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Pure Magic Bar - Launch Party
14th June 2006 - Manchester
Reported by Philip Partridge
(To see a selection of photos from the opening night
Click Here)
On Wednesday 14th June I attended the launch of
Pure Magic at the Printworks, Manchester, a bar dedicated to the art of magic.
The invitation was delivered by post with a “Wonder Fool” box containing my free
drink vouchers – I never can get those puzzle boxes open! We were promised a VIP
evening of cocktails, champagne, canapés & compelling confusion. Magician Mark
Bennett has spent the past few years looking for the ideal venue to realise his
dream. “People just love to see great magic being performed right under their
noses,” said Mark, a veteran of magic for 15 years. “Ever since hearing about
the world famous Tower Magic Bar, once owned by John Denver in Aspen Colorado, I
have dreamt of bringing the concept here to England.”
The bar features specially designed magic cocktails such as The Citrus Blush
aka The Siegfried & Roy. A good looking fruity cocktail with one hell of
a bite. The Sea Breeze aka The Debbie McGee. This long sleek
stunner will leave you needing all the assistance you can get and the Long
Island Tea aka The Derren Brown. This cocktail is smooth
sophisticated and will mess with your mind.
They have a magic themed menu and the bar is
decorated with pictures of magicians past and present. As well as being able to
see Mark perform, customers will be entertained by Matthew Wright, Magic Sam,
Alex Fisher, Magic Lee, Jon Westall, Andy Birtwell, Jeremy Mansfield and Chris
Blaine. Profiles of some of these performers can be found at
www.puremagic-manchester.com. They perform, with a head set microphone,
behind the bar with the performance being relayed on TV screens throughout the
bar. Music fans are also catered for as the bar comes equipped with its very own
baby grand piano.
Tricks available to buy from the bar include: D’Lites, Dynamic Coins, Electric
deck, Gamblers’ Dice, Dime and Penny, Bite Out Coin, Breakaway Wand, Linking
Rings, Svengali deck and book and Paul Zenon’s 100 Ways to Win a Tenner.
© Philip Partridge, June 2006