Jake Donaldson: A Matter of Perspective

Jake Donaldson was once a teenage street magician, and this year he's weaving parts of his old magic act into his Edinburgh Fringe show

Jake Donaldson is a comedian and writer known for his groundbreaking comedy shows, including Spectacle, which explores his visual impairment.

How performing card tricks for on the streets of Newcastle as a teenager led him toward comedy — and why magic and stand-up are closer cousins than people think
Growing up with Victoria Wood as a comedy hero, and what it taught him about gender and power
Why he resisted the word 'disabled' for years — and how that became Spectacle, a show all about his eyesight
The CBT motorbike test that he somehow passed despite crashing the bike mid-test

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