Magic is a universal language

The UK's top comic magician Pete Firman chats to MARION MCMULLEN about creating spellbinding entertainment

- MARION MCMULLEN

What's great about magic is it’s a universal language. Even if you don’t speak English, you can appreciate what is going on.

A magician who I really admire, David Blaine, did a TV show where he went into the jungle and found this tribe that had had very little contact with anyone outside of their community. He went in and did magic tricks and it was astonishing. The look on their faces was so special and I think it was a really great moment on TV.

observed they were always writing ideas down - something occurs to them and they make a note so they will not forget it. So I adopted that very early on. I'm constantly writing ideas down.