Pete Firman, the UK’s leading comedy magician, has been added to the line-up of the 2023 Shrewsbury International Comedy Festival flagship Gala Show.

The highlight of SICF will take place at Theatre Severn on the evening of Sunday 16 July.

The festival will also include performances from other comedians at multiple venues throughout Shrewsbury.

Described by Time Out magazine as ‘the funniest and by far the most accomplished performer on the New Magic scene…funnier than most comedians and more magical than Dumbledore on a good day’, Pete Firman’s live performances have taken him all over the world. His one-person shows have entertained sell-out audiences for over ten years at the Edinburgh Fringe and on numerous UK tours.

Having first graced TV screens in Channel 5’s groundbreaking series Monkey Magic and later starred in BBC1′s prime-time Saturday night series The Magicians, Pete has also appeared on The John Bishop Show, The Sarah Millican Television Programme and The One Show among many others. His contributions to several TV retrospectives include 50 Greatest Magic Tricks (Channel 4) and When Magic Tricks Go Horribly Wrong (Channel 5).

Pete has also published Tricks To Freak Out Your Friends, a beginner’s magic book for the 21st century, which is now in its second print run.

He will be performing alongside Adam Rowe, Clinton Baptiste and Paul Sinha. Tickets for the SICF Gala Show on 16 July are £33.50 and are available here.