Milner's Magic

General information

John Milner’s career began at four years of age when an uncle gave him a David Nixon box of magic tricks. He completed his first professional show at the age of ten, and in 1963 & 65 appeared in the finals of the “Magic Circle’s Young Magician of the Year Competition”. In 1968 he became a full Member of the Magic Circle and after a difficult examination to become an Associate of the Inner Magic Circle with a Silver Star. He was promoted to a Member of the Inner Magic Circle with Gold Star in 1998 after a unanimous decision of the Council of the Magic Circle in recognition of his long experience within the world of magic and his known performing ability.
TV Credits include : as ITV’s New Faces, Up For The Cup, BBC’s Pebble Mill Showcase and Pebble Mill at One. More recently he had a cameo part in Objective Productions film “Magicians” and his were the hands performing the Glass Bottle trick in BBC Wales documentary “The Art of Tommy Cooper”.
He was responsible for The Man in the Box appearing on ATV’s “Saturday Show” in the Talented Teacher section and for the Theatre’s well known character “Molly The Moppocrump” appearing with Tracie Hughes on BBC’s “Opportunity Knocks with Bob Monkhouse”, “Hart Beat” with Tony Hart, “Game for a Laugh” with Martin Daniels, “The Telethon 1988”, “Going Live” with Philip Schofield and ITV’s “Get Fresh”
John has appeared twice at No 11 Downing Street.
He is in constant demand by many of the UK’s top companies for product launches, presentations and all sorts of events. His great love however is close-up magic and he is one of the leading exponents of the Art in the UK today. He regularly performs for parties of 10 to 20 people and is often called “The Board Room Magician”.
In May 2011 John and his son James were both chosen to perform at reception and around the tables for a fund raising dinner at Knowsley Hall for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in the presence of HRH Prince Edward and hosted by the Earl & Countess of Derby.
Specialties

Magic at Corporate Hospitality Events, Product Launches, Conferences, Exhibitions, Wedding, Private House Parties, Rotary, Round Table and Masonic events