September 2025 - John Hotowka Lecture

John Hotowka is a Yorkshire based Magician with over 35 years experience, performing magic for most of the blue chip companies in the UK at their corporate events, trade shows and conferences. John also specialises in close-up magic and is the author of ‘Everything You Wanted To Know About Table Hopping But Were Afraid To Ask’.

John’s lecture, ‘Close-up that paid off my mortgage,’ has been created to give back to the magic community that has helped and inspired him to get where he is today.

In this lecture you’ll learn some of the routines he still uses today that have been honed over 3 decades, performing to every type of audience you can think off. You’ll learn all the wrinkles, theatre of performing close up under fire and in all conditions. This lecture contains something for everyone with performances, explanations and anecdotes from John’s wealth of knowledge and experience.