Number 149 - 3rd May 2003
The Magic Circle host their third
Heritage Weekend at The Centre for Magic Arts, London, from Friday May
30th to Monday June 2nd. Here's the schedule:
Friday evening: Rare videos screened in The Magic Circle
Theatre and a light supper.
Saturday morning: Lectures and talks. Hans Wittus Witt: SimSalaBim, Kalanag and Dante. Dany
Trick: Magic Stamps from my Collection. Peter Lamont: The Wizard & The
Psychic: John Henry Anderson and Daniel Dunglas Home. Jon Marshall:
"You've got Bert's Scrapbook!" Ian Keable and Scott Penrose: Devant's
Mysteries, A presentation assisted by Mike Austin, Nicholas Einhorn,
Geoffrey Durham, Richard McDougall and Alan Shaxon.
Saturday evening: John Fisher will present an entertainment entitled The Magic of The Music
Hall, featuring amongst others (subject to professional engagements) Larry
Barnes, Julia Howson, Bertie Pearce, Mark Raffles, John Styles, and
chairman Barry Cryer. More surprise names to be added. A buffet supper
will be included.
Sunday morning: Mark Raffles will be interviewed by John Fisher. Mark's roots go back to
the earliest days of the music hall.
Sunday afternoon: The Magic Circle is proud to offer for sale (by arrangement with the
Jeffery Atkins Estate) The Jeffery Atkins Collection of magical props and
apparatus, together with a small selection of choice items from other
sources. This is a sale of interest to both collectors and working
performers. All the major British dealers from the middle of the last
century will be represented and most lots will be sold without reserve.
Monday morning: The English Heritage Blue Plaque to commemorate David Devant will
officially be unveiled at the home of Devant at Ornan Court, Ornan Road,
London NW3. Devant was the first President of The Magic Circle and
appropriately is the first magician to be honoured in this way. All events
are open to all magicians. Don't miss what promises to be another
excellent Magic Circle Heritage weekend. (Thanks to
www.nnmagic.com for
kind use of the David Devant "Bubbles" poster, above, taken from the
Nielsen Poster Collection)
Registration: Admission just to the auction is
£10.00/$20.00 (includes catalogue). The Heritage Weekend costs
£65.00/$100.00 (and includes the auction). For further details, or to
register, send your name and address together with a cheque (made payable
to 'The Magic Circle' or your Visa or MasterCard details) to: Heritage
Weekend Reservations, The Centre for the Magic Arts, 12 Stephenson Way,
London NW1 2HD, UK. Telephone: 020 7388 6480 Fax: 020 7387 5114.
www.themagiccircle.co.uk.
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Mind
Manipulator Derren Brown is featured in a one page article in the
current Radio Times "Derren Brown reads minds, gets banned from
casinos and baffles audiences. Now Rough Cut can reveal that Channel 4's
psychological magic man is also a dab hand with a paintbrush." Derren's
works are now valued at between £3,000 and £5,000 and will be exhibited
later on in the year in London and then Miami. Last night we went to see
Derren's live theatre show, mid-tour, at the Epsom Playhouse... can't say
what he did, or how he did it... but if you can locate a theatre with an
empty seat book it now! Last night's performance was sold out and I think
that the rest of this tour is deservedly sold out as well. Derren is
planning an extra date, in London, provisionally, on June 8th. For more
information visit:
www.derrenbrown.co.uk.
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The
Leeds Magical Association present their 7th Magic Convention on Sunday
May 18th preceded by with their Annual President's Dinner and Cabaret,
starring John Lenahan, Brian Sefton, Tony Rix and Katrina Davi on Saturday
May 16th. The convention features 12 dealers and a 'dealer dem' Lectures
from Tony Rix and John Lenahan, teaching sessions with Brian Sefton on
manipulation and Graham Roe on dice stacking. A close-up session with
Frederic Shark, Tony Stevens, Thomas Anthony and Shaun McCree (photo) and
a cabaret show in the evening with Tony Stevens and Brian Sefton.
Registration for the Sunday is just £15.00 if you book in advance (£10
Under 14) and £17.50 (£12.50 Under 14) after 5th May or on the day. The
President's Dinner and Cabaret is just £22.50. For more information visit:
www.leedsmagic.co.uk
or contact David Cockrem the Registration Officer on 0113 261 0945 or Jon
Gordon the Secretary on 0113 237 0056. Should be a great convention.
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Mike
Danata's Magic Studio, mentioned just a couple of weeks ago in
MagicWeek, is now advertising with us. The Studio in Bournemouth is
packed solid with all the latest magic and is open from 8am - 1pm and 5pm
- 7pm Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Mike is always
there to demonstrate what's new and offer candid advice. They are also
happy to order-in one-off magic products from the States for customers and
run a busy mail order department as well. Visit
www.mikedanatasmagicstudio.co.uk for more information.
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Dennis
Patten, whose magic illustrations have appeared in so many
publications over the years including the Gen, The Art of
Illusion (Ganson), The Magic of Slydini, Malini and his
Magic, Ron MacMillan's Magic Info, many magic catalogues and
more, celebrated 50 years as a magic illustrator last month. Recent work
includes the new Warlock book for Richard Kaufman and the Maurice Fogel
book for Chris Woodward. In 1991 The Magic Circle presented him with
The Magic Circle Literature Award for his services to the art of magic
and his work on the Gen can now be seen on the newly released Digital
Gen CD produced by
Martin Breese.
In April 1953 Dennis submitted an idea for a Jumbo fly producing Fly
Swatter(!) to dealer publication "The Magic Magazine." The owner, Max
Andrews, contacted Dennis and mentioned that if he had drawn his sketches
in Indian ink rather than pencil they could have been used for the
article. This he did, and as a result was offered the position of staff
artist. One job led to another and the rest, as they say, is history!
Congratulations Dennis.
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Magician
and funny man John Archer goes on tour in May and June with Tim Vine
(see What's On) and can also be seen
next week at the
Bristol
Day of Magic on Sunday May 11th. Later in the year he'll be performing
at the Abbott's Get
Together in Michigan, USA. And finally the second series of the BAFTA
award winning Sketch Show, which John writes for, should be going
out in June
www.john-archer.com.
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Jon
Allen has been invited to present his lecture at FISM (reported last
week) where he'll also be launching a brand new effect that has been
fooling everyone at The Magic Circle! This month he is booked to appear at
the Washington DC Magi-Whirl Convention and, two days after his return,
the Austrian national convention.
www.close-upmagician.com.
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Watch
Philip Partridge
www.philippartridge.co.uk get the surprise of his life on BBC1 this
evening (Saturday 2nd) at 6.30pm on Ian Wright's new show I'd Do
Anything! Philip's performance for HRH The Prince of Wales (mentioned
a couple of weeks ago) was featured on the BBC news and received some
great press:
Click Here and
Click Here.
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Julian
James is now offering his Notions in Mystery lecture to Magic
Societies - see the Lecturers page for
full details • Ian Rowland's lecture at the Guild of Magicians Nottingham
on Thursday evening is reviewed this week by Freddie Wilkinson,
Click Here •
David Penn's hand can be seen all next week in a commercial for The
Independent. It will be seen doing a spot of acting, coin rolling and
match lighting! The campaign is promoting the newspaper's Sunday
supplement, which will feature a pull-out on the most influential movies
of all time • Magic Box magician Michael Murray was featured in an ic
Newcastle article on Sunday,
Click Here • That's it - your news is always welcomed, see you next
week, Duncan.
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