Magical Bones
Born
Richard Essien
OccupationMagician
Websitehttp://www.magicalbones.com

Richard Essien known professionally as Magical Bones is a UK-based magician, illusionist and Bboy.

Career

He started his career as a dancer with Madonna, The Black Eyed Peas,[1] Alicia Keys, and Plan B,[2] and starred in the music video for Mint Royale's "Singin' in the Rain".[3] He also performed around the world including for Madonna's son's 10th birthday party.[4]

TV appearances

In 2015, he starred in Sky's Around the World in 80 Tricks,[5] and appeared twice on This Morning.[6] He was a finalist in series 14 of Britain's Got Talent in 2020,[7] where related the story of Henry Box Brown.[8] He featured alongside Penn & Teller in their show Penn & Teller:Fool Us,[9] as well as Pure Magic[10] and Crackerjack[11] on the BBC. He appeared on Sky's, Unmuted.[12] and was the runner up for the ITV Christmas Special BGT: Ultimate Magician in December 2022[13]

Theatre

Bones was cast[14] as one of the six magicians to feature in the West End magic show Impossible, which debuted at the Noel Coward Theatre and then went on to tour[15] around the U.K and globally in Dubai, Lebanon, and the Philippines.

Bones’ debut solo show Black Magic[16] sold out residencies at London’s Southbank Festival[4] and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and went on to play around the UK.[17]

His second show Soulful Magic[18] premiered in 2022 at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and was set for a nationwide tour in the spring of 2023. His sister, comedian Eme Essien, was also proforming at the Edinurgh Fringe at the same time.[19]

References

  1. "CELEBRITY MAGICIAN MAGICAL BONES EXPLAINS HOW HE MET POP QUEEN MADONNA". Fubar Radio.
  2. "Britain's Got Talent finalist Magical Bones bringing mesmerising magic show to South Mill Arts". Bishops Stortford Independent.
  3. "Daily Motion".
  4. 1 2 "Richard Essien: The man making breakdance magic". BBC News.
  5. "Around the World in 80 Tricks". 1 September 2015 via Insight TV.
  6. "Watch BGT magician Magical Bones freak out Holly Willoughby years BEFORE his Britain's Got Talent audition". Entertainment Daily.
  7. "Which acts are through to the Britain's Got Talent 2020 finals? - Full list of finalists so far". Radio Times.
  8. "BGT magician exposes his own trick on stage - but stuns with emotional twist". The Mirror.
  9. "The Magic R App". Voot.
  10. "Pure Magic". BBC.
  11. "Crackerjack". BBC.
  12. "Unmuted". Sky.
  13. "BGT: Ultimate Magician". Evening Standard. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  14. "Video: Impossible's Magical Bones". Official London Theatre. 14 July 2016.
  15. "Stuntman puts a live scorpion in his mouth in thrilling magic show". Manchester Evening News.
  16. "Broadway Baby".
  17. "Britain's Got Talent finalist's tour reaches Solihull". Birmingham Press.
  18. "Assembly Festival".
  19. "Sibling revelry: the brother and sister hitting Edinburgh fringe with magic and comedy". The Guardian.
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