Pick pocket Lee Thompson was seen all over the UK last week Performing his Victorian street Thief act.
On Sat the 4th December Lee presented 4 shows at Europe’s biggest German Market , in Victoria square In Birmingham UK. Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market has become a huge favourite with both residents and visitors to the city from all over the UK and Europe.  It is now the largest outdoor Christmas Market in the country, Birmingham has been twinned with Frankfurt for more than 40 years.

Now in its tenth year, the Frankfurt Christmas Market is the centerpiece of the city’s annual Christmas events calendar.

Birmingham’s own traders offer an entirely different selection of beautiful hand-crafted items at the Christmas fair, created by local artisans, as well as ethnic goods imported from all over the world. Traditional stalls offered the usual array of beautiful handmade toys, Christmas decorations, original jewelery and craft goods as well as a carousel to keep younger visitors entertained.

Visitors can enjoy the delights of German mulled wine (Gluhwein), grilled sausages, vegetarian options, pretzels, German beer, and for those with a sweet tooth, gingerbread, crepes and marzipan sweets.

At the heart of the market in Victoria Square each year is a traditional bandstand where musicians perform every lunchtime and evening. Groups of local carol singers and school children also stage special performances throughout the festive period.

Local performer Lee Thompson’s Pickpocket act is a favourite for Family audiences and international visitors , Lee can present his Pickpocket show In English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese and still remains the UK’s ONLY pickpocket head hunted and hired by Cirque du Soleil.

Also business partner Rags the clown was booked to mix and mingle performing impromptu comedy magic and balloons through out the day specializing with smaller children with the hugely favourite Rags fun time singalong where Rags takes the children on a fun imaginary journey with comedy fun songs, puppets and Maketon sign language  and physical interaction great fun to keep you entertained for the whole weekend.
Visit Lee Thompson and Charley Farley and Rags to see what  entertainment they can offer to help make your next event amazing!

Pick pocketing at 32’000 feet

Another crazy gig landed (No pun intended) on our desk for Lee Thompson the UK’s only Pickpocket Head Hunted and Hired by Cirque du Soleil.
This time Lee was hired to pickpocket a client on Emirate’s airline’s, Lee was asked by newly webs David and Susanna Simtra to pickpocket one of their guests while on the flight bound for The Jumeirah beach resort in Dubai. The client asked Lee to pickpocket the groom’s father ( Photos to follow)
Also this month Lee was Headline act on the Sapphire Princess from Auckland to Fiji performing 2 x 45 mins shows to packed houses on the ship.

Virgin media on the 7th November had a Sc-fi party at Battersey Power Station where pickingpockets.com performed as The Alien Babies (another great walk about act created by Lee Thompson) Mixing and Mingling with international guests.

Royal Financial hired Lee Thompson on the 11th November to meet and greet their guests as the Dickensian Door man and not only steal from them but also secretly load old English penny’s into guests pockets at Vintners Hall and perform his International Pick Pocketing act.
As December approaches Bookings are flooding in for Lee’s interpretation of Charles Dickens “Fagin” here Lee Thompson present’s ‘Fakin’; the look-alike that also does alike!! Together with his counterpart ‘Nancy’, they transport the audience to a time very dear to everyone’s hearts.

With stylised ‘mix and mingle’ entertainment at its best, Fakin and Nancy climax with “Ohm Pa Pa” plus a pick pocketing cabaret that will bewilder all whom have the pleasure of witnessing a master crafts man at work!

As the old saying goes “Please sir, can I have some MORE?”
YES YOU CAN BUT YOU BETTER BOOK EARLY…!!.

Since leaving Cirque du Soleil this February we have had some great busy months here at the Pickpocket.com head quarters.  We have had another crazy amount of wacky and wonderful gigs.  We were part of the Film Festival at Chiswick House Gardens, hired to perform for the outdoor showing of the star studded cast 1996 Tim Burton cult movie Mars Attacks.  We had 2 of our 8 foot Mechanical Aliens Mixing and mingling amongst the guests and 2 of our Animatronics Movie quality Alien Babies causing mayhem.

We were also  asked to perform at Kensington Palace, performing close up Pick Pocketing and Street Scams and cons at our Victorian Bunco Booth.

Our Eccentric comedy waiters have been performing at many weddings this month giving absolutely terrible table service in a hilarious manner with a twist , performing close up magic, comedy and after dinner cabaret.

Lee Thompson has been performing as a Headline act on many cruises,  Royal Caribbean Independence of the seas, Celebrity and Princess cruises.

3 different unique Acts showing his many skills, Mime, Magic, Physical Comedy, Juggling, Clowning and his Comedy Pickpocketing show.

Just to add to our already busy schedule we now own all of the professional magic range of JL2 Magic wallets, details coming soon.

Have you ever noticed that when people watch magic they always try to figure out “How did he do that?”

Over the last 5 consecutive years Lee Thompson and his team have been hired to perform at the N.E.C (National Exhibition Centre) Birmingham, West Midlands for Blue Max Group.

This year they once again hired Cirque du Soleil performer and lead Pick Pocket, Lee Thompson to help draw meaningful traffic to their stand.

Automatically putting spectators mind into thinking mode, Lee’s performance is the key to a great method that relaxes and reassures prospective clients bringing them onto the stand.  Using psychologically intriguing entertainment to create a busy stand and draw attention away from the competition therefore increasing new client potential.

The performance is a fun engaging and animated activity on the stand, building a great relationship which is unique and enjoyable trade show entertainment that gives event attendees an enticement to visit the Blue Max stand.

If clients were not aware of the company before, they are now.

The Tradeshow visitors enjoyed great sleight of hand magic, stage picks pocketing, which is a unique experience that all event visitors remember and enjoy.

Lee’s close up magic, stage pick pocketing and illusions are a great entertainment vehicle that compliment sales messages and brand positioning to provide great impact that delivers sales results and maximises sales opportunities.  Sales representatives can take advantage of the huge crowds attracted to the stand gaining potential leads.

Contact us NOW for your event.

A party is not a party if you don’t have someone or something like party entertainers to make it a little more exciting. Sure for a kid’s party there are many things you can do to entertain them yourself, but how long is that going to last? If you have someone that the kids don’t know, they are more likely to sit and watch the entire act. With party entertainers you may not have to go through too much trouble with other means of entertainment. Use the entertainer for as long as you like and then you can have the kids doing something constructive like a treasure hunt or something else amusing.

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