Scots magician Ryan Davidson stuns with brilliant balloon street magic

By now, you should have watched Scottish magician Ryan Davidson wow shoppers at Glasgow’s Silverburn with his incredible card tricks.

Missed it? Where have you been? Watch it now.

Next trick up Ryan’s sleeve involves a balloon and a young shopper’s mobile phone.

Watch as Ryan manages to ‘magic’ the mobile into the balloon.

The excited crowd of shoppers were amazed. We were stunned. The poor boy whose expensive Christmas presenter was trapped in a bright yellow rubber balloon was slightly terrified.

That’ll teach him to hand over his phone to strangers!

26-year-old Ryan is a rising star in the magic world, following on from the likes of Dynamo and David Blaine, who have resparked an interest in the skilled art.

The Castlemilk lad may be a fan of the magic masters, but it was actually a chance meeting with a hustler, while on holiday in Greece, that ignited his own interest in magic.

When Ryan returned from soaking up the sun, his research into modern con artists and card cheats inevitably crossed over into the art of magic and he has been a serious student of the art ever since.

Mastering his art through a host of corporate events, weddings and parties, the buzz surrounding Ryan recently lead to a four night show at Glasgow’s Buff club, which sold out within hours of tickets being released.

Due to demand, further dates were added and they too have gone like hot cakes.

If you want to catch Ryan in action, visit his official website and stay tuned to stv.tv/entertainment, where we will be bringing you more of his marvellous magic moments next week.

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