He lives in Weymouth, with his partner and young daughter and I was fascinated to hear about his work and his new E book. He is a close up magician and hypnotist, providing entertainment for weddings, party's and functions across Dorset and the South West.
Over a coffee in the Ship on the Quayside, he performed some card tricks on myself and my son Declan, we were both gobsmacked on the outcome. How did he do this? It's magic of course. He then turned the tables and I had to read his mind and think of the number he was thinking of. Difficult but I had a go, resulting in Chris producing the number of coins in his pocket I had given him the number of. Clever stuff.
The next trick was with red small sponge balls. I had to hold them in my hands tightly and move them in certain ways, this resulted in Chris removing my watch without my knowledge, holding it up like a naughty schoolboy. The mayor of Christchurch lost his in the same way, I am sure the look on his face was a picture too.
He continued to tell me about some of the functions he has performed at. The Charminser W.I. being one, he went along to their annual dinner providing entertainment at the tables. Weddings and parties are another popular booking for Chris. He has people come up to him in the street months later from these functions, asking him 'How did you do that, I could not figure it out.' He likes to mess with your mind us 'Muggles or 'Lay people'
With a DVD called 'Pierced' available from good magic stores and Amazon. His new E-book called 'Fresh and Chris P' an instruction book for other magicians. 'If you want a secret hidden hide it in a book' he told me with a sly smile. I asked Chris what was next. 'to go International' he replied laughing, 'just to continue what I do and get some more bookings' he said with an optimistic smile. I cannot wait for his next function and I will take a crowd of my friends and family along to add some magic to their lives too.
