Number 48 -
26th May 2001
The
brilliant Graham P Jolley live on stage at the Stars of The Magic Circle
Romanian Appeal Show on Wednesday evening "mid mind read." For the second
year running Janet Clare staged this event to raise funds to help re-house
500 orphaned handicapped and needy children living in appalling conditions
in Romania. The show was emceed by top funny man Noel Britten, who
introduced Roy Davenport in a silent routine presenting the magic of great
grand father Lewis Davenport (great billiard ball manips), Pat Page (name
any card and he's got it), Graham P Jolley (the WORLD'S funniest mind
reader - great stuff!), and Daniel Dean and Company (illusions with
dance).
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Wayne
Dobson, together with partner Marianne and her son Julian, have just
returned from a visit to the States that had a very magical twist. On the
trip to Las Vegas they had to change planes at Cincinnati when who
should be in the check-in line with them but magic legends Siegfried and
Roy! Chatting on the flight they invited Wayne, Marianne and Julian to be
guests at their show, and really made the whole visit to Las Vegas very special. Wayne
also gave a private lecture, and performed and lectured at The Magic
Castle. For more on Siegfried and Roy visit their new website: Click
Here
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Mark
Leveridge Magic are advertising on MagicWeek, starting today. The business came into existence almost by
accident. Mark presented his first lecture in 1977 and produced some lecture notes and one or two
items for sale afterwards. A second and third lecture were put together and the number of associated lines started to grow. Eventually Mark released some effects which were not linked to a lecture and this started a process of invention and marketing which is still going strong today.
His catalogue now contains about 100 unique items, all of which have a consistent high standard
in both production and routining.
Visit the site for secure online ordering today: MarkLeveridge.co.uk
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Congratulations
to Nick Rushton for his excellent performance on the World Magic Awards
II on Friday evening - one of the highlights on an otherwise 'over
inflated' show. Did anyone else think that the guy escaping from the boot
of the second hand car looked more like someone who should be trying to
sell you one? 26.5.01
Magic
mogul Marvin Berglas presented his FISM 2000 lecture Marketing with Marvin
at the Magic Circle on Monday evening. It traced the Marvin's Magic story
(so far) and offered an insight into the reasons for its success. There
was a strong emphasis on how magicians could, and should, improve their
marketing strategies as well. And a glimpse of what is planned for the
future. An excellent evening. 26.5.01
Sunday
night approaches. This must be the most magic to be
televised on a single evening in the UK ever (virtually five hours). 9.10pm David Blaine, 10.10pm
Derren Brown, 11.10pm Robert Gallup, 12.15am Penn and Teller, all on
Channel 4, and over on ITV at 10.50pm John Lenahan in Hoaxbusters.
Missing from this line-up is David Copperfield's new show, which I saw
recently on tape and am now not so sure that we'll be seeing here.
But who knows? Photo: John Lenahan promoting Hoaxbusters on ITV's Good
Morning. There's
more information on these websites:
Hoaxbusters Click Here
Derren Brown Click Here
David Blaine Click Here
Penn and Teller Click Here
MagicWeek TV listings: Click Here 26.5.01
It
was very good to see Fergus Roy of Davenport's on Monday evening at Janet
Clare's Charity Show, following the heart attack that he suffered last
month. Fergus has since had a triple by-pass, and is making a strong
recovery back to full health. Keep
an eye on the For Sale and Wanted
ads in MagicWeek - some really interesting items come up. There is a full report of this
years Bristol Day of
Magic (photo) from Mandy Davis this week under
Reviews.
Contributions in the form of reviews, articles, and news always welcomed.
Well that's all for now, it's sunny outside - what on earth am I doing on
the computer! See you next week, Duncan.
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