- Tom Lyon
Tom Lyon is a British escapologist and magician who has appeared a number times on on "
Blue Peter " and "Richard & Judy " amongst other television shows.Background
Lyon wanted to be an escapologist from a very early age, picking toy handcuffs with a toothpick. He attended
Eton College in the 1990s, where he met fellow magicianDrummond Money-Coutts and was a member of the Eton College Magic Society, where he saw such performers asUri Geller . Whilst at Eton, he performed on many TV programs, such as "Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway ", "Richard & Judy ", "MAGIC", "Revolver", "Blue Peter " (five times), "Innovation Nation", "Xchange" and several international television programs.cite web |url=http://www.thelockkeeper.co.uk/ |title=Tom Lyon - escapologist |accessdate=2008-02-25 |format= |work=The Locksmith ] On an appearance of "Richard & Judy" he got out of a straightjacket and undid his handcuffs in 1 minute and 53 seconds, and then, in under 3 seconds, got out of handcuffs he was wearing and tied Richard and Judy together.Fact|date=April 2008 He has also been featured in several newspaper articles, including the "Daily Mail " and the "Mail on Sunday". He made front page news in America in 2004 when he escaped from a vault. He also performed for private audiences, including The Countess of Rosebery, The Countess of Chichester, The Lady Chadlington and Sir Eric Anderson.He was reviewed as being "an amazing talent" ("Mail on Sunday"), proclaimed "astounding" ("Express") and it was said that his "future is golden" ("Daily Mail").
In 2006 he matriculated into Oriel College, Oxford. So as to concentrate on his studies, he has left the public eye for the present, although along with
Drummond Money-Coutts , he toured Kenya performing magic, and a DVD,Kenyan Conjurations , was produced on their exploits, stating that "In August 2007, two English magicians travelled to Kenya and performed their mini-miracles wherever they went. They were chased by prostitutes, bribed to cheat in a casino and gave one man a seizure. This is their story." The profits from the DVD will fund the building of a new school in Kenya. [cite web |url=http://www.kenyanconjurations.co.uk/ |title=Kenyan Conjurations ...the school built by magic|accessdate=2008-02-25 |format= |work= ]Lyon is currently collaborating with artist Ed Hawkins on a number of projects for future release.
References
External links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/content/articles/2006/03/06/060306_feature.shtml Blue Peter Article]
* [http://www.evenden-jones.co.uk/tom/actdetails.htm Tom Lyon at Evenden Jones]ee also
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Escapology
*Drummond Money-Coutts
*Eton College
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