Britain's Got Talent winner Lance Corporal Richard Jones returning to Shropshire

Lance Corporal Richard Jones has announced he will be returning to perform at a show in Market Drayton in August.

The magician performed at Market Drayton’s Festival Drayton Centre to a sell-out audience in April and at the time revealed he hoped to add more Shropshire dates to his “Power of Imagination” tour later this year.

Richard, 25, a bandsman in the Household Cavalry, was the first magician to win the ITV show.

Since then he has gone on to dazzle West End audiences in magic show hit Impossible during the summer.

Richard recently was promoted to member of The Inner Magic Circle with gold star, the most prestigious honour in The Magic Circle.

He performed a spell-binding routine at this year’s Royal Variety Performance.

He is also still a serving soldier with tasks and training to attend to.

Richard, who grew up in Chigwell, Essex, comes from a service family. His grandparents, parents and brother have all had military or police careers, which inspired Richard to strive for a career in the Army.

Although Richard always enjoyed watching magic as a child, it wasn’t until he joined the army that he took it up, performing in front of his colleagues.

He will be performing his latest show at the Festival Drayton Centre in Market Drayton on August 7.

For more information, go to www.festivaldraytoncentre.com