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Abracadabra! Top magician appears on Your Voice | Dorset Podcast
Magic by Alfie, a Dorset-based magician and the UK's Wedding Magician of the Year came on to our podcast.
Dorset-based magician Magic by Alfie was crowned the UK’s Wedding Magician of the Year at the beginning of 2025. He came onto the latest episode of Your Voice | Dorset Podcast to tell us all about his work and perform some tricks.
‘Magic by Alfie’ is, of course, a stage name (his real name is Matt). Alfie got into magic 15 years ago while studying at university. He was impressed by the attention a friend was getting for performing card tricks and so looked online to learn how the tricks were done.
“After one or two tricks, I was hooked,” Alfie recalls. “I grabbed a deck of cards and was then in my room every single day for the next couple of weeks just practising.”
Alfie began to perform more and more (and even spent over two years performing at a nightclub in Bournemouth) and developed his talent for close-up magic. Two years after starting in magic, he booked his first professional event.
He is now regularly booked to bring wonder and entertainment to weddings and parties, and this success was recognised in January at the prestigious Wedding Industry Awards when he won Wedding Magician of the Year. Alfie admitted it was “a bit of a shock”.
“Some of the names [in the final] were very, very big. These were people who’d been doing it longer than me, they were full time. As soon as my name was read at the front, I could not believe it.”
In the interview, which you can watch above, Alfie revealed more about his path to becoming a professional magician, revealed how he joined the Magic Circle, and even performed some amazing tricks for the team.
For all the latest videos subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/@dorset_view. And if you need a magician for your wedding or event, go to www.magicbyalfie.com.
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