Allin Kempthorne

Kempthorne started his career as a joke writer and cartoonist for The Sun, The Mirror, and News of the World newspapers. He later enrolled at a circus school where he learned various physical comedy acts. He became a street performer in London's Covent Garden, and won several performance awards. He was a finalist for the International Street Entertainer of the Year Award and won the Tap Water comedy award. He later enrolled in drama school and started a dual career as an entertainer and as an actor.

Kempthorne formed the comedy act The Fabulous Trouser Brothers with American comedy performer David Wolf, Kempthorne being primarily a juggler and Wolf a magician. The pair started appearing on television in the UK and United States. This partnership ended abruptly with David's suicide three years into their partnership. Kempthorne then became a solo comedy act, Dweebie the Robot, having a few appearances on television including Blue Peter and Spanish Archer'.

In 2009 he directed his first feature film, The Vampires of Bloody Island in which he also starred.

As a live performer he specialises in magic and comedy. He appears at festivals, theme parks, holiday parks, corporate events and cruise ships as the cabaret magician Alan Thorn, the Steampunk magician Professor Strange and also with his comedy children's show as Gizmo with which he has been televised by the BBC.

From 2012 to 2014 he played Cornish comedian Eddie Twist in the television series "Twisted Britain" for which he was also the principal writer.

In 2018 he notably featured in the UK television series Britain's Got Talent as Steampunk magician Professor Strange. He was also hired by Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden to perform a magic show for her daughter's birthday.

During the COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020 he set up Santa's Hotline, a service where children could enjoy magic shows and meeting Santa Claus online using Zoom.