Marvin’s Magic has inspired millions of magicians throughout its 35-year history and in the past weeks there have been two stand-out achievements from Marvin fans.

Cillian O’Connor meets Marvin Berglas, the creator of Marvin’s Magic

On the opening episode of the new series of Britain’s Got Talent, 13 year-old Cillian O’Connor, from County Meath in Ireland, wowed the judges with a confident performance, securing his place in the semi-finals with four ‘Yes’ votes from Simon, Aleshia, Amanda and Bruno.

Cillian is a huge Marvin’s Magic fan and won the 2021 Argos/ Marvin’s Magic competition following the Xmas Magic TV campaign. In various subsequent TV and national press interviews recently, he has credited Marvin Berglas and Marvin’s Magic as a big influence and key to getting him started.

Cillian is a current Junior Ambassador for Marvin’s Magic and has appeared at various Marvin’s Magic events alongside seasoned demonstrators within FAO Schwarz at Arnotts in Dublin. His Britain’s Got Talent performance has gone on to rack up 155m views on social media.

A few days after Cillian appeared on TV, 25-year-old John Duffett from Redbridge beat five other finalists to win the coveted Magic Circle Close Up Magician of the Year. John is a current member of the Marvin’s Magic demonstration team at Hamleys of Regent St and cites his ‘flight time’ demonstrating Marvin’s Magic and regularly interacting with the daily crowds as instrumental to his success.

Coincidentally, both Cillian and John grew up with autism and each said that magic was a positive channel for their talents and helped to develop their social skills and confidence.