Number 105 - 29th June 2002
Joe
Labero propels himself to London in November for two nights when he
performs in Rhapsody in Rock at the Royal Albert Hall together with a
number of well known music artists. Labero is Sweden's most famous magician and
has just completed an extensive Spring tour. Show details: The Royal Albert Hall,
London, Box office telephone: 020 7589 8212. Dates: Monday 25th November
and Tuesday 26th November at 7.30pm. Tickets: £20.00, £32.00, £39.00, £40.00,
and £45.00
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Paul
Daniels is on Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
tonight (Saturday 29th - LWT and Carlton). The show has a 'Jim didn't fix it'
item where members of the public who previously wrote in to Jim'll fix it
and were turned down are given another opportunity for their dream to come true.
Paul Daniels will be 'fixing' it for a lady who wants to be sawn in half
by a magician using a 'visible sawing' illusion supplied by
the-magic-store.com
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The 66th Annual IBM
British Ring Convention approaches... Performers and lecturers announced so
far include: Danny Cole, Paul Cummins, Henery Evans, Roberto Giobbi, Sergio
Brasca, Dominique Duvivier, Duncan Trillo, Antje Pode, John Fisher, Cyril
Harvey, Tom Jones & Rachel Wild, Mathieu Bich, Steve Bedwell, Lynn Thomas, Keith
Cooper & Carol, Hugh Nightingale, David Gist, Clancy Clown, Mr Woo the Wizard,
Mel Myland's Puppets, Fielding West, Visiona, Eriksson & Laver, Peter Greenwood,
and Rafael. That's a very solid line-up. The convention is in Eastbourne and
runs from Tuesday, September 24th, to Saturday, September 29th. For more details
and a registration form send a stamped addressed envelope to Hon Secretary: Tony Shelley, 18 Greaves
Avenue, Walsall, West Midlands WS5 3QF.
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"Hilton
seeks to turn Brighton into Las Vegas" reported The Sunday Times last
week (June
23rd). "Hilton, the hotels group, wants to introduce Las Vegas glamour to resorts
such as Brighton. It plans to transform the coastal hotels into giant casinos
with roulette tables, slot machines and cabaret." That was from the
opening paragraph - the key point here being that they recognise that
entertainment ("cabaret") will have to go hand in hand with the
gambling for
their various ventures to succeed. Most of the UK's summer resorts have
struggled to compete in the holiday market since the early eighties. "We are
aiming at the guy who might go to Paris with his wife for the weekend and says:
'This weekend let's try an English resort instead'" said David Michaels,
Hilton's CEO. New British gaming laws are set to be rubber-stamped later on
this year. The Times
online
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Genii,
The Conjurors' Magazine, America's best loved magic magazine for over sixty
years, now also run a website that features an excellent magic forum. You can
subscribe to the magazine via the website, and at current exchange rates it works
out to just a few pence over £3 per issue - great value and highly recommended
(Genii often features in-depth profiles and reports).
geniimagazine.com
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Daniel Dean will be appearing in his own illusion show Spellcaster at The Weston Playhouse on Saturday 7th of September. Box office telephone: 01934 645544. 29.6.02
Andy Charlton
appears for a third consecutive year at the
Party in the Park, a two day Music and Entertainment festival, in Boston,
Lincolnshire on Saturday 13th July and Sunday 14th July. Andy will be presenting
close-up and stand up shows for the whole family. For more details email:
andy3460@hotmail.com
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MagicTricks.co.uk
have just published their first "off line" catalogue - and it's free on receipt
of a stamped addressed envelope:
Click Here for more details.
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The World's Most Dangerous Magic 2
is being repeated next Saturday on Channel 5 and features, amongst others,
Dean Gunnarson. Why is it that escape artists always look like they're two
planks short of a plank?
At 7.55pm on Saturday 6th July on Channel 5 TV Magic
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The Guardian reviewed Thursday's Magic at War on Friday: Click Here • Paul Zenon continues to get lots of press and is interviewed in a four-page spread in the August edition of Front magazine (out now) and Jerry Sadowitz also has his own column in the magazine in the style of The Crimp but without the magic - be warned! • That's it for this week, your news and reviews always welcomed, see you next week, Duncan. 29.6.02