Number
1003 - 14th September 2019
The Magic Dealers Day, Park Plaza Victoria
Hotel, London, Saturday 19th October. From the organisers:
October is the most magical month – Halloween is coming and Christmas is
on the horizon. The perfect time to drink hot chocolate, tell spook
stories and perform some magic. But not just perform – to see the latest
releases, hunt down rare books, and stock up on props and gimmicks for
the season ahead – because it’s the month of the Magic Dealers Day!
The Magic Circle has run a very successful one day magic market under
the name "Dealers Day" for many years. In addition to expanding the size
of the event with more dealers than ever before, we’ve moved the renamed "Magic Dealers Day" to a new and more
suitable home – the Park Plaza Victoria Hotel. Less than 200 yards from
London's Victoria station, this four star venue is able to offer us our
own floor with not only a dealers hall but also lecture space,
cloakrooms and restrooms, and our own breakout space for refreshments
and relaxing and trying out our magic.
With the new facilities we are bringing you more from the day: we’re scheduling a masterclass at lunchtime, we’ll have food and drink available so you can hang out in comfort with your friends to discuss your latest or upcoming purchases, and because we have more space in the dealers hall. We’ve now got for the first time puppets, bubble and balloon vendors, and even a bespoke tailor coming along, one who knows all about our suits’ sometimes unusual requirements. Full details of the vendors, lectures, special events and mystery guests (for now) will be on our Facebook page.
You don’t have to be a member of The Magic Circle to attend! Non-member tickets will be available on the door for just £10, and the event remains free to members of The Magic Circle and the Young Magicians Club (YMC free entry also includes one parent/guardian adult). The Magic Dealers Day, Saturday 19th October, from 10.30am to 5pm. The Victoria Park Plaza Hotel, 239 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1EQ (Map). 14.9.19
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Smoke
& Mirrors Magic Theatre - guest magicians announced for 2020!
Situated in the heart of Bristol, Smoke & Mirrors Theatre Bar is not
only a traditional pub serving local real ales and ciders, but
also the centre of Bristol’s Stand-up Comedy and Magic scene, and home
to the #1 show in Bristol: The House Magicians Comedy & Magic Show.
Lined up for 2020: Cameron Young, Nemed Phoenix Magic, Samuel Hurst,
Andrew James Birtwell, Elliot Bibby, David Terrence Taylor, Mark
Shortland, Simon Vertue, Marcus Bailey, Scoop Magic, Steve Dela, Fritz
Alkemade, Ian Rowland, Jasper Blakeley, Kieron Lefever, Tom Elliott,
Andrew McKinlay, Alan Hudson, Aaron Hayes, James Bustar - Hilarious
Juggling, Antics & Mayhem, Tom Wright, Chris Tennant, Griffin & Jones.
For actual dates of these guest performers see website
www.smokeandmirrorsbar.com where specific dates will be announced
shortly.
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A
fabulous night of entertainment at London's Conjuring at the Court on
Thursday, 26th September! With Time Out’s king of comedy magic,
Christian Lee; the wonderful gentleman juggler Mat Ricardo; the
extraordinary mind-reading of Marc Paul; and from Holland, the charming
Fritz Alkemade! The show starts at 8pm and runs to 10pm with an interval. It’s in the lovely
function room of the Drayton Court, 2 The Avenue, West Ealing, London W13 8PH (Map).
Come early to enjoy a meal before the show!
Parking is free from 6.30pm. Tickets still just £11 in advance from
www.conjuringatthecourt.com.
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The
Smoke and Mirrors Gathering, Sunday 24th November, Bristol. 11am -
6pm. 4+ Lectures, a day of jamming, fun challenges and learning.
£15 for the whole day. The aim of the day is to learn magic from
professionals in an informal environment, a very relaxed atmosphere,
where everyone is welcome and there's plenty of time to network with
fellow magicians. On Sunday, 24th November, you can attend the first
official “Smoke and Mirrors Convention”.
Daniel Chard. Daniel will be sharing
some of the powerful close up card work he is known for and also
demonstrating some unpublished effects. Some of which are featured on
his Penguin Live Magic that has been polished in the trenches.
Grant Maidment. Grant is a worker in every sense of the word, he
will be sharing some visual close-up magic using a variety of different
objects from his DVD set 'Frenetic'. You don’t want to miss this!
James Brown. A master close-up magician, hypnotist and
pickpocket. James can cover a wide variety of different subjects. But
one thing is certain, you’ll leave looking at magic in a different
light.
Paul Pickford. Paul is the current joint winner of The Magic
Circle Close-up Competition. Paul has a very disarming manner and
relaxed presentational style. His work on what he calls the VS switch
opens up many doors in card magic.
Plus more speakers to be announced shortly. For more info and to book
see
www.eventbrite.co.uk.
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Britain’s
Got Talent: The Champions, week three. Two magic acts are competing
this evening. Richard Jones, who won BGT in 2016 and Canadian
illusionist Darcy Oake, a finalist in 2014. Tonight, Saturday 14th
September, on ITV. See TV Magic for
details. "Richard Jones: what happened to the BGT: The Champions
magician after he won Britain’s Got Talent"
Click Here. "Darcy Oake confirmed for Britain’s Got Talent: The
Champions – but when was he last on the show and what has he done
since?"
Click Here.
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"Passion
in Performing with Paul Zenon" on the Magicians' Advice Podcast.
Magicians' Advice Podcast write: Episode 103 is available now, this time
with Paul Zenon! Check it out here
Click Here or direct via your podcast app, iTunes or Spotify. We
recorded this just before Paul's successful Edinburgh run. The advice he
shares is timeless and the passion he has for creating an amazing
experience is something we can all learn from. Paul talks about creating
a one-man show – the thought process behind it and how he put it all
together. He talks about TV work, creating a seemingly endless stream of
new material which works on Countdown and how to take into account
things like camera angles and restrictions. Paul also mentions talent
shows like BGT as well as a host of other topics. But the thing which
comes through the most is that Paul has a huge passion in what he
performs and his goal is to make magic the best it can be.
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Colin
Skinner presents The Trick with Mark Bennett & Alan Hudson, this
Wednesday 18th September. Leicester's only magic and illusion night
returns, with another two incredible magicians and hosted by Colin
Skinner. Alan
Hudson is one of the top funny magicians in the UK. He's performed
all over the world including at The Magic Castle in Hollywood where he's
performed for many A-list celebrities and at Monday Night Magic in New
York. Not only a member of The Magic Circle, but actually a member of
The Inner Magic Circle and seen by over 3 million people on ITV's The
Next Great Magician and Penn & Teller: Fool Us.
Mark
Bennett has over 3000 shows under his belt, and for the last 7 years
been the resident compère and magician at the award winning Smoke &
Mirrors in Bristol. Well respected on both the comedy and magic scene,
expect to have sides split by a professional on top of his game.
Wednesday 18th September. Doors 7.30pm, with the first performance beginning at around 8pm. Performance times will be around 40 minutes, with a break in-between for you to try and figure out how they did it and head to the bar. Entry starts at £7 in advance, including an Agwa cocktail. Advance tickets will come off sale at 7pm on the day of the event, and you can then get tickets on the door for £9 - but you don't get a free cocktail, and you will not be guaranteed a seat. Your seats will be grouped by the lead bookers name, so please book together or send us an email colin_m_skinner@hotmail.com to ensure you're sitting with your friends. Finish time: 10.30pm. Bar open until: 11pm. Age: 18+ Venue: The Shed, 5 Yeoman Street, Leicester LE1 1UT (Map) Facebook.com/events. 14.9.19
Fiddler
on the Roof. If
you'd like to see Andy Nyman in the iconic role of Tevye in 'Fiddler on
the Roof', time is running out. Andy and the show have received
universally fantastic reviews and the show ends its West End run at the
Playhouse Theatre on November 2nd. Whilst very heavily booked there
are still some tickets available dotted around, visit
www.fiddlerwestend.com for the best availability. (Please note Andy will
not be appearing Sept 13th, 14th, 19th or 30th). DT.
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The
MagicWeek Video Archive. This week, 'Extreme Magic, Extreme Danger' with stuntman Mark Mottram, from 15th January 2000. See
The MagicWeek Video Archive. To catch up with past weeks
Click Here.
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Dugdale's
done it again! Chris Dugdale has just been awarded the Edfest
Bouquet for 2019 for 'Chris Dugdale: Down to 1' at the Edinburgh
Festival Fringe. He is now the only artist ever to have won four times.
Chris tells us that he is "totally humbled and wishes to thank all
involved. The award is given by professional reviewers and writers, as
opposed to the amateur reviewers who tend to roam freely during the
Festival!"
www.moremagicandmischief.com.
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David
Nixon remembered. Last week at the British Ring Eastbourne
convention Eddie Dawes and Steve Short, together with Steve’s wife
Carla, met up with Vivienne and Mandy Nixon, wife and daughter of David
Nixon. Vivienne presented Eddie with David’s Magic Circle membership
certificates, which will be held with David Hibberd in The Magic Circle
archives in London. Vivienne and Mandy contributed enormously with
information and memorabilia for the David Nixon biography written and
researched by Eddie and Steve in 2009. For this, Eddie and Steve
received The Magic Circle John Nevil Maskelyne prize in 2010. David
Nixon would have been 100 this year, so this was a very special
occasion.
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Kieron
Lefever on Talking Tricks. Kane & Abel write: Regurgitation, inventions and
magic with Kieron Lefever.
Regardless of if you know him as Kieron Lefever, Kieron Johnson or
Kieron The Mighty you will know Kieron as one of the most inventive and
highly-regarded magicians on the planet.
He joins us on Talking Tricks to discuss being one of just seven known
regurgitators on the planet and how it feels to create cutting-edge
magic that is performed by other magicians on stage and screen.
Kieron also talks about using regurgitation to mess with airport
security, getting into magic through ‘Cardtoon’, leaving the Navy and
spending most of his savings on magic tricks, using maths to get money
off sweets and why magicians are getting lazy.
He also chats about some of his biggest inspirations in magic and shares
top tips all magicians must hear.
Listen via
Podbean,
iTunes and
acast.
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The
Good, the Bad and the Unexpected. Colin Cloud, Rachel Jackson and
Alun Cochrane. Mark Nelson leads a panel of Scotland's funniest
comedians and personalities attempting to decipher the good from the
bad, with a few unexpected twists along the way. This week's odd
threesome of guests are the international magician and stage mentalist
Colin Cloud, who has promised not to use his trickery to take victory
back to his home town of Harthill. He is flanked by comedian, actor and
the busiest person in showbiz Rachel Jackson, and Glaswegian-born
comedian Alun Cochrane makes a welcome return to his home country to
fight his corner. (First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland FM on Friday
13th September) now on BBC
iPlayer
(starts 2 minutes in).
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Lights,
Camera, Magic! Discover the tricks of illusion used by set designers
in magic and theatre, from scene painting to model making, props and
digital tricks. In the earlier session use these creative techniques to
build the story of an abandoned house and create your own scenic element
for the model. In the later session, discover the role of set design in
staging magic, and think like a set designer to reimagine a famous
trick.
www.wellcomecollection.org.
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The
September E-Video Newsletter. Mark Leveridge's monthly half hour
online video presentation always offers an interesting mix of
information, advice, reviews and magic. The latest edition for September
includes the explanation of a convincing close-up mental routine in
which one coin marked with a sticker bearing a spectator's name is
uncannily found by the spectator entirely at random, it features an in
depth review of John Archer's Collard 2, and in 60 Seconds To Success,
there is some solid advice about the financial implications of being a
magic pro. There's also part 20 of an ongoing series called The
Strolling Magician Unplugged in which Mark analyses what goes to make up
the best tricks for strolling work. With all this plus a look at the
latest MLM Web Offers and some great advice on magic practice in Top
Tips, the September E-Video Newsletter provides much to interest you. To
watch a trailer and to order go to
www.markleveridge.co.uk.
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Congratulations
to Nikola Arkane from Belfast on winning the Close-up Magic
competition at the International Brotherhood of Magician’s Convention in
Eastbourne! A beautifully performed act, full of wonder, enchanted the
whole audience and judges. In addition, Nikola was also awarded the
prestigious Ali Bongo award for micro magic. A very worthy recipient!
Convention and Society organisers can contact Nikola via her website
www.arkanemagic.com
for performance and lecture enquires worldwide. John Carey.
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Magicians'
Advice Recommends. Ian Brennan writes: What? Another review show?!
After a large number of requests from our podcast listeners we have
started our own Vlog, "Magicians' Advice Recommends". The aim is for it
not to be a review show talking about the latest and greatest (or worst)
effects on the market, but rather to talk about the effects we use, that
work! Here's the link to the playlist with the first two videos:
YouTube. There are plenty of awesome review shows out there already
- check them out if you want to hear about the latest and greatest
stuff. 'Magicians' Advice Recommends' is all about what works and what
is in our case already? Have you missed an awesome trick?
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Enterteasement: Comedy Magic Burlesque in Glasgow. Saturday, October 5th, 8pm - 10.30pm. "Fritz Alcemade, from Holland, will be returning to Enterteasement on October 5th, along with a host of award-winning and International stars." Tickets £14 via www.enterteasement.com. Venue: Admiral Bar, 72 Waterloo Street, Glasgow G2 7DA (Map). 14.9.19
31st Peterborough Sale, Exchange & Lecture Day, 22nd September. Keith Downs writes: Phill Smith with his "Miscellaneous Miracles" as well as Matthew McGurk will be amongst those selling at The Peterborough Society of Magicians Sale Exchange & Lecture Day on Sunday 22nd September. There is still some table space left if you have anything to sell. See What's On for details. It's a great day! 14.9.19
Bexley
Magic Society Close-up competition 2019. On Wednesday 4th September,
Bexley Magic Society held their annual Close-up competition for the
Marvello Cup. The eventual winner, with a truly worthy performance, was
Jason Deverell MMC (pictured here with club Chair Kevin Doig MIMC
presenting the trophy). Those also competing were: Angeline Mystique
MMC, Andy Richardson and Jason Simons. Everyone contributed to a fun and
entertaining evening. All the contestants had clearly put in a lot of
time and effort and the gap between first and second place was only two
points. Once again, congratulations Jason and commiserations to the
other entrants. Roy Marsh MIMC.
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The
Paul Ormonde Magic Show. From the promoters: The Paul Ormonde Magic
Show returns to Lisburn, Northern
Ireland, on Saturday November 2nd following two recent sell-out charity
shows This performance will raise money for Parkinson's UK Lisburn Branch and
will be held at Trinity Community Venue, Knockmore Road, Lisburn BT28
2EA. The show is from 7.30pm - 9pm. Paul will be joined on stage by his
assistant Perri Porter performing the Zig Zag Lady, The Sword Box, Leg
Chopper and all the classics of magic associated with Paul Ormonde, who
is a member of The Magic Circle, London. Tickets are available online
from eventbrite Belfast and from local outlets - Shannon's Jewellers,
Jonzara, Active Lifestyle Centre, Trinity Community Venue and the
Cathedral Coffee Shop. For further details contact Branch Secretary
Elvira Lowe Tel: 07775 668395.
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The
Magic Show! Alex Joseph writes: As we draw to the end of our
100-year celebration the Pentacle Club is proud to present The Magic
Show - an up close and personal parlour show at The Junction. With
seating for about 100 people everyone feels like they're a part of the
magic. Tickets are already selling fast and are available from The
Junction Website:
www.junction.co.uk. The show starts at 8pm and includes close-up
magic during the interval. This show will be performed at the world
famous Magic Circle in November, so this is your chance to see it before
they do. Please note that is not a children's magic show but is, of
course, suitable for all ages. Saturday 5th October at 8pm. Bring your friends and family and we look
forward to seeing you at the show!
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Death Defying Acts. "Renowned escapologist Harry Houdini embarks on a tour of Scotland, where a con woman claims she is a psychic and will contact his dead mother in return for a $10,000 reward. However, things take an unexpected turn when Houdini begins a passionate affair with the fraudster." Period drama, with Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Timothy Spall and Saoirse Ronan. Saturday 21st September on BBC 2. See TV Magic for details. 14.9.19
"The
magicians trying to change the world – one card trick at a time"
Click Here • IBM British Ring 25 Convention, Eastbourne 2019, an overview by
Donald Bevan
Click Here • "An interview with Michael Close"
Click Here • "Despite elimination, magician Eric Chien (‘America’s Got
Talent’) is ‘happy for how things worked out’"
Click Here • "BBC Three search for young magicians living in Bradford"
Click Here • "Local magician goes on national TV"
Click Here • "Holy City Magic's first guest magician Michael Trixx to
appear"
Click Here "An Illusionist [Derren Brown] Reacts to Movies and TV Shows
About Illusions - Expert Witness"
YouTube •
Your UK magic news is always welcomed, see you next week,
Duncan.
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