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You have opened A Box of Tricks, inside you will find everything you need for a magical children's party; magic, fun, balloons, laughter, puppets and giveaways! Magician and Children's Entertainer, David Oakley is based in Stafford, but regularly entertains at venues, large and small in other areas including, Cheshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
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Magician David Oakley is one of the UK's busiest entertainers and has been performing his family magic show "A Box of Tricks" professionally since 1992. During this time he has brought magic to thousands of parties and celebrations, helping to make all occasions memorable. If you book David Oakley for your next children's party, it will be a party to remember, full of magic, fun, laughter, prizes.
For older children (age 8 +) how about booking David Oakley to teach your child and several of their friends, some amazing magic tricks that they can then wow their friends and family. The magic workshop would ideally run for 1 hour and David would perform some magic tricks and then explain exactly how they are done.
Balloon modelling adds fun and excitement to any party, Family Fun Day, Store Promotion, School fete or play group function. It entertains the children and adults alike! David's repertoire of balloon models is extensive, being able to create dinosaurs, monkeys, poodles, lions and tigers, squirrels, rabbits, frogs and many more!
For many years, Magician David Oakley was the longest serving member of the entertainment team at Cadbury World in Birmingham. Performing Family Magic Shows in the Cadbury World show marquee, during school holidays and on several weekends during the year. David has also performed mix & mingle close up magic, for many events and promotions at Cadbury World.
Since 2002, David Oakley has been performing Magic and Balloon Modelling at many hospitals for the Pod Children's Charity. Every month, David visit's Birmingham Children's, Heartlands, Redditch and Worcester hospitals.

As well as those regular shows, David entertains at several other hospitals and hospices, including Acorns, Crewe, Dudley, North Staffs, Oswestry Orthopaedic, Shrewsbury, Stafford, Sutton Coldfield, Telford, Walsall and Wolverhampton.His visits to these hospitals help to cheer the children up and take their mind off being in hospital.
Reviews (9)
Extraction Limited
Extraction Limited
Nov 24, 2021
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Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value
Absolutely brilliant magician and entertainer. David kept the children (and adults!) entertained for a whole hour. There was so much laughter! We couldn't have asked for a better or more professional act for our son's birthday party. Thank you David.
Gareth Davies
Gareth Davies
Nov 13, 2021
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David was fantastic at our sons birthday party. The kids loved the show, the parents also found it great fun. Lots of treats and balloon models given out. An amazing time.
Thank you
Quarter Events Team
Quarter Events Team
Nov 12, 2021
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We Booked A Box of Tricks over the Halloween weekend, and we were extremely happy with the services the lovely Mr Oakley provided for our facilities, and our customers. Great engagement with the children and parents. Overall, a high quality, value for money children's shows. Mr Oakley's fabulous magic show left the audience, and us wanting more! Highly recommend, and will book again for future events.
Rebecca Thomas
Rebecca Thomas
Oct 30, 2021
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We had a party for a relatively large number of children and David was able to hold their attention and keep them well entertained. Couldn't have done it without him. Professional and reliable. Would recommend.
Katie Watson Jones
Katie Watson Jones
Oct 15, 2021
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Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness
We had David for a 5th birthday party and the kids (and adults) were hooked the whole way through the show. There was so much giggling and screaming with laughter, it was a delight to watch. I would highly recommend. Thanks so much.
Gary McCormack
Gary McCormack
Aug 26, 2021
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Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness, Value
Absolutely brilliant, We booked David for a 2 hour show for our daughters 7th birthday party and the show was brilliant from start to finish. We asked our daughter what was the best thing about her birthday and she said the magician, So we couldn't be happier.
Tracey Harrison
Tracey Harrison
Jun 12, 2021
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A Box of Tricks entertained families from NAS Stafford yesterday via Zoom and we all had a thoroughly good time! David's blend of silliness and amazing magic trickery had his young audience smiling and laughing and eye popping! We had lots of lovely feedback from our families who really enjoyed themselves, including one parent who said that her daughter doesn't normally engage with Zoom but was completely absorbed throughout. Thank you to David and Dennis!
Gopal Varma
Gopal Varma
Sep 17, 2020
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David provided a first class service for our daughter's birthday party.
From the initial booking to the day itself, David was extremely professional.
His show is hilarious for children and adults alike. We received many compliments from people about how he kept the audience of 30 children hooked. 100% recommended :)
Kellie Warmer
Kellie Warmer
Dec 23, 2019
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My original entertainer let me down 4 weeks before my daughters 5th birthday party, with it being Christmas all other entertainers were fully booked. David was literally a life saver, he already had a party in the morning however went out of his way to ensure my little girls party wasn’t ruined.
David entertained the kids for the whole time and they had lots of fun, everyone enjoyed it and the day was saved. I would definitely recommend