Number 75 - 1st December 2001
The world stage
première of Ian Fleming's classic children's adventure Chitty Chitty Bang
Bang will take place on April 16th 2002 at the London Palladium (with
previews from March 19th). Of interest to magicians the musical features a
magical car that can, and will, fly. David Copperfield, Lance Burton,
Johnny Hart and many others have levitated cars during their presentations
but here is a car that can fly - live on stage. Should be fun. Michael
Ball and Richard O'Brien star.
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Illusionist Russ Stevens
features in December's Magic
Profile. Rated by his peers as the UK's finest Illusionist Russ has
consistently set new standards in live illusion concepts and
presentations. (He's also one of the funniest guys that I know!)
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The Magic Circle
presents a "Regional Day" at The Glee Club, Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay,
Cardiff on Sunday January 20th. There's a 'Magicians Only' afternoon
session featuring lectures, close-up, dealers and special guests, and an
evening show that's open to the public starring Marc Paul, Scott Penrose,
Richard Pinner, Mark Shortland (photo) with more names to be confirmed.
Tickets are £10.00 for non-member magicians (on the door) and free to
Magic Circle members. Tickets for just the evening show are £5.00 from the
venue telephone 0870 241 5093 or can be purchased online at
www.glee.co.uk
Enquiries to Peter McCahon - Regional Day Organiser Telephone 01582 564850.
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Steve Brooks in the
USA has just launched a good-looking online magic forum
themagiccafe.com
The cafe has a lot on its menu - so that you can go straight to whatever
topic interests you, and it is being monitored to weed out any nonsense.
Pay them a visit!
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Guy Hollingworth premiered
Once Upon a Time at Duncan Trillo's 'Invention' evening at The
Magic Circle on Monday night. Guy's meticulous attention to detail is
evident throughout this ingenious collection of routines. An
easy-to-follow instruction book with 100 photographs and
a specially printed and beautifully illustrated deck of 'cards' (that
handle really well) make this an ideal trick for entertaining friends and
family at Christmas. Magic and story
telling combined; if you missed the review last week
Click Here
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David Blaine appears on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross at 10.35pm on Friday 7th December (40 minutes) on BBC 1. Not to be missed. 1.12.01
Christmas is coming...
Back for a fourth year The Snowman (complete with a charming flying
sequence) returns to the West End's Peacock
Theatre. The Snowman continues to delight children everywhere with this
stage version of Raymond Briggs' enchanting book. "A boy's snowman comes to
life on Christmas Eve. The two friends have adventures in the night-time
world and embark on a magical flight to meet the Snowman's friends in the
North Pole before returning home for Christmas morning." December 11th -
January 13th Tickets £8.50 - £27.50
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Although not easy
to find Harry Potter playing cards are here. First of all there are
conventional playing cards with a Harry Potter design, then a special set
that come in a magic drawer box so that you can make them appear and
disappear at will, and finally a specially printed trick deck - allowing
the user to perform 10 different tricks.
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Geoffrey
Durham's Magical One Man Show is live on stage tonight (Saturday) at
the Trinity Arts Center, Church Road, Tunbridge Wells. Telephone:
01892 526455. Highly recommended.
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Cirque du Soleil are
back in London, performing Quidam, over the Christmas period. Noted
for its imaginative use of stage sets, acrobatic artistry and special
effects, Quidam played the UK last year but high ticket demand left
many fans disappointed. Quidam introduces 52 performers from ten
different nations. "Unforgettable. You see it and still don't quite
believe it" - Daily Telegraph. Ticketmaster telephone 020 7501 3901 and
020 7957 4090 Prices £16.00 - £95.00
ticketmaster.co.uk
• Pizza Hut are offering free tricks with
meals at the moment, I'm not sure what they are though
• Dominic Wood has a magic set out (produced
by Marvin's Magic) that's packed full of tricks that would make a great
present for any budding magician
• The Stage ran a four page magic and
illusion supplement on Thursday with a number of articles on the magic
scene from Elizabeth Warlock
• That's it for this week, your news is always
welcomed, see you next week, Duncan.
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