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Noel Qualter
Born (1977-01-07) January 7, 1977 (age 47)
NationalityBritish
OccupationMagician
Websitewww.noelqualter.com

Noel Qualter is an English close up magician, magic creator and magic consultant. He is a Member of the Inner Magic Circle (Gold Star).[1]

He is known for the originality of his magic, being the only magician to win the Magic Circle Originality Award three times in succession, in 2014,[2] 2015[3] and 2016.[4] He also won the Cecil Lyle Award at the Magic Circle Awards 2018.[5] He has been featured on the cover of the March 2016 edition of the Magic Circle magazine, Magic Circular and published the trick Technote in the November 2015 Genii magazine.[6] He is known for tricks such as iDeck,[7] Alarmed[8] and BLISS.[9]

Qualter specialises in close up and iPad magic. He came second in the Magic Circle Close Up competition in 2015,[3] and performs for private and corporate events around the world.[10] He debuted his stand up iPad magic show "Tech Tricks" at the Edinburgh International Magic Festival in 2017,[11] and has appeared twice at the Magic Castle in Hollywood.

As a magic consultant[12] he has worked with Objective on the CBBC shows "Help, My Supply Teacher's Magic" and “Help, My Supply Teacher’s Still Magic". He was also a magic consultant for the BBC3 show "Killer Magic", and the BBC1 show “Now You See It”. He was filmed for Season 1 of Penn and Teller's "Fool Us" in London in 2011, has appeared on BBC's The Apprentice[13] and created magic to accompany a report on Watchdog.[14]

Qualter lectures regularly to magic societies around the UK and Europe. In recent years he has written and presented a live magic panel show "Never Mind The Buzzsaw" at magic conventions The Session[15] and Blackpool Magic Convention,[16] featuring appearances from magicians such as Paul Zenon, Joshua Jay, Andi Gladwin, John Archer and Etienne Pradier

References

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  6. ^ "Genii Magazine November 2015". Genii Magazine. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  7. ^ "iDeck review". My Lovely Assistant. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  8. ^ "Alarmed review". My Lovely Assistant. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  9. ^ "Noel Qualter BLISS review". Vanish Magic Magazine 49. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  10. ^ "Doing magic will get you 40 lashes". SW Londoner.
  11. ^ "Edinburgh International Magic Festival 2017 programme" (PDF). Edinburgh International Magic Festival. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  12. ^ "IMDB page". IMDB. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  13. ^ "Your Hired! British "The Apprentice" Hires Noel Qualter". Inside Magic.
  14. ^ "Watchdog". Vimeo. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  15. ^ "Review - The Session convention 2016". Magic Daily.
  16. ^ "Magic Week - issue number 915". Magic Week. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)