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Number 1235 - Saturday 24th February 2024
West
End Magic, Saturday
24th February.
London’s longest-running theatre magic show West End Magic presents some of the
most exciting names in magic and variety in the UK.
A family-friendly show offering an amazing mixture of magic, comedy
and variety acts, featuring British Champion of Magic Oliver Tabor, magical
compere Wayne Trice and special guest acts. |
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The Blackpool Magic Convention 2024 may be over but registrations for 2025 go on sale in just a few weeks on Tuesday, 2nd April. Make a note in your diary now! 13th-16th February 2025. www.blackpoolmagicconvention.com. 24.2.24 |
Young
& Strange Delusionists, North American Tour - Final Two Dates: With over 50 million online views Britain's most famous comedy illusionists Young & Strange present their smash hit show 'Delusionists'. Fun for the entire family, it’s a fully interactive, immersive experience, with extraordinary appearances, vanishes, mind reading feats and more. All tied together with a mind blowing, sensational finale set to rival any Las Vegas show! Trailer: YouTube. www.youngandstrange.co.uk. 24.2.24 |
Wessex Magic Convention 2024 - Youth Initiative! As part of our goal to introduce the next generation of magicians into our captivating world of magic we are allowing free entry to juniors (16 and under) to the daytime activities (this excludes the Gala show) if accompanied by a full paying adult on Sunday 24th March in Bournemouth. Doors open at 8.30am, and the day begins at 9am. As well as our Dealers' Hall, lecturers during the day will include Luke Jermay, Craig Petty, Oliver Tabor and James Brown. Refreshments will be available throughout, and from 5.30pm we will have a licensed bar prior to our Gala show which starts at 6.30pm. The show will end at around 9.30pm. Star names performing include: Ryland Petty, Katherine Rhodes, Oliver Tabor and Jay & Joss. Wessex Magic Convention 2024, Bournemouth School for Girls, Castle Gate Close, Castle Lane West, Bournemouth, Dorset BH8 9UJ. See: www.wmagic.co.uk. 24.2.24 |
The
Magicians' Podcast Network Blackpool 2024 Special Episodes.
What a time it was! We reviewed Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with a
different special guest each day. All three podcasts live right now - relive all
the excitement of an incredible weekend! |
Hull Magicians' Circle - Fine Dining and Magic Theatre Show. Saturday 20th April. From the organisers: Get your glad rags on! You are invited to a sumptuous four-course banquet and a magnificent magic stage show with award winning performers direct from appearances in London's West End and television's Britain's Got Talent and Penn & Teller's Fool Us!
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Ulster
Society of Magicians
Annual Dinner.
James Hobart writes:
Preliminary details have now been released for the Ulster Society of Magicians
Chairman’s Dinner on 11th May 2024.
We will be returning to previous successful venue Rockmount Golf Club,
Carryduff, Belfast for the Ted Oldham Memorial Lecture at 2.30 pm with a break
before gathering at 7.30 pm for a 7.45pm start to the evening activities.
Special guests performing at the dinner will be Vice President of The Ulster
Society of Magicians, Magical Legend Fay Presto and President of the British
Ring of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, Comedy Conjuror Philip
Partridge. |
Pop Dog by Rick Green. Discount Magic write: Fresh from Blackpool 2024, Pop Dog! You begin by showing 4 playing cards with 4 different coloured balloon dogs on them. One at a time they turn face down, and as the final dog turns face down, you ask the spectator what the colour was of the last face-down dog... as they start to answer Pop! the dog visually pops off the card becoming a small rubber balloon dog, turning the final card over shows an explosion actually printed onto that card! Comes with everything you need to perform this trick right out of the box! For more info and to watch a video dem see www.discountmagic.co.uk. 24.2.24 |
Peter Clifford’s Magical Mythologies - Bristol. Discover why you can’t trust your eyes... and you may well not believe your mind, with Peter Clifford’s latest, mind-melting magic show. In the intimate and exciting space of The Wardrobe Theatre, Peter Clifford will weave his magic around stories of life, conjuring and the wonders of the world. Join him as he plays with puzzles of perception and prestidigitates for your pleasure. Let your grip on reality slip for a moment and be transported into something far more fantastical and exciting. You really have to see it to not believe it.
27th February to 2nd March at 7.30pm (plus 2pm on Saturday) at The Wardrobe Theatre, The Old Market Assembly, 25 West Street, Old Market, Bristol BS2 0DF. Running Time: 1 hour 40 minutes (with interval). Ages 12+. "Peter Clifford is one of my favourite magicians and one of the loveliest people I know… Do everything you can to get tickets!" Derren Brown. www.thewardrobetheatre.com. 24.2.24 |
Alakazam Magic Present Desert Island Tricks. Each week we invite one of the biggest guests in the world of magic to maroon themselves on a desert island. They are allowed to take with them 8 tricks, 1 book and 1 non-magic item that they use for magic! We discuss their "can't live without" lists and why those items were chosen. Episodes are uploaded every Friday and are available via all Podcast service providers! www.desertislandtricks.buzzsprout.com. To find out more about the team behind Desert Island Tricks, visit: www.alakazam.co.uk. 24.2.24 |
The MagicWeek Video Archive. A new magic clip or show every week! This week, Paul Lytton on The Big Stage from 4th April 2000. See The MagicWeek Video Archive. To see more from The MagicWeek Video Archive Click Here. 24.2.24 |
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Magical Memories in aid of Trinity Hospice. Jonathan Royle reports: Just over £1,500 was raised on Sunday 18th February towards buying a new piece of equipment for Trinity Hospice who helped the late magician, singer and entertainer Carl DeRome to live out his final days peacefully at home, before he died the day after Blackpool Magic Convention 2023. Acts including Comedy Magician Jonathan Royle, Comedy Legend Ricky Lane, Singers Tony Just, Ant Oliver, Johnny Rox and John Kelly all performed during the event, as did Vocalist and Event Organiser Peter Young in what was also a Tribute to Carl's memory, attended by family, friends and fellow showbiz performers at Blackpool Royal British Legion. The fund-raising continues, and donations can be made here: www.gofundme.com. 24.2.24 |
Jake Banfield: Modern Magic - The Charlotte Street Hotel, London, tonight! The longest running parlour magic show in London. Downstairs in the sumptuous screening room at the Charlotte Street Hotel, the audience will have their minds read, senses manipulated and experience some of the most astonishing feats of modern magic. Sit down and relax as Jake takes you on a journey of dapper deception, sophisticated sleight of hand and mischievous mind games. The Charlotte Street Hotel, 15-17 Charlotte Street, London W1T 1RJ. www.modernmagic.co.uk. 24.2.24 |
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All Star Family Fortunes. Paul Daniels v Joe Swash. Magician Paul Daniels and former EastEnder Joe Swash compete, teaming up with their relatives to guess the answers to surveys of 100 people in a bid to reach the final round, in which they can win up to £30,000 for a charity of their choice. Game show, hosted by Vernon Kay. Saturday 2nd March on Challenge. See TV Magic for details. 24.2.24 |
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"Penn and Teller interview: The magic duo spill their secrets" Click Here • "Adelaide Fringe - Magician moves entire audience mid-show as fringe plunges into blackout" Click Here • "Master illusionist Michael Carbonaro heads to Tulsa June 15" Click Here • "A New Orleans magician says a Democratic operative paid him to make the fake Biden robocall" Click Here • "The reigning world champions of mental magic Anca & Lucca are opening a new magical world of experience in the Vienna Prater this summer" Click Here • "Mind Mangler to embark on tour after West End run" Click Here • That's it for this week, your UK magic news is always welcomed. See you next week, Duncan. 24.2.24 |