John Bulleid

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Sam Day

John Bulleid | Illusion Designer | Magician

John is an illusion designer, actor and magician with work behind multiple award-winning productions. He holds the title of Associate of the Inner Magic Circle with Silver Star, and trained as an actor at The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

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John Bulleid | Illusion Designer | Magician

John is an illusion designer, actor and magician with work behind multiple award-winning productions. He holds the title of Associate of the Inner Magic Circle with Silver Star, and trained as an actor at The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.


Illusion Design

John next designs illusions on Bronco Billy (Charing Cross Theatre), a new magic-focussed production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Royal Shakespeare Company), and upcoming London immersive experience Wishmas. He is the UK Illusions Associate on Harry Potter & The Cursed Child (Palace Theatre) and The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Noël Coward Theatre).

West End credits include Lyonesse (Harold Pinter Theatre); The Tempest, Robin Hood (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); Death of a Salesman (Piccadilly Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Inn At Lydda (Shakespeare’s Globe); The Worst Witch (Vaudeville Theatre – winner of Best Family Show, 2020 Olivier Awards); Oi Frog! (Lyric Theatre).

Further illusion design credits include: Further Than The Furthest Thing (Young Vic); Ride (Curve Leicester/Southwark Playhouse Elephant/Charing Cross Theatre); Piaf (The Gate, Dublin); The Magician’s Elephant (RSC); Into the Woods, Sherlock Holmes: The Final Curtain (Theatre Royal Bath); A Christmas Carol starring Mark Gatiss (Nottingham Playhouse & Alexandra Palace); The Worst Witch (Northampton/UK Tour); #WeAreArrested (RSC/Arcola Theatre); Our Lady of Kibeho (Northampton/Stratford East); The Lost SpellsBeauty And The Beast (Watford Palace); Doctor Who: Time Fracture (Immersive London); The Canterville Ghost (Unicorn Theatre); Witches of Eastwick (Cirkus, Stockholm); Wickies, When Darkness Falls (Park Theatre); The Invisible Man, Partners in Crime (Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch);  The Star (Liverpool Everyman); Dirty Dancing (Secret Cinema); The Gypsy Thread (National Theatre Studio).

Associate Illusions credits include; Prince of Egypt (Dominion Theatre); The Ocean at the End of the Lane (National Theatre); White Christmas (Curve, Leicester) and A Very Very Dark Matter (Bridge Theatre).

TV and Film credits include: You and Universe (Short film); Loo (Short film).


Magician

John’s relaxed style, gift of the gab and ability to hold an audience of any size combine to deliver a flexible act tailored to any occasion. He creates modern magic, always focusing on leaving his audience amazed and entertained. He has held residencies in hotels, restaurants and cocktail bars as well as performing at weddings, dinner parties and corporate events all over the UK and abroad.

John combines his knowledge of the theatre and stagecraft with magical techniques to help you create moments of pure wonder for your productions. He can help you with presentations, making them pack more of a magical punch, and can create bespoke magic effects for you to express your key messages or ideas. He is also available to help with the facilitation of workshops and can use his magic to re-energise groups, keeping them focused on the exact task they have been set.

Recent corporate clients include BP, LadBible, Channel 4, Facebook, KPMG, Coca Cola and DHL.

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