Being called a ‘sexy doctor who’ in the semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent 

Winning BEST MAGIC on tour in Australia

Training from Penn and Teller

Playing to sell out crowd at The Hydro in Scotland

Breaking a Guinness World Record

BBC Commission (a lockdown project with his daughter that became a BBC hit!)

Becoming a member of The Magic Circle

Being Nominated at the Scottish Comedy Awards

Performance for Paul McCartney, Patrick Stewart and Sean Connery

Teaching Eddie Izzard magic for a movie

Having a sell out Edinburgh Fringe show in Gilded Balloon Debating Hall

How did a geeky, shy and slightly awkward research scientist become a magician-adventurer, labeled a “Sexy Doctor Who” by Simon Cowell and the gang on Britain’s Got Talent? You need to go right back to the mid naughties and a dark and dusty research laboratory on the outskirts of Edinburgh to answer that one…

Back in the mid 2000s the most popular reality show on TV was called ‘Faking It‘. The premise was to train someone in a job laterally opposite to the one they already did. So, for example, they would train a classical cellist to a DJ, or a sheep shearer to a hair dresser, or a minister to a second hand car salesman, you get the idea. Back in 2005 they took a quiet, mild mannered (but reasonably attractive) scientist and trained him to be a magician. And this is the story of how Kevin got into magic. He was that scientist.

Back in 2005, a 90 minute Easter Day special was aired and watched by almost 7 million people across the UK, . It has since been translated into other languages and enjoyed by millions of people all over the world.

After the show Kevin has received Fan mail from folks in every continent across the world. He was taught by the best working professionals in the UK today. In addition he was flown over to Las Vegas where he received a master class on magic from the best magicians in the world “Penn and Teller”. That certainly left his mark on Kevin.

Now he combines magic and science in ways that create grand adventure in the minds of audiences, edge-of-your-seat magic that just didn’t exist until Kevin invented it.

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• Took first place in the Edinburgh Magic Circle Close Up Magic Competition
• Became the first magician ever to perform on stage at the Globe Theatre in London.
• Launches the Edinburgh International Magic Festival, appearing on BBC 1, Radio Scotland, The Herald and others
• Performs to Richard Branson, Jonathan Ross and others at the launch of Virgin’s new air link from Edinburgh
• Launches new Edinburgh Festival Fringe show with The Colour Ham, magic sketch comedy group

• 3rd Edinburgh Magic Festival sees over 5000 people attend live magic events and the Gala Show is attended by Fiona Hislop MSP Minister for Culture.
• Premieres new act ‘Will o the Wisp’, inspired by pixar animation BRAVE, at the Arts and Business annual awards ceremony.
• Cutting edge, comedy/magic sketch group “The Colour Ham” performs to sell out crowds at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
• Kevin smashes the Guinness World Record for the BIGGEST ever Magic Lesson.
• Made a bus vanish to be replaced by ‘butterflies’ the symbol for MagicFest 2012.

• Edinburgh Magic Festival sees over 5000 people attend live magic events.
• Kevin founds and performs in cutting edge, comedy/magic sketch group “The Colour Ham”.
• Performances for the launch of the new Mini Cooper and New Landrover in London and Edinburgh.
• Week long booking at “The Magic Castle” in Holywood

• Installed as Artistic Director of ‘The Edinburgh International Magic Festival’.
• Magic Consultant on “The Unsinkable Titanic” on Channel 4.
• Created ‘Underground Magic Show’ for Edinburgh International Film Festival Launch (attended by Sean Connery and Patrick Stewart)
• Worked with Derren Brown at Gleneagles at the Johnny Walker Golf championship

• Work with o2 on creating internal advertising campaign for Home Broadband
• Became commitee member of the “Edinburgh Magic Circle”
• Glut of Footballers weddings, Steven Davis, Alan McManus, John Sutton (Chris Sutton’s wee brother)

• Second Month long Contract in Dubai at the 5 star Kempinski Hotel
• 2nd Edinburgh Fringe Show “Magic to Get Girls By”
• Audition and become a member of The Magic Circle

• Performed with my magic heroes Ali Bongo and Pat Page at “The Castle of Magic”
• First month long contract in Dubai

• First ever Edinburgh Fringe Show “Tricks I’ve learned Since Being on Telly”
• Work with diageo to launch new alcoholic drink

• ‘Faking It‘ airs on C4 on Easter Sunday, showing my journey from scientist to pro magician. The show is watched by over 6 million people.
• My first magic job! Installed as Residant magician at two TGI Friday restaurants