entirely known. But what is magic? Sorcery, witchcraft, conjuring, trickery, illusion are all arms of the paranormal, but what about the kind of enchantment that saw every generation in the family, in their thousands, entirely mesmerised every Saturday night by a short, funny man and his glamorous assistant. Having the entire family enthralled in front of the box every weekend – now that’s magic. I’m in danger of sounding surprisingly sycophantic, but in researching this interview and talking to the man himself, I’ve developed a respect for Paul, and his enduring relationship with a very genuine Debbie McGee. Tey’ve lived and worked together all these years now; taken the jokes on the chin, rolled the punches and worked tirelessly, the latest fruits of which can be seen as they come to the Playhouse this December…
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Paul, I wanted to say, before we got too far into this interview that we're an independent magazine and we do very much appreciate your time today. Oh, you must be very rich…
Of course, free magazines are raking it in at the moment! Oh, don't be polite; it's all your millions you get from advertising…!
What, all the bars and pubs of Norwich that are doing their best just to stay open? No, we haven't got money, but we do it for the love, don't we?
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How can you look so clean and lie so dirty? [Laughs]
I lie not - you'll see when you come to Norwich; I’ll be begging outside the Playhouse, that'll be me. [Laughs] I'll teach you a couple of tricks - you can go busking!
Ha, yeah! I'd love that. So Paul, you're coming to Norwich as part of this huge tour. Yes, I think it tots up to about 51 nights.
Tat's a fair work schedule, that. But you
came to Norwich not so long ago as well. My office is directly opposite the Maddermarket Teatre, where you performed a couple of years back. We were on Daniels-watch out the window. Yeah, however for those who came then and enjoyed it, but think they've seen it, this is a completely different show. Yep, which has made it extraordinarily exciting for me. I sort of put it together earlier in the year and in the creation of this thing, I said to Debbie, "Look, we know we're going on tour - let's put together a completely new show and see where it takes us." And the festival we
agic, understandably, is an elusive term to quantify. By its very nature, the unknown can never be
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