Richard Essien known professionally as Magical Bones is a
UK-based
magician
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Performers
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,
illusionist and
Bboy.
Career
He started his career as a dancer with Madonna,
The Black Eyed Peas,
, and
Plan B,
and starred in the music video for
Mint Royale's "
Singin' in the Rain
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".
He also performed around the world including for
Madonna
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's son's 10th birthday party.
TV appearances
In 2015, he starred in Sky's ''Around the World in 80 Tricks'', and appeared twice on ''
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''. He was a finalist in
series 14 of
Britain's Got Talent in 2020,
where related the story of
Henry Box Brown.
He featured alongside
Penn & Teller in their show
''Penn & Teller:Fool Us'', as well as ''Pure Magic'' and
''Crackerjack'' on the
BBC. He appeared on
Sky's, ''Unmuted.'' and was the runner up for the
ITV
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Christmas Special BGT: Ultimate Magician in December 2022
Theatre
Bones was cast
as one of the six magicians to feature in the
West End magic show
''Impossible'', which debuted at the Noel Coward Theatre and then went on to tour around the U.K and globally in Dubai, Lebanon, and the Philippines.
Bones’ debut solo show Black Magic
sold out residencies at London’s Southbank Festival
and the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
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and went on to play around the UK.
His second show ''Soulful Magic''
premiered in 2022 at
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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, and was set for a nationwide tour in the spring of 2023. His sister, comedian Eme Essien, was also proforming at the Edinurgh Fringe at the same time.
References
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Living people
British magicians
British television personalities
Year of birth missing (living people)
Britain's Got Talent contestants
British male dancers
British breakdancers