Chris Cox uses performance, magic, mind-reading, multimedia and, by his own admission, influencing and lying to mess with the heads of audience members. He has been doing just that at Edinburgh since 2006 and he returns this year with at the . Here he talks to us about his latest offering, shows off a little street magic and chats about blogging, Twitter and the Edinburgh 'buzz'.

Chris Cox interviewed outside the Pleasance Dome in Edinburgh, August 14 2009.