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Article from IDEASFACTORY West Midlands, 2005 Unlike a certain other wizard, Paul Kieve’s study of sorcery didn’t begin at Platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross. And forget about it [...]

Theatre of Blood by Lee Simpson and Phelim McDermott was based on the 1973 movie starring Vincent Price and Diana Rigg.  A collaboration between the National Theatre and Improbable, it tells the [...]

Article from icSurreyOnline.co.uk, Apr 14 2005. Illusionist Paul Kieve created many of the magic effects in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and was personal magic tutor to Daniel [...]

This article by Ben Rooth appeared on Manchester Online in April 200 to coincide with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra’s family concert Making Tracks at the Bridgewater Hall. HE’S the [...]

What’s On Magazine, Birmingham, 2004 What is your background in magic? I became interested in magic at around the age of 10 on receiving a magic set from my parents. By the age of 14 I was [...]

The US tour of the musical Scrooge starring Richard Chamberlain generated a lot of interest in Paul’s work. This extract is from “Scrooge brings star appeal and ghostly magic to PAC [...]

Scroooge – the musical, by Leslie Bricusse, 1993 – 2004, played a total of four extensive national tours as well as a sell-out Christmas season at the Dominion Theatre in the West [...]

This article – essentially a history of magic – was created by Paul Kieve as an “online wizardry course” for the Sci Fi Channel in the USA. The idea was that pupils could [...]

“Take a frightening fairground ride through a maze of darkened tunnels inhabited by incredible live ‘ghosts’, creepy animatronics, spectacular magic illusions and moving stage [...]

Article by Diane Parkes for the Birmingham Post / Birmingham Mail group to tie in with a production of The Witches at Birmingham Rep. What do you need to turn children into mice and make witches [...]