Seth Race was born in Columbus, Ohio, and is best known for his custom Hofzinser artwork that has been used by top magicians to perform for celebrities such as Zachary Quinto and the musical band Switchfoot, plus many more! Seth has been studying and performing magic for over 15 years. During this time, Seth has developed a certain skill set for building illusions and complex gimmicks.

Working as the head of the Manufacturing Department for Penguin Magic has allowed Seth to design close up visual magic with ordinary objects for himself as well as others. His skills are currently being put to great use. His attention to detail is considered to be magic itself. He is very creative, constructs incredible objects and is overall a really nice guy.

A young app developer within the UK, Joshua Riley has been performing magic for over 13 years now. In addition to magic, his other biggest passion is developing apps, something he has been doing for well over 10 years. Joshua’s love for magic and apps lead to him combining both his passions to create magic apps. He has been developing magic apps for the magic community for the past couple of years.

One of his most famous applications was Cognito, one of the best selling magic apps of 2021. He has created apps for magicians such as Oz Pearlman and Maddox Dixon. Joshua has been breaking a lot of records in the magic app world recently. 

Michael Eaton has been involved in the magic community for years. He is an incredible performer and has over the years created several magic tricks. However, above and beyond all of this Michael is considered one of the top restaurant magicians in the USA.  He has developed a system designed to track how successful it is having a magician at a restaurant. This allows you to quantify and justify the cost of us being at the restaurant.

On top of all of this, Michael is an incredible designer and digital marketer. He has helped many magicians around the world improve their online presence and ultimately book more gigs and make more money.

This is a special one-off edition of the Talk Magic Series. This week Craig conducted a live interview with Ryland Petty about his experiences performing and competing on Britain's Got Talent 2022.

Ryland made it through to the Live Semi-Finals at the age of 9 and his performances were met with rave reviews.

Edinburgh born James Hessler is a busking professional magician that brings his abilities to any function, event, or product launch that helps make it the success you wish it to be.

Having performed all over the world, James is adept at entertaining any size group in a variety of languages.

Roman Armstrong is an incredible magician. He has been performing magic since the age of eight years. You have probably never heard of him, however, he is making HUGE WAVES in the magic industry. Very soon he is releasing his first creation through Alakazam Magic and it is an absolute KILLER!

Sean Goodman is one of the nicest guys in magic. He started performing at the age of 10 and after several years became a full time pro. He is a very rare breed of magician, someone who is an excellent performer, a great creator of magic and also a wonderful businessman. He understands that magic is a business and you need to master business as well as magic in order to get ahead.

Lloyd Barnes is one of the top creators of magic in the world. He has been creating magic his entire life and many of his magical creations are best sellers.

For many years, Lloyd worked with Ellusionist as part of their creative team. While there he helped several creators release best selling products. Then in 2020 out of the blue, he left Ellusionist and eventually started working with Murphy's Magic - The World's Largest Magic Wholesaler. He has only been there for a few months but has already made a big impact.

Liam Ball is an incredible performer and is super engaging and entertaining. You have also probably never heard of him before! As he isn't a full time pro, there is a good chance you might not know who he is. However, its impact on the UK Magic Scene is HUGE.

He is a key player and the world famous Magic Circle in London. He is on the council and helps organise and host their ticketed close up performances which are always massively popular.

However, on top of that he also runs a company that makes bespoke leather goods for magicians. He can literally make anything out of leather and many magicians use his services for bespoke products.

Sam Fitton is a legend in the magic community.  Not only is he an engaging performer and speaker, he has also helped dozens of magicians become better business people.  He specialises in the Wedding Industry and has helped many magicians excel in this area.

He has an online Wedding Success Masterclass and has literally written the book on wedding entertainment.  On top of all this he is a businessman, an entrepreneur, an inventor, director, writer and an all round nice guy.