of it at least. You see, even as magicians go, I’m an oddball. (And that takes doing, believe me!) Unlike for most, my story doesn’t start and end with magic. Actually I’ve spent …
