Number 659 - 9th February 2013
Ian
D Montfort Is: Unbelievable. Ian D Montfort is a celebrity spirit medium and
psychic, and star of a brand new series for Radio 2. A comedy character created
by Tom Binns (the man behind hapless hospital radio DJ Ivan Brackenbury) Ian D
Montfort has been a hit at the last three Edinburgh festivals with his
combination of magic and laughter. In each radio show Ian makes contact with the
celebrity 'spirit guides' secretly chosen by audience members and reveals
personal stories that make them laugh-out-loud one moment and gasp in surprise
the next. Each episode features a different celebrity guest who gets a 'private'
reading from Ian. The first episode stars former Corrie and Holby actress Angela
Griffin who reveals more than she bargained for as a traumatic day at P.E. is
revisited, and other guests across the series are Ruth Madoc, Hardeep Singh
Kohli and Joe Swash. Catch up with episode one
Click Here
and hear episode 2 on Thursday at 9.30pm on BBC Radio 2. See
TV Magic for listings. See Ian
D Montfort live on stage in 'Variety @ UCL' in London, on Tuesday 26th February,
see What's On.
9.2.13
American
Mentalist, Paul Draper will be presenting his first UK Lecture Tour in June.
Paul has appeared with David Copperfield, Lance Burton, and Teller as an expert
on the History Channel. He has performed for HBO Comedy Fest at Caesar's Palace,
on Criss Angel’s Mindfreak and on documentaries accompanying Steven Spielberg's
Poltergeist. In addition to his corporate shows and lectures, Paul Draper
is frequently called upon as an expert in fields ranging from magical history to
human consciousness. As an anthropologist and member of the Society for the
Anthropology of Consciousness, Paul Draper pursues studies with Native American
ghost dancers, South American cannibals, and spiritualists. In the last two
years Paul Draper has lectured at MAGIC Live!, MINDvention, The Los Angeles
History of Magic Conference, Fantasma Magic in New York, The Magic Castle in
Hollywood, Darwin's in Las Vegas, McBride's Magic and Meaning conference, The
Theory and Art of Magic conference at Muhlenberg, Magic in the Rockies, and at
many more events. His website is
www.mentalmysteries.com If you would like Paul to lecture at your club
contact Tour Organiser, Sean Lobban:
mistertall@mistertall.co.uk and
see What's On for June dates
already confirmed.
9.2.13
Paul
Daniels: The First Final Tour. Tour dates have just been released for Paul
Daniels through to December - just date and venue information at the moment,
visit
www.pauldaniels.co.uk/tour-dates. Paul Daniels can be seen at the South
Tyneside International Magic Festival in March, see
www.southtyneside.info/magic.
9.2.13
Witness
the impossible at Conjuring at the Court on Thursday 28th February. From the
organisers: A strong line-up of the UK’s top magicians features: The
extraordinary mind-reading of Marc Paul; Oliver Tabor’s wonderful
musical-magical act; Magical hilarity from Lee Hathaway and the exuberant
conjuring of Stephen Barry. The show is in the lovely function room of the
Drayton Court, 2 The Avenue, West Ealing, London W13 8PH (Map).
Doors open 7.30pm and the show starts at 8pm. Parking is free after 6.30pm. Come
early to enjoy dinner in one of the bars or the lovely dining room. We’ve
revamped the website, so it’s even easier to book tickets now from
www.conjuringatthecourt.com. Russell Levinson.
9.2.13
Magic Night at Madame JoJo's - London.
Starring Young and Strange, Pete Antoniou, Tricity Vogue, James
Pritchard and MC Neil Henry:
"The duo Young and Strange, both strange and young, will be with us,
placing each other in a box and pushing spikes through, but
relationships do that to people sometimes; Pete Antoniou the 'psychic
comedium', performs some of the best mind reading and in the most
entertaining way possible, whilst Tricity Vogue will be strumming a
storm with her small pink instrument and smart looking James Pritchard
will be performing tricks with strange cocktails that are just like Fois
Gras, taste nice but are just plain wrong! All expertly presided over by
mighty sorcerer Neil Henry!" Magic Night at Madame JoJo's. Friday March
1st. Doors open 7.00pm. Show starts at 7.45pm. Tickets £12 including entry to
Good Foot. Show ticket plus dinner: £25. Tickets:
www.wegottickets.co.uk Madame
JoJo's, 8-10 Brewer Street, London W1F 0SE 020 734 3040
www.magicnight.co.uk.
9.2.13
Hungarian
Card magician, Jozsef Kovacs, will be lecturing for clubs around the UK in
July. Jozsef has created tricks including ‘Element’, published three e-books and
contributed to many others. His tricks have appeared in books by Aldo Colombini
and by Peter Duffie. He currently has a series in the IBM British Ring magazine,
The Budget. If you would like Jozsef to lecture at your club contact Tour
Organiser, Sean Lobban
mistertall@mistertall.co.uk and see
What's On for July dates
already confirmed.
9.2.13
DMC
Sharks By Drummond Money-Coutts. "Davenports are proud to supply these
exclusive and limited edition cards produced by one of the most successful
private working magicians performing in the world today, namely Drummond
Money-Coutts. Printed on high quality Carta Mundi card stock, poker size, with a
satin effect card box." Watch the video
DMC: The Shark and visit
www.davenportsmagic.co.uk for more information or to order.
9.2.13
The
Order of The Magi - update. Geoffrey Newton PRO writes: Last Saturday
MagicWeek announced that The Order of The Magi in Manchester is holding an open
night at their new headquarters on February 12th with a limited edition of free
tickets. The Magi wishes to inform readers that the response has been so
overwhelming, all ticket allocation has now been distributed. The website
www.orderofthemagi.org.uk has been updated to reflect this. Thank you for
your interest.
9.2.13
Two
new training programmes for children's entertainers. Mike Clarke has created
two new training programmes for children's entertainers. One teaches his popular
Maths & Magic workshop, which runs in primary schools and is suitable for KS1
and KS2. The other teaches how to run a Wizard School holiday club for children
aged 6-11. Further information on both training programmes can be found here
www.thekidsmagician.com/resources-for-entertainers (There's a pre-release
price until 15th February, so make sure you don't miss out!).
9.2.13
Deaf
Magicians at Blackpool Convention. Blackpool Magicians' Club issued a
statement on Tuesday 5th February entitled
Deaf Magicians at
Blackpool Convention. This topic came up on the
Genii Magic Forum on January 30th. I've attended a number of magic lectures where a Signer
simply worked to the side of the lecturer, on stage, and everyone was happy. DT.
9.2.13
Scottish
Association of Magical Societies Annual Convention. The annual SAMS
convention will be held in Troon, situated on the Ayrshire coast, south
of Glasgow. The convention runs from Friday 3rd May till Sunday 5th May.
The Headquarters hotel is the South Beach Hotel Troon. Full details will
be published in the SAMS web site
www.scottishassociationofmagicalsocieties.co.uk. George Colvan.
9.2.13
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9.2.13
Free
MSM download: "Magicseen Taster Issue 18 is now available and is your chance
to dip into Magicseen and see what it is all about. The latest issue includes
the full article on cover star Luke Jermay from the current full issue (iss.48
Jan 13), plus it includes from that same copy the article on Gary Jones entitled
A Week In The Life Of, the article by Anthony Boe on why we should be thankful
for lecturers attending our clubrooms, the Club Land feature on the Home
Counties Magical Society and a selection of the product reviews. Then from our
Back Issues we also include a major article on Paul Daniels plus a moving piece
on the great work done in war torn African countries by Magicians Without
Frontiers called Sleepless In Skopia. So, plenty to read and to interest you,
and the free download is available now from
www.magicseen.co.uk."
9.2.13
Digital
by Phil Taylor: "...have a card chosen and signed by a spectator.
You lose the card in the deck. You ask the spectator to cut the cards
into 4 piles. You then ask the spectator to take the 'Digital' deck and
place it on the 1st pile explaining that it will help locate their card.
Nothing happens. You do this for the 2nd and 3rd piles. When the
'Digital' deck is placed on the 4th pile it activates. It starts reading
… 'Loading, loading, loading, your card is located 8 cards down have
a great day goodbye' You then deal 8 cards down and the 8th card is
the spectators signed card..." MagicTao are currently offering a very
special deal on Digital right now, find out more and watch the
video at
www.magictao.co.uk.
9.2.13
The Plank,
11.55pm this Monday 11th February on Channel 5. "Silent comedy written and directed by Eric Sykes about two bungling
workmen trying desperately to transport a wooden plank through a suburb
of London to a building site. Director: Eric Sykes. Starring: Tommy
Cooper, Eric Sykes, Jimmy Edwards, Roy Castle, Graham Stark, Stratford
Johns." See TV Magic
for listings.
9.2.13
'I
Love Magic' dealer dem at ACES, East Sussex: Dealer dem with Adam from I
Love Magic (Tunbridge Wells). Visiting magicians and potential members welcome.
Contact Nicky or Martin Lewis for more details. Venue: Thomas A Beckett Church
Hall, Cliffe High Street, Lewes, East Sussex on Wednesday 13th February from
8-10pm www.acesmagic.co.uk. Nicky
Lewis.
9.2.13
Variety
At The Magic Circle. The Magic Circle have announced the bill for its
first-ever Variety show which will be staged on Saturday 16th March at The Magic
Circle in London. "Variety At The Magic Circle: A night of variety with
top-notch entertainment from the world of music halls and magic starring Brian
and Paula - musical duo; Rodrigues - very original juggler, once seen never
forgotten; Tony Arnold - the dancing comedian; Kimmo - hilarious ventriloquist;
Max Somerset the funniest magician around today. Musical Director is Liz Worth
at the keyboard." Saturday 16th March, Book Online:
Click Here, Doors Open 7.00pm, show 7.30- 9.30pm approx. All seats £25.
9.2.13
Tom Owen's magic will carry on...
"Mel's Magic Co are pleased
to announce that they will be displaying a full range of "Tom Owen
Magic" on their stand at the forthcoming Blackpool Magic Convention. It
was Tom's wish that Mel should take over from this year, whilst he just
attended the shows. Sadly the latter was not to be. Alan Bailey of
Preston, Tom's Blackpool assistant, has agreed to pop by Mel's stand
from time to time and assist with some of the demonstrations. Mel Harvey
is putting together a 'Tribute to Tom' as a lecture/dem for magic clubs
and is interested in hearing any anecdotes that other magicians may wish
to share. Mel is particularly interested to talk to anyone who remembers
Tom's stage act as parts of this will be re-created for the talk." You
can contact Mel by email
mel@melharvey.com, telephone 07860 485578, or on his stand at the
convention.
9.2.13
The
V Club Variety Evening, Stourbridge. "On the 15th March Moochers Jail House,
11 New Road, Stourbridge DY8 1PH (Map)
opens its doors to the bizarre, the beautiful, the funny and just darn talented.
The evening will feature Magic, Mind Reading, Burlesque, Puppets, Mime, Music
and lots more so what are you waiting for?" Tickets are £8 and can be purchased
from www.wegottickets.com or email
thevclub@mail.com.
9.2.13
News
from The School of Busking: "The School of Busking has great things
happening in 2013. Firstly this year's School of Busking takes place over the
weekend of the 31st of May to the 2nd of June - we are taking reservations now
and it's limited to just 8 places. In addition, the School of Busking 3 DVD set
is now available as a download. Also, Mario Morris is regularly writing in his
blog, giving helpful free advice on street performing, magic and life. Find out
more by visiting the website
www.schoolofbusking.com.
Veronica Conway."
9.2.13
Red
Carpet Magic. "Inspired by the magical atmosphere of the Red Carpet, UKC
Magic Society brings you Red Carpet Magic, a show dedicated to being as
enchanting as the stars that walk the Red Carpet themselves. For one night only,
our magicians perform acts themed on a variety of well-known movies, from Batman
to Black Swan to the Little Mermaid. In good red carpet fashion, there will be
performers on hand from 7.00pm to give a small taster of what is to come before
the show. Tickets cost just £5, and we are raising money for Kent Air Ambulance,
so we ask you to come along, enjoy the show and help us save lives!" Book online
direct from the Gulbenkian theatre:
Click Here. Wednesday, 27th February, 7.30pm. Venue: The Gulbenkian Theatre,
University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NB (Map).
The show is being staged by UKC Magic Society, and Directed by Megan
Knowles-Bacon MMC.
9.2.13
Magician
Alex Lodge flies to Norway shortly to join the MS Color Magic and MS Color
Fantasy. "After a showcase appearance last year in Blackpool the bookers were so
impressed with Alex's close-up magic and stage magic they have booked him for
both ships in February and March"
www.alexlodge.com.
9.2.13
Merlins
of Wakefield have just released their latest 16 page ‘Preview’ catalogue
containing over 70 great magic effects, and it's free! For those who prefer the
printed version just call them on 01924 339933 or email
merlins@btconnect.com with your
address and they will post a copy to you. If you’d prefer a PDF, just email them
with ‘Preview’ in the subject box and they will email you a copy.
www.merlinswakefield.com.
9.2.13
Wayne
Slater (El Loco) emailed to let magic friends know that he suffered a heart
attack on Friday 1st February, whilst on a cruise ship off the coast of Dubai.
He has since had an operation and will spend three weeks in Dubai as he can't
yet fly, returning to performing work from March 9th. (We know Wayne, so, get
well soon Wayne! Hope you make a swift recovery. DT).
9.2.13
Look out for Sparky Marky appearing weekly on John Bishop's Only Joking. "The Sheffield based comedy children's and family entertainer can be seen delivering hilarious gags" Sky 1 Fridays 8.30pm. 9.2.13
"Civil
partnerships are wonderful… but they’re second best, says Derren Brown"
Click Here • "Magician's Cereal Marshmallows ... Straight
Outta Germantown"
Click Here • Dov Citron’s lecture ‘What a Character’ is reviewed by
Julie Carpenter this week,
Click Here • "Magician makes cash disappear on cheese counter at
Harrods"
Click Here • "Magicians star talks Mastermind, Come Dine With Me and
Derren Brown"
Click Here • That's it for another week, many thanks for all your
news submissions - always welcomed, see you next week, Duncan.
9.2.13