Simon Drake's House of Magic

16/08/2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHvqRTDi8PA

Simon Drake's House of Magic Show in London, opens again after a ve...

11/08/2026

I have only ever given one lecture on my craft or some may say ‘the art’ of magic an illusion. It occurred to me to perhaps let it find a wider audience amongst people with interests of: Stagecraft, timing, choice of material, making props including limited edition specialised magic items, mask work, accidents on stage and descriptions of my venue. Here is a short clip, the full video is only intended for those with the above interests and those who wish not to be aware of spoilers of my work should perhaps refrain. If you are interested please send me a message

I have only ever given one lecture on my craft or some may say ‘the...

04/08/2026

Peeking out from behind the rock to see if the heatwave is coming to an end so we can get on with our first House of Magic show in a while - tix in bio for 5th Sept. Some new tricks, new staff, new automata and totally new un**es.. (no not Temu, we learned our lesson!)

07/07/2026

Another fabulous wedding last Sunday as Joni and Julia tied the knot during our third heat wave of the summer. Party revellers were hard at it from 5pm till midnight with a band and DJ. Our chef Peter served a vegan buffet for 120 which went down very well but OMG it was HOT. Looking forward to the next event, Sid Quatrine on Saturday the 11th July, which promises to be really special! (Tix here https://www.houseofmagiclondon.co.uk/events-1)

26/06/2026

Here’s a music video entitled Archfiend just released by the band Amnesiak. It was apparently inspired by America’s first serial killer, H.H. Holmes who used the Chicago World's Fair in 1893 to prey on tourists. Shot entirely here at the House of Magic, I had no idea the beautiful lead singer Grace Wilson would end up shackled to the wall in my spooky old cellar. Best run down and make sure she is not still there!

ArchfiendSTREAM HERE 🔗 https://amnesiak.komi.io/Amnesiak - Arkfi...

22/05/2026

My mum who lives in NZ is now 93 and a couple of months ago she had a serious fall. She was in hospital for a while. It was very worrying as we nearly lost her. Thankfully she is now fully recovered and my daughter Alice and I spoke to her on cam last night. She is 100% better now with one rather special difference. She laughs at just about everything. Pretty much every line that was said was punctuated with happy giggles. What a great lesson she is to me and us all as we wade through life’s troubles. Her example really puts things in perspective with all the nonsense that can be thrown at one.

21/03/2026

Hosting a wedding party for these two love birds at the House of Magic this evening. Not many realise we host wedding receptions and have had some stunners over the years, including a Heavy Metal wedding, a rockabilly one, an Alice in Wonderland celebration, quite a few LGBTQ + and multicultural weddings and of course that highly memorable Star Wars wedding with real Storm Troopers escorting the bride on arrival!

https://www.houseofmagic.co.uk/private-hire

17/03/2026

One never really knows who may show up at the House of Magic…. Tickets going fast for the 11th April. Come and see what all the fuss is about.


Tickets here https://www.houseofmagic.co.uk/

17/03/2026

As I just mentioned regarding more events. Here’s a whole new one! A daft antidote to the pristine, sanitized, standard type of schmaltz burlesque. Expect comedy, eroticism, chaos, and gloriously bonkers performances.

(“Grotesque” is just the name — the performers are actually gorgeous…err.. mostly.)

Get ready for a night of beautiful chaos and glorious absurdity. ✨
Ticket link:
https://www.ticketline.co.uk/order/tickets/13380035/
https://www.houseofmagiclondon.co.uk/events-1

Our inaugural event features:
* Angel D’lite
* Hettie Naturals
* Marnie Scarlett
* Strawberry Duvall
* Swannee Vranckx

✨ Evening Schedule
7:00 pm till 12:00am
Strictly 18+ only
Tickets from £25 to £37.50

17/03/2026

After a difficult year my divorce is now final. It’s been a bruising process personally and financially, however the House of Magic is still standing and I’m choosing to throw myself into more events, more automata, more magic and certainly more madness. The show must go on!
If you’re planning a wedding, birthday party, fundraiser, corporate event, or the grand opening of a paper bag, we’ll make it unforgettable. We have some pretty wild shows coming up. This is our new Events site: https://www.houseofmagiclondon.co.uk/events-1
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