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QUESTIONS Steve Price has been a full-time magician for 16 years and regularly entertains on board five-star cruise ships – so he had to accept a complete change and take his show online last year. This summer he is bringing his hilarious show Magic On The Mersey to Liverpool
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What is your full name? Stephen John Price – nothing too embarrassing there!
What is your current job title/role? My job is to make people happy. The way I do that is through magic, comedy and sleight-of-hand.
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Describe your home life… One wife, and two pigeons in the garden.
What has been your highlight of the past 12 months? Taking my magic show online. It wasn’t something I’d ever considered doing before, but it became a necessity. I had to completely change the show so that it was still interactive. I’ve performed for companies, families, theatres… and I think online shows are here to stay.
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And the worst moment of the past 12 months? In the autumn we were all being encouraged to go back to work, so I created a show, the website, the tickets were on sale… and then we went into a second lockdown. I was heartbroken.
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If you were representing your country in the Olympics, which sport would you choose? Queueing – it’s a very British sport!
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What is your favourite drink? Chocolate milkshake.
If you had to take part in a competitive reality TV show, which would you have the best chance of winning: Strictly Come Dancing, The Great British Bake Off or I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!? That’s easy. There’s no way you would get me on Strictly or I’m a Celeb so it’s Bake Off all the way! I’d better get my apron…
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What is your guilty pleasure? OK, you have to try this! Imagine a random animal wearing a random item of clothing. Then search the internet for the results!
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What would be your desert island disc and why? Nina Simone singing “My Baby Just Cares For Me”. At our wedding reception, I made my wife Alice appear in her wedding dress, and this was the music we had playing.
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If you could come back as any animal, what would you be and why? A duck-billed platypus. They just sound cool!
If you could have one superpower, what would it be? What do you mean “If”? Haven’t you seen my show? It’s basically an hour of me doing impossible things!
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Who is your all-time hero and how have they inspired you? Tommy Cooper. He was a giant, he was uniquely brilliant. If you want to entertain an audience, there is no better example.
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What is your worst fear or phobia? I don’t like sprouts.
What’s the first thing you’d buy if you won the lottery? A pack of custard creams. Knowing my luck I’d only win £5!
What is your dream job – other than your current role, of course? At school I went to talk to the careers adviser. Imagine my surprise when the results came back: undertaker. I think she mixed up magician with mortician!
When did you last laugh uncontrollably and why? Just now when I searched for “horses wearing hats”!
Who would you invite to a celebrity dinner party? Jools Holland (to play piano), Banksy (don’t worry, I’m very good at keeping secrets), Mary Berry (to do the dessert) and the Queen (I’m not going to miss an opportunity like that!).
Where is your favourite place in the world and why do you love it so much? On stage – there is nowhere else like it. What is your proudest achievement so far? In August 2012, during the London Olympics, I became a Gold Star member of the Inner Magic Circle. Within the magic world, that’s the equivalent of winning a gold medal! Magic On The Mersey is at Aloft Liverpool on 3rd and 17th July and 7th and 28th August. Visit www. magiconthe mersey.com
“My careers adviser told me I should be an undertaker. I think she m ixed up magician with mortician!”
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