A BIG show is being planned in Tenbury to pay tribute to Paul Daniels who was Patron of The Regal.

Ian Little, general manager at the Regal, said that plans are at a very early stage but it in intended that there will be a charity show to celebrate the life of the magician.

He has spoken of the shock at the Regal at the illness and subsequent death of the man who gave the arts venue in Tenbury a public face on a national stage.

“Paul was with us in Tenbury at the end of October last year and we had no idea that he was unwell and it seems neither did he,” said Ian Little.

“It all seemed to come on so quickly.”

The intention is that the show will support charities close to the much loved magician and television personality. This is likely to include the Brain Tumour Charity.

It is hoped that his wife and stage assistant Debbie McGee will be able to come to Tenbury for the show later in the year.

The family of the 77-year-old magician revealed in February that he was suffering from an incurable brain tumour. He died within weeks on March 17.

Paul Daniels was revealed as the ‘rabbit from the hat’ when he agreed to become Patron at the Regal in June 2012.

He played an active part in the revival and success of the venue and was top of the bill at a special show to mark the re-opening of The Regal in September 2012.

Paul Daniels also designed the special flying magic carpet that was part of the pantomime Aladdin at the Regal.

Born in Middlesbrough, Paul Daniels learned his trade performing in the school of hard knocks that is the circuit of working men’s clubs.

It is dealing with a heckler at one of the club’s that he allegedly first used his line ‘You’ll like it, not a lot but you’ll like it'.

For 15 years he was one of the most popular television personality through his Saturday night BBC show ‘The Paul Daniels Magic Show'.

But it was on ITV that he had his breakthrough when he came second on ‘Opportunity Knocks’.

Paul Daniels also made regular appearances on the ‘Wheel Tappers and Shunters Social Club’ hosted by Bernard Manning.

In 1988 he was married for the second time to his ballet-trained stage assistant Debbie McGee.