Scott Penrose (born 1969 in

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) is an English magician and magic consultant and is the son of magician John Penrose. Penrose is a former President of The Magic Circle having been proposed for the post by Paul Daniels. He is Honorary Vice President of The British Magic Society, the UK's oldest Magic Club. He was awarded the title The Magic Circle Stage Magician of the Year in 2000. He mainly works as a magic consultant and illusion designer. He taught

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magic for his movie ''

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'' and advised on the Houdini movie '' Death Defying Acts'' (starring

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and

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). He also built illusions for and appeared in the movie '' Magicians'' and tutored Sir Michael Caine and the young Bill Milner for the movie '' Is Anybody There?''. Other credits include designing, creating and building magic and illusions for UK TV shows such as '' QI'', ''

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'' and '' Hustle''. In the 2015 Christmas Special of ''QI'', Penrose surprised

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with membership of The Magic Circle. He had earlier appeared on ''QI'' in 2010 to perform the trick of pulling the head off a dove. For live theatre he has created illusion based special effects for the West End and UK Tour of ''

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'', '' Ghost Stories'', '' The Ladykillers'', '' I Can't Sing! The X Factor Musical'', '' Bend It Like Beckham the Musical'', '' Mrs Henderson Presents'' and the stage adaptation of '' The Tiger Who Came to Tea''. In 2007 he created and advised on magic effects, illusions and quick change costume techniques for the

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touring production "Koozå". He has been described as "The epitome of the professional magician. Think top hat and tails. Think silks, doves and disappearing candles and you will know exactly who I am talking about." As a former Executive Curator of The Magic Circle Museum, Penrose is also a magic historian and is known for his historical recreations and restoration of classics such as the Robert-Houdin Orange Tree, Maskelyne's Psycho Automaton and Devant's Educated Goldfish. His literary contributions include illustrating and co-authoring the book Alan Shaxon - The Sophisticated Sorcerer. UK singer

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used to be Penrose's assistant in his illusion act before she rose to fame as a performer in her own right. Penrose later appeared in the video of Faith's song "Smoke and Mirrors". Penrose is associated with

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and made the magical effects for his musical Love Never Dies and the 2019 film adaptation of his musical ''

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References

External links

Scott Penrose's Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Penrose, Scott 1969 births Living people English magicians Magic consultants