DYNAMO IS REVEALING HIS SECRETS
HIS contacts book is awash with A-listers, supermodels and awardwinning musicians, yet master magician Dynamo admits there are still times he feels starstruck.
“I did a matinee show at the O2 Arena and my manager came in and told me someone had brought their kids to the show and really wanted to meet me. So I walk into this room and Brad Pitt comes running up to me and says, ‘Dynamo, your show was amazing! The kids loved it!’ I was slightly taken aback. I thought, ‘Oh my God, that’s Brad Pitt in the flesh!’
“I watched all of his movies growing up and I still watch them now. I was definitely starstruck for that one.”
Once a sickly kid from a notorious Bradford council estate with a jailbird father, Dynamo (aka Steven Frayne) is now one of the most awe-inspiring illusionists in the world. He has swallowed jewellery then pulled it out of his stomach, transformed snow into diamonds, walked – seemingly unaided – down the side of the 20-storey LA Times building and, most famously, ‘walked on water’ across the River Thames.
His street magic and amazing illusions – some magicians make coins disappear; he can make himself disappear – have earned him a massive fan base, with 2.36 million followers on Twitter, 708K on Instagram and four series of Dynamo: Magician Impossible under his belt. For the past two years, he’s been filling arenas on tour with his live show.
His love of magic even extends to his home in London’s Hampstead, where he has some magical furniture.
“I’ve got really cool magical chairs and TVs that appear out of nowhere – it’s exactly what you’d expect of a magician. The chairs kind of hover and levitate and stuff like that. Coming to a party at mine is definitely an experience.”
But he says he wants his personal space to remain private.
“My home is my solace, and it’s where only my closest friends and family get to see the cool things I like. Being a kid, I dreamed about these things, and now to be able to have them in my home is amazing.”
He’s been married to Kelly – whom he met at a music festival – for five years and says they would both dearly like to have children, but for now they have a puppy called Bunty.
“We would love kids, definitely in the future, when we’re ready. I’m touring quite a lot and I want to make sure that when I have children, I’m able to be around for them.”
The mild-mannered magician still entertains the masses dressed in his trademark hoodie, jeans and trainers, although his success has enabled him to levitate to designer brands, including Givenchy and Louis Vuitton.
He continues to perform for his circle of rich and famous fans and friends, and recently tweeted pictures of himself with a bevy of beauties at Cara Delevingne’s 25th birthday party in Mexico, attended Brooklyn Beckham’s photographic book launch earlier this year, and posted an Instagram snap of himself and Prince Harry at a recent awards ceremony.
“I still make my living performing magic at the best parties in the world. I can’t think of a better job. I’ve performed at Clarence House. It