Huddersfield: Speaker, Entertainer & Magician

after dinner talks by speaker steve short

AFTER DINNER TALKS IN Huddersfield

Huddersfield is a large market and university town with a building once described by John Betjeman as "the most splendid station façade in England".

Entertainer and magician, Steve Short, presenter of popular and amusing talks on the giants of comedy and magic has given many talks at many events in this town. His talks feature a mix of magic and humour as he uncovers the lives of the famous magicians and comedians of the past.

for an aFTER DINNER SPEAKER & Entertainer in Huddersfield. Call Billy on: 07803 125180



Covering all of the UK including Lincoln, Harrogate, York, Hull, Sheffield, Beverley, Bridlington, Doncaster, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, Bourne, Brigg, Grantham, Horncastle, Louth, Market Rasen, Spalding in fact all of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Lancashire and Norfolk.

Books


Recent books by Steve Short

David Nixon

david nixon magician



Popular talks

jaspermaskelyne

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

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

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

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 and hardy

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

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." .