KATIE TRICKETT

Wow, this event deserved its own post! Cafe de Paris is a beautiful venue near Leicester Square in London, we had the pleasure of performing there at a private event for a stunning and unusual wedding reception. The groom had a super clear vision, he wanted circus performers to walk into the wedding pretending to be lost- looking for the wedding party... when we found them we announced we were heading to Cafe de Paris for the reception and we walked the wedding guests across

Well the summer has been a whirlwind, 6 flights to 6 different countries in under two months! Time for some UK events and some more personal levels of planning! First up was Daniel’s 30th Birthday, a greatest Showman themed party he’ll never forget. With a ringmaster, vegas showgirls and giant stilt walker on site to welcome guests things got celebrations got underway pretty quickly. The venue, a beautiful LED lit tent has circus inspiration everywhere you looked from the cla

Cursed 2018 The Steampunk Circus and Cressing Temple Barns Another year in the Amphi-Fear-tre at The Cursed in Essex and this year we were put inside one of the old barns at Wat Tyler Park. The scare park had requested The Steampunk Circus so I spent a great day turning the empty barn into an indulgent, steampunk freak show complete with banner line up, festival lights, gold velvet backdrop and vintage record player. The barn was packed out six times a night to see our weird

Circo Muerto Shoot One of our regular Halloween contracts is at a super cool venue with a day of the dead themed scare attraction. Obviously Day of the Dead is actually a Mexican cultural day to celebrate the spiritual dead being able to return to earth to spend Dia de los Muertos with their families which takes place in November. It seems that the rest of the world are trying to embrace the Day of the Dead but class it as a halloween event. It makes it super difficult to ski

My first long haul! This trip was a bit of a reality check, I'd agreed to go to South Korea way back in February never thinking in a million years it would actually happen... fast forward to June and flights were being booked and schedules being confirmed! The booking was far from usual for me, I was performing somebody else's show with another performer-Lindsay, and it turned out we were representing the UK in an International Festival! Then we were told we would also be the

Tatcon Blackpool 2018! Another epic year at this event which is one of my favourites to be at! Johnny and myself showed off our new fast-paced duo spot we worked on over the summer and both took new acts for our solo spots as well. The awesome event photographers Ken Wilan and Richard McCann were on hand to capture the highlights and as always their work doesn't disappoint. The three day event in Norbrec Castle, Blackpool was once again filled with the sound of buzzing tattoo

Me and Strange just got back from Benidorm Tattoo convention! What a lovely event to perform at... I may have over estimated the Spanish heat in April and spent most of it covered up in my cardigan but I can't knock the Brits living out there who fully embrace the weather and seemingly live in shorts and vests despite it only being a little warmer than the UK! Anyway, the family organised convention was lovely and we felt very welcome. I had the pleasure of meeting Elaine Dav

The International Brotherhood of Magicians 81st Convention -Greenock Eeek! This was quite a big one for me! I’ve performed at magic conventions before but the the International Brotherhood (IBM) is a pretty prestigious convention and I knew that the gala show meant not only performing in front of my peers (fellow magicians) but also alongside a line up of potential ‘magic gods’, I hadn’t looked at the other acts list before I got there but it didn’t fail to disappoint! There

This weekend was the annual Showzam! event in Blackpool! The 4 day entertainment festival runs during February in the Winter gardens in Blackpool. This year I was lucky enough to work as part of the Sideshow Illusions Team with Jon Marshall! Showzam central filled the beautiful ballroom in the winter gardens and provided something for everyone! The traditional 1940s sideshow illusions "The Girl in the Goldfish Bowl" and the 'Headless Lady' were both there in their original gl