Richard Cadell

Richard Cadell is an illusionist puppeteer and screenwriter best known for being the in vision presenter and the hand of puppet Sooty since succeeding Matthew Corbett in 1998 He is a Gold Star Member of the Inner Magic Circle and Past President of the British section of International Brotherhood of Magicians He used to own Brean Leisure Park in the coastal village of Brean in BurnhamonSea Somerset from 2002 2014 and also works as a consultant for TV and stage productions He is dating upcoming UK drag queen Aurora B who hopes to take over the drag circuit in 2020 In June 2008 Sootys 60th Anniversary Richard together with his brother David reportedly paid close to 1 million for the global rights for the Sooty brand through their new company Cadells Ltd As well as annually touring with live shows Cadell is credited as the co writer and Executive Producer of the Sooty television series which is currently transmitted daily on ITVBe Cadells involvement with Sooty began with a guest appearance on a Christmas episode of The Sooty Show in 1985 then in the last series of Sooty Co he and Liana Bridges joined the cast as employees of the titular store