Tim Ellis

Tim Ellis is an Australian performer, author and lecturer in the world of magic and illusion.

Biography

Ellis began performing magic at the age of 9 after his grandfather gave him a magic set as a gift. At the age of 14 he was the youngest magician ever admitted to The Magic Circle of Victoria and two years later won four out of their five annual awards. In 1980 he won the title 'Best Under 18 Magician of Australia'.

In 1986 he created and produced 'National Magic Week', a ten-day festival of the magical arts which was presented annually for the next nine years.

Ellis produced and edited 'Australian Magic Monthly', a national publication for magicians which came out monthly for 100 issues, while writing a regular column on the Australian magic scene for the international Genii.

Ellis created 'MagicSports' a form of improvised magic games based on Keith Johnstone's 'Theatre Sports'.

In 1992 he bought Australia's oldest magic shop, 'Bernard's' which he owned for several years.

In 1994 he was awarded second place in 'Micro Magic' at the FISM World Magic Championship in Yokohama, Japan. This followed the 'Special Prize of the Jury' he was awarded at the 1991 FISM in Lausanne, Switzerland for his 'Six Card Rap'.

Tim Ellis (bishop)

Timothy William "Tim" Ellis (born 26 August 1953) is a British church of England bishop. From 2006 to 2013, he was Bishop of Grantham, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Lincoln; he was also an area bishop from 2010 until 31 January 2013.

Early life

He was educated at City Grammar School, Sheffield;King's College London;St Augustine's College, Canterbury; and York University.

Ordained ministry

Ordained in 1977 he began his career with a curacy in Manchester at St John's Church, Old Trafford and was then successively Vicar at Pendleton; Vicar of St Leonard, Norwood, Sheffield; Rural Dean of Ecclesfield, also Canon of Sheffield Cathedral, and finally (before his ordination to the episcopate) Archdeacon of Stow and Lindsey in the Diocese of Lincoln.

A keen Sheffield Wednesday fan and occasional blogger, he is also believed to be the first bishop to sport an earring.

Ellis was the celebrant at the first U2charist in England and organised a national vigil before the first Gulf War. He is Chair of Involving Lincs, President of the Lincolnshire Rural Housing Association and Patron of Lincoln Mind. Ellis continues to serve on the Fabric Advisory Councils of York Minster and Sheffield Cathedral. and is a member of the Advisory Panel on the Archaeology of Christian Burials in England's Standing Committee, having been Vice-Chair of the Council for the Care of Churches.