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GOLD STARS We asked local stars to tell us about their talented careers and reveal where it all started and their career highlights..
NATHAN HEDGER
My name is Nathan Hedger and I have been performing magic for about 15 years. I have been doing it as a profession since 2014 and full time for about five years. I perform both roving magic and stage shows however I get the most joy performing close up magic in a roving environment. When you first want to become a magician you see all these tricks and illusions and want to know how it’s done. With some of them, when you become a professional, you know the secret so you don’t get that same amazement as easily as you used to. For me I had to find another way to enjoy it, and that’s when I began to love the audience reactions. That is what I love and strive for. Being part of making someone smile, or laugh or go ‘what the... that’s not possible!’ is an incredible feeling. I still remember the moment I really thought I wanted to do this, I was on a lunch break back when I was working for Supercheap Auto, went to get some food and walked past a couple sitting at a bar table. I had some of my early magic on me at the time and decided to ask if I could show them a trick. They agreed, I performed some tricks, thanked them, got my food and went back to work. About 30 minutes later, they came to find me at work to thank me. It turned out the woman had just lost her job, a few difficult things were going on and it was quite a rough day, yet that little bit of magic really turned things around and made her day so much better. To me, I didn’t do anything super special, but I realised being able to make someone’s day or make them smile, laugh or have their mind blown, (in a positive way), with magic, that is pretty special and I want to keep doing it.
92 GOLD COAST • PANACHE Magazine
