David Bale

06/07/2025

This is Jude Shauyb, who has just come second in Sancton Wood School's Got Talent competition. We worked together on two magic tricks for the show:- Holy Wood (in which a card passes through a block of wood) and a knot instantly appearing in a piece of rope. Congratulations! I'm very proud.

28/05/2025

Inside this building are a group of people full of life and fun. I had the huge privilege of entertaining Age UK Stanground Chat Club for the second time yesterday with a completely new show of magic. Once again, they were a wonderful audience, and they seemed to enjoy themselves very much. I certainly loved being with them for an afternoon. Magic, indeed !

10/05/2025

Another mind magic show for Cambridge City Trefoil Guild - they have all been Girl Guide leaders in the past, which is fascinating. The performance, on Wednesday 7 May, was in a ' church hall '. That's what it looks like. But it actually converts into the church for services. So simple - and very charming.

07/05/2025

A magic show for Alconbury cm Weston Women's Institute, yesterday evening. A lively, happy lot of people who were a wonderful and enthusiastic audience. By the way, they are one of the earliest established W.I.s - established over 100 years ago ( 108, I think they said ). Wow !

17/01/2025

16/01/2025

Did a show for Eaten Belles Womens' Institute. they say on their website - join them if you like laughter and cake. So I thought you'd like to see a picture of the cake - and a lady who magically named a dog ! Everything catered for in a Womens' Institute !

07/01/2025

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and are having a great 2025, everyone.
Here are just some of the people, at my show for the Larch Grove Community Centre Christmas Party on the evening of 20th December. As you can see - quite a festive event !

24/12/2024

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
Have a happy, wonderful and glittering Christmas, everyone.

20/12/2024

Walk-around table magic, again, to warm people up for Terry's Christmas function at The Willow Café and Function Rooms in Peterborough Central Park. Here they all are - and here's Terry Rowe, who organises the whole thing - Christmas music and carols, three wonderful singers, Christmas dinner and dancing. Wonderful !

16/12/2024

So ... the other night, the privilege of doing a few tricks to ( hopefully ! ) brighten up part of the evening at the Friends of Rock Road Christmas Party. Here's an interesting thing - as an ex-librarian - giving my first performance of magic in a library !
Very tasty mince pies... and lovely people, of course.

15/12/2024

31st October : The Friends of Rock Road Library asked me along to perform in the open air, in the dark, for people who were coming in after trick or treating on Hallowe'en Night. A lovely lot of people and a pretty unusual experience ! Frankly, it's surprising that anyone ever came near me, looking like that.

22/05/2024

I played a magic show for Larch Grove Grove Community Centre in Peterborough, this afternoon. What a friendly, happy place ! It poured with rain outside, but lots of people came in spite of the weather, and I tried out a new, updated ( better ) version of an old trick on them ( they didn't know that ! ). To my delight and surprise, Carol Hamilton, at the centre, rang me when I got back to book me for their Christmas party. Hurray !