Richard Cadell made a huge impact on the audience when he closed the Gala show at the 1992 Eastbourne Convention.

Previously he had generally been known as the youngest of The Magic Circle’s ‘Young Magician of the Year’ at the age of only 15. He just stunned the audience with his illusions especially his presentation of the ‘Dizzy Limit’ when he and his motor bike vanished in mid-air only to appear seconds later at the back of the theatre on his motor bike and riding down an aisle to the front of the stage.

It is no wonder that for the next eight years as one of Britain’s top illusionists he appeared on stage and television all over the world returning to the IBM Convention stage for its Diamond Jubilee celebrations of 1996 with another brilliant performance.

Richard will be again at this years Convention in Southport, but not as an illusionist but as the hand of that beloved TV puppet Sooty.

At Southport Richard is one of the acts in Children’s Showtime. For his spot he is planning to use as a background Harry Corbett’s original TV set of houses which will be so well remembered by a large number of our senior members from the early Sooty shows.

Further news of this year’s Children’s Showtime will be released shortly but it will be staged in the Southport Theatre at 10.30am on Saturday 26th September.

We will be providing more information during the run up to the convention, A guide will be going up soon detailing where the HQ hotel and convention center is, along with hotel booking and local information. We will also be working closely with The British Ring to help make Southport 2009 a success.