Pete Heat. Celebrity Gigs, Bad Nights and Filming Magic

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https://www.podbean.com/eau/pb-43us2-1b8df91

Pete Heat performs for some of the most famous people on the planet. We get into how those gigs actually come about, the Jude Law moment that reminded him to stop throwing his own tricks away, and why one rough show on a half-empty cruise ship says nothing about you.
Plus an exclusive: Pete’s finishing a book on filming magic, drawn from years as a TV consultant and cameraman, and he shares some of what’s in it.
Pete: peteheat.co.uk and @peteheat on Instagram. He’s also performing regularly at Magician’s Table in London.
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Thanks to Stuart Davies for editing.

Chapters
00:00 Intro05:36 Coming back after a break07:51 Cruise ships and the second 4510:53 Wanting to do magic you’d actually watch14:16 Close-up as a job, not your art16:56 AbraCircle17:40 Rough gigs and not beating yourself up21:16 Hitting the wall at a close-up gig24:14 The Fringe and the stage show26:01 Celebrity gigs, Margot Robbie and Mumford and Sons29:11 How do you get those gigs?32:52 Remembering what you do isn’t rubbish33:18 Jude Law and the Omni Deck36:37 Magic is a tiny part of most people’s lives41:56 New toys in the bag49:53 Why don’t magicians make more content?59:59 Positioning yourself as a high-end magician1:08:57 AI, tools and terrible posters1:13:48 Pete’s book on filming magic1:21:42 Taking charge when you’re being filmed1:26:14 Saying no without being a diva1:30:49 Where to find Pete