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John Archer

London, London

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John is thought by many to be one of the UK’s top comedy magicians. He is a past winner of ‘The Magic Circle Stage Magician of the Year’, ‘British Magical Champion of Comedy.’ A winner of ‘The Carlton Comedy Award’ for outstanding use of Comedy and Magic.

The first magician to fool Penn & Teller on their ITV show ‘Fool us’. In 2019 John was a semifinalist in Britain’s Got Talent and just this year John was awarded the ‘David Berglas Award’ For ‘Outstanding contribution to Magic’ by The British Magical Society. "You could put John Archer anywhere and he would kill an audience.” PENN JILLETTE

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