Issue 02 - University of Surrey's Student Union

A Coffee With......
Danny “ The Magic Bouncer” Brennan
Our very own Editor Claire Worgan sits down for coffee with the staff behind
the union . This week she’s interviewing Danny Brennan and his box of tricks
How long have you been a bouncer
Urmm, nearly ten years now, ten long arduous
years
Do you enjoy being a bouncer here at
Surrey
Yeah I like it, been here for a couple of years
now. I would like to stay here.
We all know you here at Surrey as “The
magic bouncer”, have you ever tried to
disperse a situation with your magic
Ha-ha, well working as a bouncer and magic
don’t really go hand in hand to be honest!
*Danny shows us a magic trick *
What’s the worst venue you have ever
bounced at
Urmm, I would have to say a club in Aldershot,
though personally I think Aldershot is just one
big toilet, needs an airstrike on the place. I
mean there was a pair of women’s pants down
the side of the toilet in this place for 6 weeks.
Blood splatters on the walls, nicotine on the
walls dripping into people drinks.
So what are your best and worst moments
of being a doorman
Well I think both the best and worst are not
suitable for your audience to be honest, plus
some stories are about really scummy venues.
Tell us something about you that some
people might not know
Well, I got into martial arts at about the age of
16 , then moved onto cage fighting ( form of
martial arts)when I was about 19 until about
my early twenties, around the same time I
got into door work. However, I was forced into
door work by my trainer at the time, it wasn’t
through choice. Then I got into magic.
How did that come about
Well, I met a magician when working on the
door once and it kind of went from there.
Wow Danny! , So if you weren’t a bouncer
would you be a magician
Well that’s the plan but I do tend to drift
through life .
Just some random questions now.....
What was your favourite subject at
school
Well I wasn’t very academic to be honest.....
So if you could do a degree what would
you do
I like history, so something like geology, palaeontology,
something where I get to study history
mainly. But I would only do it for nostalgia
reasons.
So anything with Ology basically
Ha-ha, pretty much.
If you could be any super hero who would
you be
Actually, I have often thought about this, I
mean Batman is an ordinary guy most of the
time, except he’s rich so maybe him, or maybe
Flash. Flash is just really fast and can do
everything quicker than everyone else. All superheroes
though are just alter egos they are
just normal guys, so possibly Super Man is the
ultimate hero if I could chose. If it was down
to a square fight Super Man can’t die and can
do anything.
What’s your most embarrassing
moment
Maybe not suitable for here either! I suppose
falling over when running for a fight. I like to
carry around potatoes in my pockets, For a
handy snack and for throwing at people. I once
had this really larey girl come up to me and I
kind of used a pick pocket technique but put
a half eaten potato in her bag. Would love to
have been there when she was rooting around
for her keys and found it!
Where do you see yourself in 10years
time
If doing doors in 10 years I will probably be
suicidal! It’s not good for having relationships
either, no nights in etc so i don’t really know !
Well I think that is it Danny, thanks ever
so much. Do you have any closing words
for our readers
Urmm at the end of the day.... it gets dark, haha,
urmm hang on a minute 3 of you, one of
me I call that pimms o’clock!
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