Noel Qualter is an English
close up magician, magic creator and
magic consultant. He is a Member of the Inner
Magic Circle
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(Gold Star).
He is known for the originality of his magic, being the only magician to win the Magic Circle Originality Award three times in succession, in 2014, 2015
and 2016. He also won the Cecil Lyle Award at the Magic Circle Awards 2018, and on 26 February 202
he fooled Penn & Telleron episode 21 of series 7 of Penn & Teller: Fool Us. He has been featured on the cover of th
March 2016 edition of the Magic Circle magazine, Magic Circularand published the trick Technote in the November 2015
Genii magazine. He is known for tricks such as iDeck, Alarmed and BLISS.
Qualter specialises in close up an
iPad magic He came second in the Magic Circle Close Up competition in 2015,
and performs for private and corporate events around the world. He debuted his stand up iPad magic show "Tech Tricks" at the
Edinburgh International Magic Festival in 2017, has performed tech magic fo
CNET and has appeared twice at the
Magic Castle
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in Hollywood.
As a magic consultant he has worked with
Objective
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* Objective Productions, a Brit ...
on the
CBBC
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shows "
Help, My Supply Teacher's Magic" and “Help, My Supply Teacher’s Still Magic". He was also a magic consultant for the
BBC3 show "
Killer Magic
''Killer Magic'' is a British reality television series that shows five magicians competing against each other in tasks. A pilot aired on 1 April 2014 with a full series to follow on 24 March 2015. It is narrated by Matt Edmondson.
The five co ...
", and the
BBC1
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show
Now You See It. He was filmed for Season 1 of
Penn and Teller's "
Fool Us" in London in 2011, has appeared on BBC's
The Apprentice
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Created by U.S.-based British producer Mark Burnett, the show depicts contestants from around the country with various professional backg ...
and created magic to accompany a report on
Watchdog
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* Moscow Watchdog, a breed of dog that was bred in the Soviet ...
.
Qualter lectures regularly to magic societies around the UK and Europe. In recent years he has written and presented a live magic panel show "Never Mind The Buzzsaw" at magic conventions The Session and Blackpool Magic Convention,
featuring appearances from magicians such as
Paul Zenon
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He is the author of three books on magic, proposition bets and practical jokes, and an expert on the history of magic and magicians, variety, ...
,
Joshua Jay
Joshua Jay (born October 30, 1981) is a magician, author, and lecturer. He has performed in over 100 countries, and he was awarded the top prize at the World Magic Seminar in 1998. He fooled Penn and Teller on their hit show, ''Fool Us','' and ...
,
Andi Gladwin,
John Archer and
Etienne Pradier.
He is the cousin of
Declan Qualter
Declan Qualter is a hurler for Dublin and St Vincents. Qualter was born in Galway and opted to play hurling for Dublin where he is currently based. Qualter studied in Athlone Institute of Technology where he played in Ryan Cup and Higher Educ ...
, hurler for
Dublin GAA and
St Vincents GAA
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.
References
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Living people
English magicians
Magic consultants
1977 births