Number 415 - 7th June 2008
All
aboard!
Harry Hill, Paul Zenon and Lee Mack, plus guests are 'On The Bus!' this
month
touring theatres in aid of Paul Zenon's Wonderbus project. All aboard for a top-deck night of comedy featuring an all-star
crew. Visit
www.thewonderbus.org for more information on the project.
7th June Western-Super-Mare - Playhouse,
9th June Tunbridge Wells - Assembly Hall Theatre,
10th June - Croydon Fairfield Halls,
13th June Leamington Spa - Royal Spa Centre,
15th June Southend - Cliffs Pavilion,
16th June Worthing Pavilion Theatre, 17th June Bexhill on Sea - De La Warr Pavilion,
18th June High Wycombe - Swan.
7.6.08
Best
of British Variety Tour 2008. Cannon and Ball, Paul Daniels, Frank
Carson, Jimmy Cricket, Brotherhood of Man and the Krankies go on tour
across the country in August and September. For tour dates and to book
visit
www.ticketmaster.co.uk or see
What's On. Paul
Daniels is in conversation with Steve Allen at
7am (repeated at 9pm) on Sunday 8th June
(1 hour) on LBC 97.3 FM + Digital (or listen live online:
www.lbc.co.uk). No
doubt the upcoming Best of British Variety Tour will be under
discussion, as will the magic element of the recently screened series of
Brittan's Got Talent. Steve is a life long magic fan with a vast showbiz
knowledge, as is Paul Daniels of course, and both are well know for
their outspokenness... Expect a riveting hour of live no-holds-barred
magic chat this Sunday!
7.6.08
Wayne
Dobson lectures at the ACES Magic Society in Lewes on Wednesday 10th
September from 8pm to 10pm. Venue: Thomas A Beckett Church Hall, Cliff
High Street, Lewes. Visiting magicians welcome (£5.00 door charge).
Contact Nicky Moon for more information
nickymoon@btinternet.com
01903 532413 / 07759 807953
www.acesmagic.co.uk.
Also see
www.waynedobson.co.uk.
7.6.08
Derren Brown - Something
Wicked This Way Comes is being repeated at 11.05pm on Monday 16th June
on Channel 4. This specially televised version of Derren Brown's award-winning live show
was filmed in front of a live audience at the Old Vic in London. It's a
brilliant 90 minutes. TV
Magic.
7.6.08
JBTV
in the USA! JBTV.co.uk have just carried out a major update to their
UK website:
www.jbtv.co.uk, and have also just launched a
www.jbtvusa.com, a
brand new site exclusively for their customers in the USA, who will now
be able to order certain JB products for direct delivery within the USA.
All existing US customers can use their current 'MyJBTV' login details
to place orders. Visit
www.jbtv.co.uk or
www.jbtvusa.com today!
7.6.08
Bibliophile
Sale including Performing Arts. 85 Conjuring lots to be sold by
auction on Wednesday 11th June and Thursday 12th June at Bloomsbury
Auctions, London. Magic features in Lots 483-567, predominantly from
Bobby Bernard's collection
Click Here.
7.6.08
Blackpool
Magicians' Club Ltd. have decided to create a new level of Membership,
called an "Associate Member". For a membership fee of £25.00 per
year each Associate Member will receive a number of benefits such as:
Admittance to the new super deluxe Blackpool Magicians' Theatre Club
free of charge for a maximum number of 12 events per year, Four
Newsletters per year, Access to the reference library and museum, 10%
Discount on all items in the Blackpool Magicians' Magic Shop, a special
event at the convention, permission to purchase and wear the Blackpool
Magicians' Sweatshirt and Club Tie. Associate Members can live anywhere
in the world and do not need to pass an audition. Application Forms can
be obtained from Derek Lever:
d.lever1@sky.com. At the recent Annual General Meeting of Blackpool
Magicians' Club Limited the following officers were elected: President
Harry Robson, President Elect Alan Coventry, Hon. Life Member Arthur
Casson, Hon. Secretary David Plant, Hon. Treasurer Alan Coventry,
Entertainments Officer Derek Lever, Librarian John Hardman, Welfare
Officer Harry Greenaway, Convention Organiser Derek Lever, Committee Jim
O'Toole, Mark Raffles, Jeremy Guest, Convention Registration Officer
Arthur Casson, Assistant Convention Organisers David Plant and Andrew
Green, Limited Company Secretary Derek Lever, Director Arthur Casson.
7.6.08
Liam
Montier's UV Kit & DVD offers something very original in the way of
close-up magic that would work brilliantly under the toughest 'real
world' night club conditions. The kit includes an ultra violet keying
'torch' and UV marker pen, some special cards, and a 90 minute disc full
of material. I've had a quick play with this and it's excellent - the
possibilities for very strong mindreading/prediction type effects are
endless, and the impossibility factor "high". We'll be featuring the
disc next week under Magic DVDs, but if you can't wait until then visit
www.bigblindmedia.com for more info right now.
7.6.08
EntertainerTraining.co.uk.
Bristol-based children's entertainer Mike Clarke has released a
comprehensive training system for anyone looking to enter the world of
children's entertainment. Says Mike: "10 years ago, I was looking for
information on becoming a children’s entertainer. While there seemed to
be a lot of 'marketing courses for magicians' around, I found it very
hard to find real useable information about how to actually enter the
children's entertainment environment in the UK from scratch." The system
has been created with the complete beginner in mind - so if you've been
wondering HOW exactly to start as a children's entertainer, you now know
where to look -
www.entertainertrainer.co.uk.
7.6.08
Magic
to Cry For - 26th June. "Fresh from the London Burlesque Festival, Romany the
Diva of Magic will be headlining the night. Romany is the current Magic
Circle Stage Magician of the Year - come and find out why! The Legend
that is Piff the Magic Dragon returns, with brand new material and an
even newer website
www.piffthemagicdragon.com standnotamazed will once again be
providing a mixture of old and new favourites... and finally, we are
very lucky to have Danny Schlesinger of CircoRidiculoso with his Amazing
Balloons ('Delightful...putting the special back into speciality act'
Blackpool Gazette)." Book online at
www.standnotamazed.com/magictocryfor.
7.6.08
Drag
Idol 2008. Heats have been held up and down the country over the
past few weeks to find Britain's most talented Drag Queen. Drag Idol
competitor 'Miss Direction' has made it through to the semi-finals via
two heats, with a magic routine. The final takes place at Europride,
Leicester Square, on Saturday 1st July. Maybe Britain has got some magic
talent after all.
7.6.08
Illusions
Magic Bar are very pleased to be part of some great things at the
moment. The team have just come back from a two day Medieval Pagean in
Templecoombe in which they helped raise over £2000 for local charities,
and last week they were helping raise awareness and money for the Red
Cross for their Chinese earthquake appeal. Their busy week will end by
helping out Paul Zenon at Weston Supermare, with his Wonder Bus tour -
the Illusions Magic Bar team will be performing and raising funds for
Paul’s charity. And finally, if you ever get that "I want to buy a new
magic trick right now!" feeling, and it's 2 o'clock in the morning, fear
not - Illusions now stock magic tricks too!
www.illusionsmagicbar.co.uk.
7.6.08
At
The Zodiac Magical Society's 62nd Birthday Dinner, the result of The
Al Atkinson Rosebowl Competition was announced. This year's winner was
Bob Sacco and the runner up, for the second year running, Stephen Barry.
This was Bob's first entry into a competition. Photo: Bob Sacco being
presented the trophy by President Richard Pinner.
www.zodiacmagicalsociety.co.uk.
7.6.08
South
Downs Magicians pulled a series of rabbits out of hats to mark their
move to a new headquarters. The group held their first meeting at
Handcross Parish Hall on Wednesday (June 4th) after moving from the
Turners Hill accommodation they had used for the last nine years. The
rabbits included a real one supplied by past president Robin Carr
(centre of photo holding the wand), puppets from secretary Paul Bromley
(far left) and current president Jonathan Cann (second from right) and a
balloon model of a white rabbit coming out of a black hat made by Paul
Bromley. The rabbit table at the front of the picture was supplied by
Made to Measure Magic, who also gave a dealer dem on the night. Photo by
David Baxter of Made to Measure Magic. Website,
Click Here.
7.6.08
Michael
Vincent emails: "Thursday 5th June. Yesterday, I spent the afternoon
with former president of The Magic Circle David Berglas. David had seen
my television appearance on Channel Five's Extraordinary People,
featuring my relative Stephen Wiltshire. As you may know, Stephen is
world famous for his ability to draw complex buildings from memory. This
is due to the fact that Stephen is among a handful of people in the
world labelled as an Autistic Savant. His eidetic memory has been
amplified with incredible accuracy, to such an extent, that he has drawn
beautiful panoramas of London, Rome and New York. Not to mention many
beautiful works of art. David has been a fan of Stephen since he first
appeared on the QED program “The Foolish Wise Ones”. I was able to set
up a meeting with David and Stephen and we spent an enjoyable afternoon
at Stephen’s Gallery in Pall Mall, London."
www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk.
7.6.08
Sean
Goodman lectures at the Merlin Magical Society on Thursday 12th
June. The lecture is simply entitled 'Good Stuff' and Sean will be
presenting a variety of different effects. Venue: Little Heath Parish
Hall, Thornton Road, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 1JJ (Map).
Contact John Clayton for more information: 07931 525399. The entry fee
for non members is £5.00 and the doors open at 7.30pm (lecture 8pm -
10pm approx).
7.6.08
ACES
(Associated Conjurers of East Sussex) 15th Birthday Party. ACES
would like to invite all members, past and present, to their 15th
Birthday party in Lewes on Wednesday 13th August 2008 from 8pm to 10pm
at the Thomas A Beckett Church Hall, Cliffe High Street, Lewes. Contact
President Martin Lewis or Secretary Nicky Moon for further information
on 01903 532413 and visit
www.acesmagic.co.uk
for events ahead.
7.6.08
Thom
Peterson (USA) lectures at The Exonian Magical Society on Thursday,
June 19th. The lecture focuses on the close-up and stand-up routines
that Thom uses in both his corporate work, and at comedy clubs. Visiting
magicians welcome (£8.00 door charge). 8pm prompt at Wat Tyler House,
King William Street, Exeter, Devon EX4 6PD (Map).
For more information contact Brian Marr 01823 665998.
7.6.08
Craig Petty lectures for the Watford Association of Magicians on Tuesday 15th July at 8pm. Visiting magicians are welcome (£10.00 charge), and the club meet in Bricket Wood near St Albans. Contact Julie Carpenter juliecarpenter@themagiccircle.co.uk for more details. www.wamclub.co.uk. 7.6.08
Paul Gordon presents his new professional card magic lecture; featuring material from his live act plus tips, hints, patter, presentation points, "the biz" etc. for the Sussex Magic Circle in Lewes on June 19th at 8pm. Venue: TBC. Contact: Stuart Harley 01444 450196 for details. www.paulgordon.net/lectures.htm. 7.6.08
Etienne Pradier lectures at the Home Counties Magical Society on Thursday 19th June at 8pm. Doors open at 7pm and visiting magicians are welcome (£8.00 charge). Venue: Shinfield Parish Hall, School Green, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9EH (Map). Contact Dan Hudson, Programme Secretary programme@hcms.org.uk or 0118 93 10 981 for more details. www.frenchmagician.co.uk. 7.6.08
The Radium Girl Illusion. Michael Diamond emails: "I hope someone out there can help me with this. I am doing some historical research, and am trying to locate an old illusion, designed by Val A. Walker (The Wizard of the Navy). It is called the 'Radium Girl Illusion' and is like an upright sword/blade box. Quite a few of these were originally made, along with many rip-offs. Apparently, Jeff Atkins had one, and used to perform it. If anyone out there has one of these illusions, or knows where one is, could they please contact me? Many Thanks, Michael Diamond - Mobile 07836 385069". 7.6.08
Keith Bennett emails: "Just to let you know that I have had an offer for my shop that I can't refuse so within a few weeks the shop at 2a Brennand Road, Oldbury B68 0SB ,will be shut. I am not ceasing to trade and I will still offer mail order and internet sales and I will continue to be at dealer days and conventions. By shutting the shop I will be able to improve the postal service and do more lectures. It's only the bricks and mortar shop that will close. Until I close there will be discounts up to 50% on items in the shop for callers only. I am open Tuesday and Friday pm till seven and Saturday 10-4. Coffee and biscuits and discounts for anyone who wants to call. Before coming they should phone 0791 437 9743." Trev Stone reviews Keith's recent lecture at the Riviera Circle of Magicians, Torquay, this week, Click Here. 7.6.08
Eric Harris. Jayan Pillai emails: I have been informed that the Funeral Service of Eric Harris will be held at 1540 hrs on Wednesday, June 11th at the Crematorium at Basset, Southampton. Eric was 88. Eric sadly passed away on Friday May 30th 2008. Rev. Derek McFaull, President of the IBM British Ring will conduct the service. Eric was a long standing member of the Associated Wizards of the South (AWS) and a past Librarian of the IBM British Ring. 7.6.08
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