David Penn is a corporate

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magician from

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. He has been seen in the UK on four major TV series including The Sorcerer's Apprentice on BBC1, The Sorcerer's Apprentice Extra on

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, Freaky on

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and Astounding Celebrities on ITV1 . He reached the live semi -finals of Britain's Got Talent on ITV1. He has been described in ''

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'' as "one of the country's leading illusionists". Penn became interested in magic after his grandfather showed him a trick that involved pulling coins from behind his ear. He is known amongst magicians for Refraction, his re-working of the Ted Lesley wine-glass bending effect and his coin bending effect Coinvexed. He also appears every other week with Sean Haydon on a show called the Wizard Product Review.

Awards

David was The Magic Circle Close-Up Magician Of The Year 1994 and in 1995 he was awarded the Zina Bennett Cup by the British Ring of the

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for Close-Up Magic. He won The British Champion of Illusion at The Blackpool Magic Convention and was named the overall winner of British Magical Championships.

References

External links

David Penn's Home Page
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