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Pete Firman

General Info

  • Genre:

    Magic and Comedy / As Seen on TV

  • TV Shows

    Monkey Magic Series 1 and 2 - FIVE
    Dirty Tricks - Channel 4
    The Secret World of Magic - Sky One
    The Greatest Magic Tricks in the Universe......Ever! - FIVE
    When Magic Tricks Go Wrong - Channel 4
    Saturday Live Again! - ITV1
    The Convention Crasher - Channel 4
    Horizon - BBC1
    Stake Out - Series 1 and 2 - BBC1
    Don’t Miss A Trick - BBC1
    For One Night Only - ITV1

  • Website

    petefirman.co.uk

  • Bio

    Pete grew up in Middlesbrough where his parents and sister provided a normal loving family environment. He studied for an acting degree and was looking forward to joining the family business selling second hand cars. But somewhere along the line something went wrong. Pete spent his teenage years locked away in his bedroom practicing magic furiously with just a poster of Pamela Anderson for company. Seeing an advert for new magicians to present a TV show Pete stripped to his underpants in a snowy back garden and filmed himself performing tricks.

    The show was FIVEs Monkey Magic and Pete's career as a TV magician started. Since Monkey Magic he has travelled the world meeting his magic heroes and performing his own brand of anarchic magic in Sky One's The Secret World Of Magic and amazed viewers with his ability to perform disgusting tricks with animals, cigarettes and big spiky things in Channel 4's Dirty Tricks.

    Pete no longer owns a poster of Pamela Anderson, he lives in north London with a bowlful of frightened goldfish and an ever expanding magic library (thats a library of books about magic, not one that disappears occasionally).

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About me:

EDINBURGH 2008

Edinburgh 2008 was awesome. The show was selling out and the reviewers said some lovely things...

***** “He is the funniest and by far the most accomplished performer on the New Magic scene...funnier than most comedians and more magical than Dumbledore on a good day. This guy is a complete star.” - Time Out

**** “He's such a pro at the business of show that you'll be aching for much more. See him here before the inevitable move to a bigger venue.” - Metro

**** “With the giddy fakir style trickery skills of Tommy Cooper and the flirtatious warmth of Eric Morecambe, he's a northern crowd-pleasing wonder.” - The List

**** “...one of the best comedy shows you'll see this Fringe.” - Fest

**** “...he uses his unique and endearing combination of natural charm and real comedic talent to win the audience over. And just like that, the gap that late great Tommy Cooper left in our lives has been well and truly filled. ” - Three Weeks

**** - Chortle

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I am a Magician/Comedian/TV Presenter. You might have seen me on Monkey Magic on FIVE or Dirty Tricks on Channel 4.

I peform all over the world and recently was invited to do my stuff at Montreal's 'Just For Laughs' Comedy Festival.

You can find out more about me and my charms at my website.

If you look really, really hard you might see me performing at a Comedy Club near you.

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In August 2007 I performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in my debut solo show, 'Hokum'.

Some nice people said these things about it.

**** “as much a stand-up comedian as he is a master of sleight-of-hand…Hokum is over far, far too quickly” - Edinburgh Evening News

**** “one of the sweetest, most engaging performers on any Fringe stage…Firman is a delight” - The Independent

**** “A rollicking hour without a dull moment” - Chortle

**** “A debut solo Fringe show that will enhance an already impressive reputation” - The Herald

**** “A gob-smackingly talented magician” - Metro

***** - Forth FM

**** - Fest

**** - Three Weeks

“The audience is caught between guffawing laughter and amazed gasps” - The Guardian

“See it to believe it” - The List

“The MySpace generation's Tommy Cooper” - The Scotsman

If you have a couple of minutes spare and give a damn, check me out out doing this crazy shit from YouTube. This is me on the revival of Saturday Live on ITV1.

This one is from 'Dirty Tricks', which was on Channel 4. I blend up a fricken mouse. Crackers!

Old School Firmski! This is me doing the world's biggest card trick.

Who I'd like to meet:

Details

  • Status: Single
  • Hometown: Middlesbrough
  • Zodiac Sign: Taurus
  • Children: Someday
  • Smoke / Drink: No / No
  • Occupation: Magician

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