Wendy had her 60th party at the  Lane End Conference Centre which is a super venue for any celebration and is in fact the venue for my nieces Wedding in September!

Wendy is a super lady and very organised. Apart from having me as her Evening entertainer, she also had games such as darts, bowling and more in a seperate room for those not wanting to dance later.

Wendy emailed later, ‘Thank you thank you thank you! If the number of compliments I had about you turned into jobs, you would be very busy for the rest of the year.’

If you are interested in knowing more about Magical entertainment at your events, please Contact me now.

'I love magic!'

I have been recently contracted to perform my Mentalism show aboard a cruise liner. Evening Entertainment is popular aboard the ships and Mentalism acts becoming more and more so. I am very excited about it all, and this is my first time aboard a liner so hope I have sea legs!

My mentalism show, Reality Vaccine, is also being brought back again to the SouthStreet Theatre in Reading on the 8th of June, due to popular demand. It was a sellout show in January!

There will be Close up magic to start from 7pm , with the show starting at 8 pm. There will also be an interval this time.

To book

Box Office: 0118960 6060

boxoffice@readingarts.com

http://www.readingarts.com/southstreet/whatson?pg=3

I am often asked to do some or all of my show by the Corporate world, but even if you are looking to spice up your private event with a little stand up After dinner entertainment, then Contact me now.

Whenever I have had to visit a doc in the NHS, I have always been treated with courtesy, care and professionalism.

I have had the good fortune of working for the NHS a fair bit. I commented on the one I performed in Olney in Bedfordshire in my blog on the 22nd of December last year.

However I have worked also for Coventry NHS. The first time was for the Big Health Event they held for the public. The NHS had many boothes in which various departments talked and explained about there particular health subjects. I walked around the large arena based in the Ricoh Stadium performing  Close Up magic for the public and also a Stand Up piece just after lunch.

Below is a captured moment where I was entertaining the Mayor of Coventry.

Magic for the Mayor

Recently I had the opportunity to revist the Ricoh centre and the NHS with my talented magician friend Simon Alexander where we did  Strolling and Table magic for their  LS Awards event.

They had such a successful evening and enjoyed the magic so much they have asked us back in July!

If your business is looking for an Awards evening entertainment or perhaps a Christmas party entertainer, and you would like to add some magic to the proceedings then Contact me now. I work all over the country including London, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire and Oxfordshire.

It is however, a great idea. Sure, birthday boy or girl won’t be picking a card or the magician reading their minds…well it might work…’ga ga’ or ‘I want sweetie’..could well be going through their minds, but it is the rest of the group that have arrived to celebrate the start of new life who are looking for the Birthday entertainment .

I performed at Tansy Round’s 1 year old birthday party in Reading. It was a while ago as I remember it was a lovely sunny day and their were lots of happy kids and busy moms! Tansy wrote later,’ Thank you for coming on saturday, everyone thoroughly enjoyed the magic’.

But you don’t have to be 1 to have a good birthday…

'I do love my pressie!'

Alan hired me to perform magic at his wifes birthday party at the Chequers Brasserie in Cookham Dean in Buckinghamshire. Lesley was not informed that I was coming. Her close friends and family came for the celebration dinner at which I performed close up Table magic. After the dinner, I stated that I was going to leave after performing one last effect. Without going into too much detail, I produced some keys , which were keys to the hot little motor in the pic above, Alan’s awesome birthday gift to her! It was such a lovely moment when she peeked outside and saw what the keys were for.

Alan kindly sent this quote a couple of weeks later, ‘ This was a vey special date for me, my wife Lesley’s 50^th birthday.  I have worked in corporate events for 20 years which meant booking Professional entertainers at all levels.  When I met Ian Souch I knew instinctively that he was exactly what I needed to make Lesley’s birthday very special. At a dinner party for 9 Ian astounded and astonished the guests, I am still hearing “how the h*ll did he do that?” The finale was a magical masterpiece, producing the key to Lesley’s gift, an MX5, this redefined the term ‘gobsmacked’,  bloody brilliant. I don’t think that really does you justice Ian, but I hope it helps?’

Alan, I am so pleased you all had a good time and enjoyed the magic. It really was my pleasure.

If you or anyone you know have a birthday celebration of any age and would like it to have Magical entertainment, then Contact me now to discuss it.

Perfect Wedding day in Kent

I love doing magic at Weddings! Everyone is up for a party, Magical entertainment and to share a special occasion.

Shereen hired me to perform for her wedding at Whitstable Castle in Kent. Now although I am from Buckinghamshire, I do travel around a fair amount to magical gigs so if you are unsure whether I will travel to a specific location, just ask.

This is a lovely venue for a wedding and Shereen had loads of family and friends at the after ceremony party that we filled the entire castle with very happy people. I had my work cut out running from different sections of the castle performing Table magic.

Shereen emailed a week later: ‘Everyone had a great time and they LOVED the magic. We want another party to see it all again! Thanks again for being such a magical part of our day!’  It really was my pleasure as you were all such a lovely crowd.

Get in touch with me today for a quote on how to make  your Wedding day that extra bit special.

Beaumont House Wedding

I was hired by the lovely Jo Jo from LJ Chinese restaurant in Fareham to be there    New Year Magician and perform table magic for her guests celebrating the New Year.

It was a full house so the there was a great atmosphere and loads of good food and  Magical entertainment.

Jo Jo emailed the other day saying, ‘ Thank you very much for your performance last night. It really enhanced the whole evening. I am very sure you will be coming back very soon. Everyone (including myself) enjoyed the evening; especially your magic’.

Thank you Jo Jo – Gung Hay Fat Choy (Happy New Year)!

If you would like to discuss how to Make your party a success, please Contact me now.

Anyone for barbequed hands?

Magic gets me to visit some interesting places and meet fascinating people. I love the above photo wiich was caught just at the right moment by photograher Keith at Studio Rouge.

From the private residence in Ascot, where I performed for a family group New Years Eve. Ruth, the lovely host for the evening emailed later saying, ‘Your ‘entertainment’ really was magical in every sense of the word and we are still talking about you and your ‘tricks’, to the Majestic Mercure Castle Hotel in Windsor where I did  for an evening recently.

Magic can even wisk you off to the wilds of Maids Moreton in Buckingham where I had the opportunity to meet some fine young people at a 21st birthday bash. I fortunately got in there before the drinking games began! Ross the booker, said to me, ‘Everyone enjoyed the magic and from talking to people afterwards, it sounds like you may pick up some more work’. That’s how it works most of the time to be honest, word of mouth.

If you have a Private function and would like to bring a little magic into the event then Contact me now. As we have the Olympics coming up this year, there is lot’s to celebrate so give me a call on 07984 937 415 for some Olympic magic!

Dr Souche'

I am bringing my Mentalism Show, Reality Vaccine to the SouthStreet Arts Centre Theatre on the evening of Friday the 27th of January 2012. Mentalism is a fusion of magic, suggestion, psychology and body language reading. The evening will start with close up magic by amazing colleagues of mine at 7pm followed by the show at 8pm.

Tickets can be bought by phoning the box office on: 0118 960 6060 or emailing boxoffice@readingarts.com. Cost is a £ 8.50 which may incurr a booking fee.

Some quotes from various other performances:

‘Ian performs feats so impressive they make him appear psychic’.

3 Weeks Edinburgh Fringe Review

‘Souch is a clever man playing withour mememory and preconceptions’.

Snipelondon Camden Fringe Review

‘The man is phenomenal!!’ JoAnne Good on The Late Show – BBC London Radio

I also perform my show or parts thereof at Private parties or Corporate events, so if you would be interested in enhancing your event with some Mind Reading, then Contact me now on 07984 9379415.

Normal cards..just on steroids!

This Christmas has allowed me to perform in lots of interesting places from the Stand Up show I did at Bourne End Commuinty Centre (above pic) to Reading where again I performed Close Up magic at the Hilton Hotel for RSSL, to slighly further afield at the beautiful Brooklands hotel in Weybridge, who very kindly fed me the most delicious burger I have ever eaten. Mmmm..magic makes me hungry! There I performed for MLL Telcom who were very responsive to the magic.

Balls Brothers Bar in North Bank London

I performed at the above bar in London for some newly qualified barristers…I made certain not to attempt to steal their watches! I even ended up in Olney Bedfordshire performing a stand up show for the NHS. They were great fun and I had a message from the booker Hazeera a couple of days later, ‘Thank you so much for entertaining me and my colleagues today. You really made them smile and you even got our resident Grinch to cheer up! Having something like this to end the year was definitely worth doing and we all appreciated the fun and how simple you made it look. I will certainly recommend you and happy to send a testimonial.’

If you are looking to book some fabulous Magical entertainment for christmas or New Year, Contact me to discuss your requirements.