Magical Bones Explained

Magical Bones
Birth Name:Richard Essien
Occupation:Magician
Website:http://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]

Notes and References

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