24. Contact Juggling w/ Steve Wilbury

Today I am joined by Steve Wilbury. Steve is an international award winning magician, stand up comedian and children's entertainer based up in Nelson. I first met Steve last year when we performed on the Kids Day Out Variety Show together. I think I was the first person to do stand-up to children on that tour. Steve and I stayed in touch and have gigged together sporadically since. Today Steve offered to teach me all about Contact Juggling, a version of juggling that I had no idea was so rare of a skill, as well as relatively recent. We get into the history of contact juggling, as well as Steve's ambition to create an act that contributes to the art form. We delve into all sorts of magic and comedy geekery throughout, so if you're into those, you're in for a treat!Follow Steve Online:https://www.facebook.com/stevewilburyentertainerhttps://www.instagram.com/steve_wilbury/http://www.stevewilbury.comDon't forget to check out Steve's Laugh, Cry or Die podcast!Kids Day Out Variety Show: https://www.kidsdayoutvariety.co.nz/Watch my full hour-long stand up special Ruddzilla for FREE on YouTube here!Fill out the Ruddle Me This! Survey HEREI'd love it if you could leave this podcast a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or GoodPods.Follow Taylor Online:YouTube, Tiktok, Instagram, or FacebookOr if you'd like to join the subreddit to discuss the show, visit r/ruddlemethis!Ruddle Me This! With Taylor Ruddle is an independently produced Kiwi podcast based in Christchurch, New Zealand where the host Taylor Ruddle, an Award winning stand up comedian chats to artists, comedians, performers and anybody else interesting in a long form, chilled out, cosy conversation. If you want to know what it's like to be an up and coming Stand Up Comedian, then this is the pod for you!Follow me online!Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Tiktok | LinkTreeTickets for my 2026 tour Absolute Battler are now online at candocomedy.com/battler