After a fairly uneventful birth in a Nuremberg hospital on 6th August 1969, René decided that staying in one place for longer than six years was not for him. During a family holiday in the UK, his parents fell in love with England and they decided to move to London.

René, who was six at the time, took the move in his stride, learned English faster than you can say, "Abracadabra" and became the first 100% pure German with an authentic English sense of humour.

Thanks to the English tradition of having magicians entertain at children's parties, René encountered his first 'magic man' at the tender age of eight (or was it nine?). He caught the magic 'bug' but was side-tracked by various youth clubs and activities until finally coming to his senses in 1987 when he applied and was soon after elected to join the exclusive Magic Circle. His magic career developed constantly from that moment on, but he still couldn't stay put.

After following his father back to Munich in 1986, he returned to London one and a half years later to finish his A levels, study two more languages at university level (French and Spanish) and further profit from his English upbringing to go and teach the Queen's native tongue in the land of the rising sun. Unlike other English teachers in Japan, he did not marry a local girl and thus eventually returned to Europe, his favourite continent, with his French girlfriend (and now wife) to (finally?) settle in Munich.

The magic shows consist of miracles performed with anything from playing cards to bicycle pumps, kiwis and tomatoes(!). All this delivered with his unique deadpan humour and natural wit.

In fact, René is so funny that he even makes the Germans laugh, thanks to his authentic sense of British humour. This can sometimes get him into all sorts of trouble when socialising in Bavaria. René can perform his shows in English, German, French, Spanish and Japanese (!) depending on the nationality of his audience. He has been a member of the prestigious Magic Circle since 1990.