PETE FIRMAN | Britain’s foremost comedian magician
Pete Firman first burst onto our television screens in 2002 as cheeky Northerner 'Tufty' in Five's hit show 'Monkey Magic'. Since then he has traveled the world meeting his magic heroes and performing his own brand of anarchic magic in Sky One's ‘The Secret World Of Magic’ and amazed viewers with his ability to perform disgusting tricks with animals, cigarettes and big spiky things in Channel 4's ‘Dirty Tricks’.
He is recognized as the U.K’s leading comedian/magician, having performed on ITV1’s ‘Saturday Live Again!’ with Ben Elton, helped Justin Lee Collins become a conjuror on Channel 4’s ‘The Convention Crasher’ and performed alongside Rihanna in ITV1’s ‘For One Night Only’. Most recently Pete starred in BBC1’s primetime magic show ‘Don’t Miss A Trick' and ITV''s 'Comedy Rocks.'
"He is the funniest and by far the most accomplished performer on the New Magic scene...funnier than most comedians and more magical than Dumbledore on a good day. This guy is a complete star." TIME OUT
Pete also presents ‘Stake Out’ for BBC1, a hidden camera game show, which has just aired its second series.
In 2007 Pete performed his debut solo show, ‘Hokum’ at Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival to critical acclaim.
The show’s success led to Pete being invited to perform at the prestigious ‘2008 Just For Laughs Comedy Festival’ in Montreal, where he headlined the British comedy showcase ‘Britcom’ and performed in the festival’s televised gala.
This has been followed up with several more Edinburgh Festival shows, all attracting rave reviews.
“With the giddy fakir style trickery skills of Tommy Cooper and the flirtatious warmth of Eric Morecambe, he's a northern crowd-pleasing wonder.” THE LIST
