Well, as usual, thanks so much for the support and encouragement.
I think it went really well. I had a lot of fun and I think the restaurant customers did too. The manager seemed quite impressed and asked if I could please give them more of my details so that other restaurants in the franchise can use me - which I guess is a good sign. I performed a fork bend for him (which is probably the thing I do best) and that seemed to do the trick.
It was a combination of children and adults - so it was interesting. I gravitated to the kids - cos that was in my comfort zone. I started off a bit conservative - sponge balls, d'lite etc. but later in the evening I was having sword fights with kids with balloons and flowers. They also have a kid's section - which helps. When nothing was happening I could retreat there and still look busy.
For the adult I mainly did my rubber band routine and spoon bending - it was catchy because I had tables asking to have me specifically to see me twist a fork or bend a spoon.
Staying 'in character' was a bit tricky - because of the extremes of what I do - clown magic for kids and mentalism/pk stuff for adults, but I managed to somehow find a happy medium. I'll try and explain when I figure it out.
As for wp (my profile) - I've thought about it - does it count if I still have a day job? I guess even though I got paid (and I can see some nice opportunities financially) I guess the main reason I'm doing this is definitely because I really enjoy it and have loads of fun doing it. Getting paid is a nice bonus - but I guess in many ways I'm still a serious hobbyist
