Mark McGuinness is not a magician and so this is a first for the Magic State of Mind. He is a poet, a coach for artists and creative entrepreneurs as well as being the driving force behind Lateral Action, a creativity and productivity site. Mark’s writing can also be found on a number of other [...] Read more »

I’ve known Marc for a long time now and I have seen him transform his career as one of the UK’s busiest close-up magicians to become one of the most successful Mentalists in the world. What I have always admired about Marc is his understanding of his strengths and his ability to play to them. [...] Read more »

This is a really special interview for me. I first met Luis about 6 years ago when I was asked to perform at a festival his company, LMP runs in Coimbra, Portugal and since then I have been lucky enough to work alongside him and his incredible team several times. He is a unique guy [...] Read more »

John is one of the most popular magicians in the UK today and is as busy on the convention circuit as he is performing to “real” people. When I started editing this interview I realised that there was very little that was surplus to requirements so I decided to post it pretty much as is. [...] Read more »

Rob is a really busy guy, he is co-founder of The Session and most recently Postgigs  He has, in my opinion, changed the way a large number of working professional magicians use the internet for selling their services. Okay these changes may have happened eventually without Rob, but he was an early adopter of online [...] Read more »

If you ask any magician in the UK to list their top 5 corporate magicians I’m pretty sure that Nick would be listed every time. His magic is strong and his delivery polished both in close-up and cabaret. But what Nick has done better than any other magician I know is build a really strong [...] Read more »

When I decided to start interviewing people for this project Andi was one of the first people I contacted.   I didn’t know him particularly well but I knew he was someone who had literally “designed” his career and someone who was extremely prolific with regards his magic output.   He also left a well [...] Read more »

To be honest I couldn’t quite believe it myself when Paul said he would be happy to talk to me for an hour. The fact that he gave me about an hours notice didn’t help but the opportunity to talk to one of the most successful magicians in the world was too good to risk [...] Read more »

Some people have the ability to take their passion and turn it into a seriously successful business – Bob Garner is one of those people.  Although I have never met Bob personally he was generous enough to agree to a 30 minute interview which lasted well over an hour! I first heard of Bob through [...] Read more »

I can’t think of a better person to talk to about creativity & productivity than Andy Nyman.  He has achieved so much in his career as well as keeping hold of his integrity, both artistic and personal. This was the first interview I did so please forgive any technical or artistic cock-ups, Andy was great [...] Read more »