Martin Thompson

Martin Thompson has appeared on television - both national & local, including Noel Edmonds' Multicoloured Swap Shop (The great grandfather of BBC 1's Live & Kicking), Home to Wales (BBC 2), Dinas, Coleg (HTV), Pobol Y Cwm (S4C), The Real Merlin documentary following the film Merlin (S4C). He is a member of Equity and the International Brotherhood of Magicians / British Ring.

Martin qualified as a science teacher at Swansea in 1979, and has youth work experience. He has recently become a first aider. Martin has extensive experience in entertainment, particularly with children's shows. With the assistance of his "trusty" robot dog, Mascot, is able to entertain with games, competitions, quizzes, activities, magic and balloon modelling.

He started with discos in the late '70's and developed a successful children's show, travelling as far as Aberystwyth, Brecon, Cardiff and the Isle of Wight.

The mid '80's to the '90's saw the launch of the outdoor roadshow, which has toured most of south Wales and as far as London, and has done shows for children with special needs including the Variety Club of Great Britain and Children of Chernobyl. The Public Address was another area which saw him and Adam covering the Welsh Sheep Dog Trials 1998.

Martin and his crew have magic, puppets and various routines in conjunction with Morriston Hospital's Radio Freeway to entertain the children whilst collecting their record requests from the special 'Oakwood' children's ward. He has been greatly influenced by Robin Williams' role in the film 'Patch Adams', in helping the healing process and creating Dr. Ted - with laughter being the best medicine.

Martin's interests include photography and science fiction. His houshold includes three cats and the original Mascot robot dog, who is over 20 years old that appeared on national television.

"Entertainers are advised to avoid children and animals - Martin Thompson revels in both, even though Mascot is not quite canine!"