Timothy Trust

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Timothy Trust (born January 17, 1971 in Berlin-Neukölln ) is a German magician , mental magician , ventriloquist , comedian , illusionist and moderator . He has been using this pseudonym since 2000 . He would like to omit his real name as much as possible.

Life and family

Timothy Trust was born as one of four children to a family of doctors and grew up in Berlin-Charlottenburg . His mother is a studied philosopher and doctor, his father is a practicing neurologist, psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He was born in a Berlin that was divided and marked by the Cold War. He experienced the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 up close; a formative event in his life that would later help to defend himself for democracy and against totalitarian states. During his school days he was particularly interested in ancient languages ​​and the theater group.

Education

Immediately after graduating from high school in 1990, Timothy Trust began studying law at the Free University of Berlin . In 1995 he passed the first state examination in law with distinction. After passing the second legal state exam ( bar exam ) in 1997, he was admitted as a lawyer and began in a law firm in the Joachimsthalerstrasse in Berlin to work.

Even during his legal clerkship, he had doubts whether law and future work as a lawyer would become the focus of his life. Timothy Trust resigned admission to the bar in 2000 and decided to devote himself fully to the arts of entertainment and wizardry .

The beginnings in the entertainment business / first magic arts

Trust was interested in magic while he was still at school . He made his first paid appearance at the age of 15 on the children's birthday party of his German teacher at the time. As a result, he began to perform magic tricks at smaller company events. In 1990 Trust joined the Berlin Magic Circle. In the same year he met Martin Sierp there, who later became not only a friend but also a business partner. In 1991, Sascha Grammel joined the two circle members ; In 1992 they finally became the trio "DIE ZAUdERER". Major public appearances on theaters in Berlin and in town halls in Germany followed. The shows of star magician David Copperfield , who presented his shows in Berlin and throughout Germany in the 1990s, had a particularly motivating effect on Trust .

Career

THE ZAUdERER

"DIE ZAUdERER" were founded in 1992. The origin of the idea was the Magic Circle Berlin. First, Martin Sierp and Timothy Trust attended shows and magic seminars together and practiced tricks. Sascha Grammel joined in 1992. In the same year, the three were asked by the chairman of the Magical Circle Berlin (Dieter Michel, called Argola) to help shape the “Prix Juventa Magica” magic congress. So the three gave themselves a name: "DIE ZAUdERER" were born. Timothy Trust toured the town halls with the “DIE ZAUdERER” team - mostly on behalf of the local Volks- and Raiffeisenbanken. In 2007, Timothy Trust left the team as all three were moving in different directions. They are on friendly terms to this day.

Timothy Trust & Julie

In 2000 Timothy Trust met “Julie” by chance at a street festival in Berlin and decided to try out mental magic and grand illusions with her . In the same year they became "Timothy Trust & Julie" until Julie left the team in 2010 to devote herself entirely to yoga .

Abdul & Luigi

In the course of their friendship, Martin Sierp and Timothy Trust quickly discovered that they had a talent for slipping into strange characters . The movie " Knocking on Heaven's Door " released by the role of Moritz Bleibtreu the appropriate inspiration to found in 1997 the duo "Abdul and Luigi." Martin Sierp plays the Italian mafia boss “Luigi” and Timothy Trust plays the mafia colleague “Abdul”. The duo specialized in particular in observing specialist congresses as a “false guest” and summarizing them parodically at the end of the congress in a special show .

The highlight of “Abdul and Luigi” was the first place in the 2005 German Magic Championship in the “ Disqualification ” category . Although the jury rated the performance as terrific, the duo was disqualified. It took them twice as long to perform as allowed. Despite the “Time Out”, the jury awarded the team first place in the “Disqualification” category, which was created spontaneously and especially for “Abdul & Luigi” at that moment. This was the first and only place in the division.

ventriloquism

Timothy Trust has mastered the art of ventriloquism . His ventriloquist dummy is an oversized frog.

PC Mutton Curry Spectacular The Great

In 2015 Trust took part in a month-long comedy seminar with the comedian Jango Edwards in Vienna and developed it into an Indian stage character who - more or less voluntarily - makes the audience laugh. “PC Mutton Curry Spectacular The Great” thus became an integral part of Timothy Trust's show and the highlight of the “Trust Me” show, which was presented in the GOP variety shows .

Timothy Trust & Diamond

Timothy Trust and Diamond have known each other since the World Championships of the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques (FISM) in Stockholm in 2006, where he competed in various categories with the team "DIE ZAUdERER" and with Julie and won prizes. When Julie decided to take a different approach in 2010, Trust was made aware of Diamond by a fellow magician - Mario Schembri. After Timothy Trust Diamond contacted about this, they decided together to found the team "Timothy Trust & Diamond". Diamond was not unfamiliar with his own appearances in the magic scene at the time. She has won several prizes and has won the " Hans Klok Trophy" among others . The “Timothy Trust & Diamond” team still exists today. As stage illusionists, they reached 3rd place at the 2015 World Championships in Rimini.

Performances

Since the more than ten years of collaboration, Timothy Trust & Diamond have created numerous magic tricks, grand illusions and comedy performances: For the "Saber Illusion", Diamond steps into a cardboard box that Timothy Trust has apparently punctured with 16 solid sabers. At the end of the performance, Diamond climbs out of the box unharmed in a new dress and a big red flag in hand.

In the “Fallen Angel” illusion, Diamond is tied by the hand with a gas balloon and climbs onto a solid metal plate perforated with small holes, which acts as the lid of a large vase. Diamond is covered with a curtain and is instantly inside the vase; the cord to the gas balloon goes through the perforated metal plate.

Timothy Trust with partner Diamond at the mental magic performance - minds are read

During the “floating illusion” Timothy puts a ring around his partner's body, whereupon Diamond rises almost three feet vertically and floats in the air. Since January 2020, Timothy Trust & Diamond have been developing the “Vega Morph” performance, in which they conjure up a Vespa and person on the stage on the open stage. This performance pays homage to friends of the Timothy Trust, the magicians Ben Jayman & Vega.

Mental magic

The main feat of Timothy Trust & Diamond is what is known as "mind reading". Diamond stands on stage blindfolded and Timothy Trust lets the audience show him objects that Diamond guesses in every detail: names, birthdays, driver's license or ID card numbers, the battery level of a cell phone or the color number of a Dior lipstick. The highlight of the performance is that Diamond reads the mind of a viewer who is concentrating on the number of his banknote.

Programs / shows

GOP - Variety Theater

In 2017 the show "Trust Me" started under the direction of Knut Gminder. For three years Trust and Diamond moderated the personality show, in which they also appeared as comedians, mental magicians, ventriloquists and magicians. “Trust Me” was demonstrated at each location over a period of approximately 2.5 months and was a great success. A new edition of the show - "Trust Me 2" is planned for 2022.

Magic Castle Hollywood

At the beginning of October 2019, Timothy Trust and partner Diamond had his first appearance at Magic Castle in Hollywood. In this exclusive club, only a few selected magicians are given the opportunity to present their magic. Further appearances in the Magic Castle are planned after the end of the corona epidemic.

Winter garden Berlin

In 2018, 2019 and 2020 Timothy Trust and partner Diamond were part of the production "Take it easy" from Wintergarten Berlin, which was directed by Frank Müller. In “Take it easy”, the two u. a. with the front singer of Münchener Freiheit , Tim Wilhelm , the stage.

Other variety shows in which Timothy and Diamond appeared seasonally are: Krystallpalast Leipzig (2010/2011), Europapark (2011-2013) with the shows "Luminocity" and "Devilocity" and Neues Theater Höchst 2011/2019.

Cruises

Time and again, Timothy Trust has been hired on cruises for magic shows. So in 2013 on what was then “Traumschiff” Germany , together with Udo Lindenberg and Ulla Kock am Brink . In 2016 and 2017 he spent several months on the NCL Getaway together with Dirk Losander and Michael Giles (formerly: "The Majestix").

On Norwegian Getaway , Trust enjoyed the privilege of playing in a purpose-built magic theater: the "floating theater". The magic theater Illusionarium was a multi-million dollar theater created by Jeff Hobson - an American magician - on the then newest ship in the Norwegian Cruise Line's fleet .

In 2016, the Timothy Trust & Diamond team was a regular entertainer on the AIDAprima , in 2018 on the TUI Mein Schiff 4 and in 2019 on the Europa .

Digital wizardry

In 2019 Timothy Trust created "Digital Magic"; In the New Theater Höchst he worked with lighting technician Phillip Zier on a crossover of “classic” grand illusions and digital “mapping”. At the end of 2019, he was commissioned to visualize the speed of the city's new broadband network for Stadtwerke Weilheim. To do this, he slipped into the role of "Dimitri Helfenstein", a newly created figure in the form of a Ukrainian professor, and let a person "wander" from one side to the other through the " fiberglass ". The show was performed open air and live. Even Alexander Dobrindt , MP and former Minister of Transport and digital infrastructure, was among those present.

Magic Incentives - Project "Magic Team Factory"

Timothy Trust has been offering magical incentives for companies and businesses since 2020. The so-called team building events are intended to create a team from the heterogeneous company members in an entertaining way: the “Magic Team Factory”. In group work, the necessary basic knowledge is developed together with the employees in order to present magic tricks on stage at the end. The team members are supposed to put on their own show. The focus here is on "having fun together". The magical incentives are playful team boosts that are intended to strengthen communication and trust among each other and to promote attention. The focus is on magic trick techniques, rhetoric and communication, stage presence, comedy, ventriloquism or acting.

Timothy Trust & partner Diamond moderating

Moderations

With the show "Trust Me" in the GOP theaters in Germany, Timothy Trust's career took an additional turn; Together with partner Diamond, they became, beyond the job title “magician”, to presenters of a show and thus to the symbol of “Trust Me”.

Social / political engagement

Timothy Trust has campaigned for refugee and foreign aid on several occasions. At a charity event in aid of Albanienhilfe on January 12, 2013 in Weilheim Obb., The Trust's magic show raised € 5,000.

On January 13, 2016, Trust supported together with partner Diamond and colleagues Dr. Steffen Taut organized the charity event “Magical Moments”, which was organized by students of the Goethe-Gymnasium Bischofswerda (Saxony) for the benefit of refugee families.

Awards

  • 1995 - 2nd place: Preliminary decisions of the German Championship of Magic Art ; Zittau / Germany; Category: Comedy; as "DIE ZAUdERER"
  • 1996 - 2nd place: German Magic Art Championships; Dresden / Germany; Category: Comedy; as "DIE ZAUdERER"
  • 1997 - 3rd place: World Championships of the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques (FISM); Dresden / Germany; Category: Comedy; as "DIE ZAUdERER"
  • 2000 - 2nd place: World Championships of the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques (FISM); Lisbon / Portugal; Category: Comedy; as "DIE ZAUdERER"
  • 2003 - 1st place: World Championships of the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques (FISM); The Hague / Netherlands; Division: Parlor Magic; as "DIE ZAUdERER"
  • 2005 - 1st place: German Magic Art Championships; Sindelfingen / Germany; Division: "Disqualification"; as "Abdul & Luigi". (The appearance of the team "Abdul & Luigi" was twice as long as allowed. They were disqualified. But since the appearance was convincing in terms of quality, they wanted to award a prize. Thus they received 1st place in the category "Disqualification ".)
    Award ceremony; 2nd place German Championships of Magic 2017 in the ´Comedy` category with "PC Mutton Curry Spectacular the Great"
  • 2005 - 1st place: German Magic Art Championships; Sindelfingen / Germany; Division: Mental Magic; as "Timothy Trust & Julie"
  • 2005 - 1st place: German Magic Art Championships; Sindelfingen / Germany; Category: Comedy; as "DIE ZAUdERER"
  • 2006 - 2nd place: World Championships of the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques (FISM); Stockholm / Sweden; Division: General Magic; as "DIE ZAUdERER"
  • 2006 - 2nd place: World Championships of the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques (FISM); Stockholm / Sweden; Division: Mental Magic; as "Timothy Trust & Julie"
  • 2007 - 1st place: Colombe d'or, Antibes; Nice / France; as "Timothy Trust & Julie"
  • 2010 - Merlin Award: Magic Latvia; Riga / Latvia; Category: “The Best Stage Magicians”; as "Timothy Trust & Julie"
  • 2015 - 3rd place: World Championships of the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques (FISM); Rimini / Italy; Division: Great Illusions; as "Timothy Trust & Diamond"
  • 2016 - 1st place: Preliminary decisions of the German Magic Art Championship; Ratingen / Germany; Category: Comedy; as "PC Mutton Curry Spectacular the Great"
  • 2017 - 2nd place: German Magic Art Championships; Saarbrücken / Germany; Category: Comedy; as "PC Mutton Curry Spectacular the Great"

Podcasts

"The Magician and Presenter Podcast"

On October 4th, 2016, Trust released the cornerstone - episode 00 - of its audio files series, "The Demonstrator Podcast". As he explains in this episode, he is an enthusiastic podcast listener himself and sees in these a variety of information opportunities that he would like to use to communicate his experiences from the (magic) show world to his community and listeners so that they can use them for themselves can. A kind of self-reflection that he too would like to mature.

On October 5th, 2016, episode 01 was released which deals with the fundamental question: “How do I become a successful demonstrator ?! And what does successful mean at all? ”Since he especially wanted to address his magic community, he decided to rename the podcast in this episode. In future the podcast will be called “The Magician and Demonstrator Podcast”. The podcasts should therefore also be easier to find for people who want to become a full-time magician.

Trust produced a total of 14 episodes of "The Magician and Demonstrator Podcast". The last episode for the time being (episode 14) was released on July 31, 2017. A continuation is being planned.

"Weird Conversations"

"Funny Conversations" is a podcast produced jointly by Timothy Trust and magician colleagues and friend Martin Sierp. After Trust had already produced episodes through its own podcast, the idea arose to record the always funny and funny conversations between the two and make them accessible to all interested parties. The first pilot episode went online on February 22, 2019. Since March 2020, they have been publishing their 40-minute program on various platforms every Monday.

Web links

Commons : Timothy Trust  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Timothy Trust: Biography Timothy Trust & Diamond. In: Timothy Trust & Diamond. Retrieved March 24, 2020 .
  2. ^ Timothy Trust: curriculum vitae / Vita / CV. In: Timothy Trust & Diamond. Retrieved March 24, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Details. Magic Circle, November 16, 2014, accessed March 24, 2020 .
  4. ^ Sara Ritter: Interview with Timothy Trust and Diamond. In: it's magic! August 16, 2016, accessed March 24, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Sascha Grammel: Profile page Sascha Grammel. Magic Circle, accessed on March 28, 2020 (German).
  6. ↑ Die Zauderer - Magic Lexicon. Retrieved March 28, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Timothy Trust - Magic Lexicon. Retrieved March 25, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Wizard Timothy Trust and Julie want the championship title. Retrieved March 25, 2020 .
  9. ^ Abdul & Luigi: Abdul & Luigi. Retrieved March 24, 2020 .
  10. ↑ 11th German Championship of Magic, Sindelfingen, January 6th - 9th, 2005. In: www.mzvd.de. MZVD, January 10, 2005, accessed on March 15, 2020 (German).
  11. ↑ Trust is better. Kreiszeitung.de, November 2, 2019, accessed on March 25, 2020 .
  12. ↑ A breath of park festival wafts through the Waltrop town hall - and the guests are delighted. In: 24vest.de. October 26, 2019, accessed March 25, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Humorous magical arts: Magical weekend on the Laga Bad Iburg. Retrieved March 25, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Trust is better. November 2, 2019, accessed March 25, 2020 .
  15. ^ Stephan: Visiting Timothy Trust and Diamond in the Wintergarten Berlin. Stephans Welt, September 23, 2019, accessed on March 24, 2020 (German).
  16. ^ Dettenheim parish - magic gala in the Liedolsheim festival hall. Retrieved March 25, 2020 .
  17. ↑ A breath of park festival wafts through the Waltrop town hall - and the guests are delighted. October 26, 2019, accessed March 25, 2020 .
  18. ↑ World Championships 2015 Rimini / Italy. MZVD, accessed on March 28, 2020 .
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  20. ↑ Trust Me - and follow me to the GOP Varieté Theater Essen. In: Student Agents. October 4, 2018, accessed on March 28, 2020 (German).
  21. ↑ Hanno: Timothy Trust & Diamond at the Hamburg Magic Nights. In: www.staunen.at. August 31, 2013, accessed on March 28, 2020 (German).
  22. ^ Dettenheim parish - magic gala in the Liedolsheim festival hall. Retrieved March 28, 2020 .
  23. ^ Timothy Trust & Diamond. Retrieved March 28, 2020 .
  24. ↑ Susan Tuchel: Trust me: New show in the GOP. Retrieved March 28, 2020 .
  25. ↑ https://www.allesmuenster.de/gop-koennen-wir-ihnen-real-trauen/
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  27. ↑ Life by a thread. In: Westfalen Blatt. Retrieved on March 25, 2020 (German).
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  29. ↑ Trust me. In: Lessingtheater. Retrieved March 24, 2020 .
  30. ↑ Take It Easy! In: Berliner Morgenpost. February 15, 2018, accessed on March 24, 2020 (German).
  31. ↑ Timothy Trust: Udo Lindenberg on the MS Germany | Timothy Trust & Diamond. Retrieved March 24, 2020 .
  32. ↑ Details. MZVD, December 23, 2014, accessed on March 24, 2020 .
  33. ↑ TUI Cruises guest artists and events 2018. In: Schiff-und-Kreuzfahrten.de. November 30, 2017, accessed March 24, 2020 .
  34. ↑ TUI Cruises: great entertainment at sea. In: Tip-online.de. November 30, 2017, accessed March 25, 2020 .
  35. ↑ Timothy Trust: Show Presenters 2019 | Timothy Trust & Diamond. Retrieved March 24, 2020 .
  36. ↑ Events. Retrieved March 24, 2020 .
  37. ↑ Broadband network of Stadtwerke Weilheim i.OB Energie GmbH - SWE inaugurated - magically visualized. Retrieved March 25, 2020 .
  38. ↑ Timothy Trust: Magical Incentives | Timothy Trust & Diamond. Retrieved on March 24, 2020 (German).
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  40. ^ "Trust me" - Premiere at GOP Varieté Hannover. Stadtreporter, accessed on March 25, 2020 (German).
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  42. ↑ "People should play with us". Weser Kurier, accessed on March 25, 2020 .
  43. ↑ GOP Varieté in Essen asked the vote of confidence. In: Pottleben.de. September 28, 2018, accessed on March 25, 2020 (German).
  44. ↑ "Timothy Trust" conjures up 5000 euros for Albania Aid Weilheim. Mercury, January 14, 2013, accessed March 24, 2020 .
  45. ^ House of culture full of refugees. Saxon, accessed March 25, 2020 .
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  55. ↑ Timothy Trust: Second Episode Podcast | Timothy Trust & Diamond. Retrieved on March 24, 2020 (German).
  56. ↑ Der Zauberer und Vorfuehrer Podcast Episode 01: Listen to MP3 online - Der Zauberer und Vorfuehrer Podcast - Audio 395794566. In: Podcast.de. Retrieved March 24, 2020 .
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personal data
SURNAME Trust, Timothy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German magician, mental magician, ventriloquist, comedian, illusionist and moderator
DATE OF BIRTH 17th January 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin-Neukölln