A regular on the independent festival scene, Cross has performed at numerous events across the country, including Glastonbury, Kendal Calling, T in the Park, Hard Rock Calling, The North East Chilli Festival and BOMFest,[5] Cross has performed his one-man stand-up comedy contortion and escapology show with the titles Chris Cross is Escaping from Reality, Loose Cannon and Cunning Stunts over 100 times between 2008 and 2016 at the Voodoo Rooms during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, gaining 4-star reviews from Broadway Baby and others.
[10] Cross has entertained numerous celebrities with his magic tricks and performances, including: Tulisa of N-Dubz at the launch of KAZAM mobile phones at The Raffles Club in Chelsea,[11] DJ Yella of NWA backstage at a gig in Dublin,[12] Miles Kane, lead singer in The Last Shadow Puppets with Alex Turner of The Arctic Monkeys,[13] William Shatner, known as Captain James Kirk from the TV sci-fi show Star Trek at a sci-fi convention in Manchester, and The Prince of Wales.
Cross challenged former two-time undisputed heavyweight boxing champion of the world, Mike Tyson, to a contest of strength.
[16] After the Fun Challenge, Tyson appeared on ESPN's Sportsnation TV Show in America, where they played a clip of the stunt.
[20] Cross also performed this stunt, hanging over 100 ft in the air from the top of the Newcastle Castle Keep, as a tribute to one of his heroes, Harry Houdini, which made the front page of The Journal Newspaper.
[21] In 2013, Cross appeared on the Bafta Award-winning children's TV show, The Slammer, hosted by Ted Robbins, on CBBC with an escapology stunt he created himself, involving chains, padlocks, and a trapdoor on a platform that opened onto sharp spikes.
[22] In the same year, Cross was hired by BBC Worldwide as the magic and escapology consultant on The Hairy Bikers stage tour.
He had to teach them some basic escapology for their live stage show, and Cross also supported Brit-Pop band, Simon & Oscar from Ocean Colour Scene at a gig in Newcastle.
[23] On July 27, 2014, Chris Cross was the last-ever act to perform at the original Spanish City Dome in Whitley Bay, before builders got underway with the re-developments.
which saw Chris Cross the magician meeting famous VIZ characters in each frame, such as The Fat Slags, Roger Mellie and Felix and his Amazing Underpants.
[30] Following the sold-out show in 2015, Paul, Cross and Debbie McGee were scheduled to play a mini-tour of just a few dates mid-2016 in the North of England.
He broke it by accidentally hitting it on a marble table in his living room whilst rehearsing a stunt for The Greatest Show on the Tyne.
[34] In August 2016, Cross made Front Page News on the Journal Newspaper,[35] as well as other regional press,[36] when he performed an upside-down straitjacket escape, hanging over 100 ft in the air by his ankles above the roof of Newcastle's Castle Keep in a tribute stunt to Harry Houdini, who also visited the roof of the castle keep on his visit to the region in 1920.
On 7 September 2016, Cross was hired to support Geordie Rockstar and lead singer of the British band The Animals, Eric Burdon at a gig which took place at Newcastle City Hall.
Purely Belter is one of Cross's favourite films and he decided to host an 18th anniversary to celebrate the release of the Geordie cult movie.
[39] In May 2017, Cross staged An Evening with The Bounty Hunter featuring actor Jeremy Bulloch who played the part of Boba Fett in the original Star Wars Trilogy, most notably in the Empire Strikes Back Movie.
The book features illustrations by Davey Jones from The Viz Comic and a foreword by Debbie McGee, widow of the late famous British magician Paul Daniels.
The DVD features many Geordie stars, including actor Tim Healy, actress Charlie Hardwick, Ray Laidlaw the drummer from Lindisfarne (band), English former professional football Malcolm Macdonald, also known as Supermac, and other notable North-East celebrities.
[43] From May 2012, the Carny Cabaret was gigging a bi-monthly residency at Alexander's Jazz Theatre in Chester[44] Throughout 2011, the show ran for corporate functions, including Microsoft and at The Grosvenor Casino.