"Cook proves magic isn’t all about ponces wearing ridiculous outfits and making the statue of liberty disappear" Maxim magazine.
"Ali Cook is simply the best thing on Channel Five" More Magazine.
"Immensely funny and telegenic" Daily Telegraph.
Website
alicook.com
Influences
Steve Martin, Jerry Sadowitz, Juan Tamariz, Dai Vernon, Ricky Jay, The Second City, The Improv Olympic. Pete and Dud. Fry and Laurie.
TV Shows
The Jerry@Trick Show with Jerry Sadowitz (Five).
Monkey Magic, two Series (Five).
Monkey Magic, Christmas special.
Psychic Secrets Revealed (Five). Special and series.
The Greatest Magic Tricks In The Universe Ever (Five).
The Secret World Of Magic (Sky One).
Ghost Hunter (Sky One).
Dirty tricks (Channel 4).
When Magic Tricks Go Wrong (Channel 4).
The Story of Light Entertainment (BBC2)
The Invincibles ITV1
Ali's debut Edinburgh show mixed cutting edge magic effects with stand up and proved to be a huge success selling out by the fourth performance with four star reviews. Comedy promoter Mick Perrin brought the show to the west end as part of The Big Joke Comedy Festival at the leicester Square Theatre where again the show sold out.
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"...his manic charm means that you will be instantly drawn in" "He does eat razor blades and it does get gruesome, but when it's this astonishing, you won't mind."
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"With a pleasing mix of cheesy/sinister, he chews razor blades, crushes doves and gets journalists up on stage to help him perform tricks: Ali Cook simply has no fear"
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Ali has written and starred in eight television series for ITV, Ch4, Five and Sky One. He is best known for his comedy shows: Dirty Tricks on Ch 4, Monkey Magic on five. (Both nominated for the golden rose of Montreaux and The British Comedy Awards).
Recently as well as maintaining a presence on the London comedy circuit he has starred in a number of short films notably Stephen Frears' and Andrew Saunder’s Striklem.
He’s also just completed producing and writing his own Comedy drama short “The Enchanter” directed by Adrian Vitoria.
As a magician he has been flown around the world performing at private parties for the rich and famous including: Damian Hirst, The Crown Prince of Malaysia, Basement Jaxx, Phillip Green, JK Rowling to name a few.
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Here is a clip from a short film directed by Andrew Saunders whilst he was studying under Stephen Frears. Its a dark comedy and I'm playing against type as a character called Greg.
Here are a few sketches from my short film The Enchanter: The Crime Fighting Magician:
In this scene he tries to find out the name of the corpse who died suspiciously in his show.
His side kick is a female Knight Rider that gets jealous:
I've just seen your new addition and may I say, you never fail to impress. Keep up the good work Ali, should be seeing you soon for the final voiceover's. Pepper x
salut, Nous sommes très heureux que tu nous est lancé une invitation à la page de soutien à notre ami Aa Philip.. Nous te souhaitons la bienvenue et N'hésites pas à découvrir son univers... http://www. myspace. com/aaphilip
Ali.. Dig the Magic! We love Magic and Majik! Thanks for the friendship and by the way, I am one person not "twins" ha ha. Cheers and Lunch, Pamela (and Paula too)
Um, I'm assuming I missed your birthday. In light of the distance, I wish you a very HAPPY belated BIRTHDAY my friend!
I just edited a bit and used the clip from Missing Eunice...Nice. You are very funny. Are you coming back to LA ever? Let me know. Take Care. And keep in touch! X
