Richard Essien, known professionally as Magical Bones, is a UK-based magician, illusionist and b-boy.
He started his career as a dancer with Madonna, The Black Eyed Peas,[1] Alicia Keys, and Plan B,[2] and starred in the music video for Mint Royale's "Singin' in the Rain".
[6] He was a finalist in series 14 of Britain's Got Talent in 2020,[7] where related the story of Henry Box Brown.
[12] and was the runner up for the ITV Christmas Special BGT: Ultimate Magician in December 2022[13] Bones was cast[14] as one of the six magicians to feature in the West End magic show Impossible, which debuted at the Noel Coward Theatre and then went on to tour[15] around the U.K and globally in Dubai, Lebanon, and the Philippines[citation needed].
[17] His second show Soulful Magic[18] premiered in 2022 at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and was set for a nationwide tour in the spring of 2023.