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Mathew Knight Lecture
Hull Magicians' Circle
May 2025
Reviewed by Ray Burrell
Hull
Magicians’ Circle had the pleasure of a lecture by Nottingham based Magician
Mathew Knight. Matthew has been a full time professional magician for 20 years
and is one of the busiest close-up performers in the UK. Mathew presented a
smooth and confident variety of very effective routines which could be used as
openers, closers or anywhere in your close-up set using playing cards, Tic Tac
boxes, flash paper, confectionary, commercially available apps, ChatGPT, and a
couple of his commercially available routines.
His routines were all hard hitting, easy to understand workers which have been
tried and tested in the real world with quick resets. Mathew clearly explained
his theories about approaching a group and choosing routines which had easily
explainable plots and were hard hitting with precisely timed moments of
amazement. He advocated 3 card flourishes to establish credibility at tables and
his anecdotes about some of his past performance experiences were funny and set
the tone of his easy going style with lots of audience participation.
He opened his lecture with his eye catching appearance of a well known
confectionary. Other highlights included his torn card to Tic Tac box, and his
use of ChatGPT as a force.
Overall, Mathew presented an eclectic mix of routines which were well within the
skill set of most performers. Mathew was generous with his time to go into as
much detail as was needed in his explanations and to recap anything that needed
further explanation. Mathew was friendly, approachable and he included lots of
advice, bits of business, and crediting.
Highly recommended for both his lecture and products.
© Ray Burrell, Secretary of Hull Magicians' Circle, May 2025