An Audience with a Magician
Event providers: Greater Manchester Higher

This engaging and innovative workshop will enthuse your learners, whether they have done public speaking before or not. Professional Magician, Sam Lowe, will cover tricks and tips for public speaking, building confidence and resilience, from the perspective of a performer. Learners discover how performance and public speaking are key in a successful Higher Education journey and will watch entertaining magic tricks, learning how to perform a trick themselves.
Let your students find their inner magic and potential with this workshop.
Workshop learning outcomes:
- List and explain the 5 key skills of public speaking.
- Identify where you will use public speaking skills.
- Demonstrate some of the public speaking skills during and after the session.
Students who have experienced the workshop said:
“I enjoyed seeing the magic tricks and learning how to prepare for a speech.”
“The most useful part of the session was the confidence techniques for me. I think it was flawless.”
“Cleverly weaving magic with a life message”
Workshop Details:
Year group: 9, 10 or 11
Group size: one class at a time
Length: 45-60 mins
Please note that this workshop is currently not available on a Wed and as with all booking enquiries is subject to availability.
GM Higher will need to record the participation of learners in line with our funding requirements, so we will ask you to provide a register.
Y9, Y10, Y11
On Request
Face-to-face
In School/College
Gatsby benchmark 7