Halifax: Speaker, Entertainer & Magician
AFTER DINNER TALKS IN Halifax
Halifax is Calderdale's largest town, with superb Victorian architecture and a famous industrial heritage.. Here you will find The Piece Hall, a recently refurbished and stunning Grade I listed Georgian masterpiece, a former cloth hall.
After dinner speaker, Steve Short, author of popular and amusing talks on the giants of comedy and magic has given many talks to groups in this town. His talks feature a mix of magic and humour as he uncovers the lives of famous magicians and comedians of the past.
for an aFTER DINNER SPEAKER & Entertainer in Halifax. Call Billy on: 07803 125180
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Books
Recent books by Steve Short
David Nixon
Popular talks
Jasper Maskelyne
Born of a family of magicians, Jasper Maskelyne was a successful stage magician in the 1930s and 1940s, who, during the last war, was alleged to have been drafted into MI9, a secret department of the British Military Intelligence.
Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini is probably the world's most famous magician and escapologist. Born Erik Weisz in Budapest in 1874 he moved to to The States with his family in 1878.
David Nixon
David Nixon was the best known magician in the UK in the 1960s and 70s and one of the most popular personalities on British televison. Nixon was the inspiration for Steve Short's career as a professional magician.
Norman Wisdom
Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, was raised in extreme poverty and by the age of 11 he ended up in a children's home in Deal from which he ran away.
Laurel & Hardy
The world's most famous double act, Laurel & Hardy, started during the early Hollywood period of American cinema. Englishman, skinny Stan Laurel and the plump American, Oliver Hardy
Tommy Cooper
I went to the doctor; he said "I'd like you to lie on the couch". I said: "What for?" He said: "I want to sweep the floor." .