Soon after, the Piddingtons moved to London, and in time they were signed to present a series of live radio broadcasts for the BBC. Together they designed a stage act, and found success on Australian stages. Sydney taught Lesley many of the tricks that he had developed. Pope was the leading lady in the theatre's current production. Other fellow prisoners at Changi included Ronald Searle, who made sketches of life in the POW camp, and actor John Wood, with whom Piddington travelled home to Australia.įollowing the war, Sydney married Lesley Pope, to whom John Wood introduced him at a homecoming party given for Wood by the Minerva Theatre. During this time, Sydney developed many unique and innovative techniques to give the appearance of mind-reading. He discovered that maintaining the morale of prisoners in the camp was essential, and worked with fellow prisoner of war Russell Braddon to develop a mentalism act as entertainment for the troops. Sydney Piddington spent time in Changi Prisoner of War camp during World War II. There has been speculation from magicians about how they may have utilized codes, confederates or mechanical aids.
The Piddingtons never revealed their methods but did not claim to possess paranormal powers.
Sydney Piddington (:– 29 January 1991) and Lesley Piddington (1925:– 2 August 2016) were an Australian husband and wife mentalism team who performed as The Piddingtons and gave one of the most famous stage and radio telepathy acts of modern times. For other uses, see Piddington (disambiguation).
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