During that short time, Carey has risen through the circuit's ranks and now regularly headlines most clubs, annually compères at the Reading, Leeds and Glastonbury Festivals, and most recently has been added to the rosters of both the Comedy Store and Jongleurs, two of Britain's largest and most prestigious comedy clubs. The TV executives are beginning to sit up and take note. Carey has appeared on the following shows;

Slam (Channel 4)
The Jack Docherty Show (Channel 5)
Gas (Channel 4)
The Stand Up Show (BBC1)
Trick or Two (BBC2)

That's because of Carey's amazing pedigree as a live performer. With nearly 19 years of show business experience and over some 3000 live appearances, Carey has performed under a variety of guises in an array of circumstances, mainly as a world-class sleight of hand magician.

Carey's magic career has taken him to 15 countries as far a field as China and Ascension Island. He has performed for the Rolling Stones at Bill Wyman's wedding. He warmed up for Torville and Dean On Ice at Wembley. Elstree Studios hired him to teach Tom Conti how to produce an egg from his ear. He even managed to make Princess Beatrice cry for over an hour. Class.

As well as performing close-up magic, a card sharp exposé, séance demonstrations, and a hypnosis show, among other things, Carey has lectured for the Magic Circle, written sketches for the BBC, and recently finished a novel Chaos Crumble and Custard.

As for his comedy, Carey Marx delivers a stream of delightfully amusing and deliciously wicked tales full of hilarious twists and unlikely villains. He is also happy to perform some of his unique magic routines, on request.

In 2003 Carey made his solo show debut at The Edinburgh Festival with his show Albino Hunter. The show sold out most nights and he garnered four and five star reviews in the press. Here are a few of them;

'There is even a mind boggling magic trick that wraps up beautifully this highly engaging, devilish, menacing and totally mesmerizing show' ***** Edinburgh Review

'Marx is a clever man, with an engaging range of curiosities and always gets a laugh' **** Sunday Herald

'Albino Hunter is one strange, complex, and utterly compelling hour'. **** Chortle

'The final magic trick is worth the price entry alone' **** Three Weeks

'Excellent' The Guardian

'Hilariously demented' Edinburgh Evening News

'Marx is a magician in the post-modern Penn and Teller mould whose comic patter makes him an act worth staying up for.' Time Out (on the Stand Up Show)