Real Name: Steve Walker.

Also Answers To: "That chap with the rubber bands." "The Hank Marvin of Magic." "The Wizard Of Oz."

Occupation / Title: Magician. Skeptic. Guitarist. (What a fantastic combination!)

Brief Summary: Steve is a superb magician who can handle just about any gig, but he's especially good at close-up magic of the right-in-front-of-your-eyes school. He performs with a very relaxed, easy-going style full of genuine warmth and wit. Any performer can learn a few one-liners, but Steve is a genuinely funny guy, with a sharp eye for the daft side of life and a very warm, charming, people-friendly manner. As a brief technical aside for any magi reading, Steve does the best versions I've ever seen of at least two classics: the so-called Lazy Man's Handcuffs and the Chicago Opener, both of which he performs to perfection.

World Records Held:
World's Best Exponent: Lazy Man's Handcuffs and Chicago Opener
First And Only Magician To Perform A Trick That Covered Me In Beer
Worst Choice of Guitar Hero-Worship (Hank Marvin)

Other Notable Achievements & Honours: Steve is one of those rare but fantastic people with a fully-fledged, 100% reliable sense of humour. He has a rich fund of genuinely funny stories to share, and he has a good eye for spotting the small idiosyncrasies and sillinesses that make life worth living. I also hold him in very high esteem as a working magician. I've seen him work close-up and on stage. I've seen him entertain everyone from small children to teenagers and senior citizens, and he has always been a huge hit.

Best Party Trick: Tipping a pint of beer over me. This happened during a trick that went wrong in a Sydney restaurant. "That's odd," said Steve, as I stood there dripping wet, "it worked fine when I practiced it".

Special Powers: (1) Possess an infectious laugh warm enough to melt the polar ice-caps. (2) Can make up songs on the guitar. (3) Seemingly inexhaustible repertoire of daft jokes that are actually funny.

Known Weaknesses: May sometimes fall asleep during lectures:

Catchphrase: "I'll do it again, this time more slowly...."