About

Ian is acknowledged as an expert on Charles Dickens's magic and spiritualism.  He has spoken on the subject to the Dickens Fellowship and also at the prestigious International Conferences Dickens Online Journal and The Other Dickens. In 2012 he presented a paper on Dickens and Spiritualism to the Dickens 200 - Text and Beyond at the University of Pécs in Hungary.

When Ralph Fiennes was directing and starring in The Invisible Woman (a BBC film about Dickens' mistress Ellen Ternan) it was Ian Keable he first turned to for magical advice about the project.

He is an accredited lecturer for NADFAS where amongst his other talks he does one on Charles Dickens Conjuror: The Playbills of Victorian Showmen.  In 2014 he wrote Charles Dickens Magician: Conjuring in Life, Letters & Literature.  This is available to buy on this site.

Ian is also a professional magician, mind reader and Member of The Inner Magic Circle with Gold Star.  He has received a comedy award from The Magic Circle and has also won the British Champion of Comedy Magic.

He has written three books for the general public on magic and also two specialist books for the magic profession: this includes his highly acclaimed Stand-Up: A Professional Guide to Comedy Magic.

Ian has presented three previous one man shows: The Makings of a Magician, Conjuring Up Comedy and Funny Tricks.

For further information about Ian's non-Dickensian magic check out his Ian Keable website.