Number 154 - 7th June 2003
The
unstoppable Paul Daniels will present two different shows at this
year's Edinburgh Fringe
Festival. The first his one man show, An Audience with Paul
Daniels, and the second, a new show, The Magic of Max Malini
"In Casablanca and Shanghai Max would entertain and hustle more than a
living. Paul Daniels tells his story and reconstructs the magic that
entertained presidents and kings, and anyone else who happened to be
passing!" Keith
Fields presents two different shows at the festival as well:
m@gic.comedy and Not Another Kids
Show? Steve Rawlings and Dave Brown are running a one hour Circus
and Magic School workshop and will also be performing in the evenings
and close-up magic returns to the Café Royal in Magic@CaféRoyal. Full details with relevant links under
What's On, or visit the official
website www.edfringe.com.
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"Television
presenter-turned programme producer Andrew O'Connor has a lot on his
mind. The one-time Young Magician of the Year now heads up one of the UK's
fastest-growing independent production companies thanks to the success of
his Channel 4 show featuring 'mind control' expert Derren Brown, who
scooped a Silver at last month's Montreux television festival." To read
the full story in The Guardian
Click Here.
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Geoffrey Durham's Little
Miracles takes to the stage tonight at the
Lawrence Batley Theatre
in Huddersfield. The new show is bigger and more mind-boggling than ever before
and features everything from stunning
close-up magic to the levitation of a member of the audience!
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Jamie
Allan has just been awarded the contract for the new Cunard liner
Queen Mary 2 which
makes her maiden voyage on January 12th, 2004. Jamie plans a high-tech
show featuring many custom made illusions including the vanish and
reappearance of an
R22
helicopter.
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More
Monkey Magic is in the pipeline - a second series has just been
commissioned by five with plans for transmission early next year.
Pete McCahon (aka Papa) also has another new role - as editor of The
Magic Circular, The Magic Circle's house magazine.
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Card
College Volume 5 by Roberto Giobbi is now available from
www.alakazam.co.uk.
Everything is taught with the same clarity and attention to detail that
has made the rest of the series so popular and this volume is the largest to date with 334 pages and hundreds of illustrations. Also in stock
and available from Alakazam Mastering the Art of Pickpocketing on
DVD with James Coats "An exclusive step-by-step guide to pickpocketing!
This DVD will reveal for the first time anywhere the real secrets of
street pickpockets and how they can be used to entertain."
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Mike
Austin lectures at the DownTown Magic Club in Ashford, Kent on June
12th. This promises to be a great evening and will include coins, cards,
and sleights. As always visiting magicians are welcome and on presentation
of another club's membership card will be admitted at special rates. For
more details contact Miki Travis on 01233 620120 or e-mail
mikitravis@ntlworld.com.
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Four
different magic events will be staged at this year's Inverurie
Festival, just outside Aberdeen. The magic begins next Saturday morning
with a family magic show by award winning magician Bill Duncan at 10.30am
in the Town Hall. Between 2pm and 4pm the "Comagi Bunco Booth" will
feature close-up and street magic for all ages. At 7.45pm you can sit back
and enjoy an "Extreme Close-Up Magic Show" and this will be followed by
walk-about magic at a number of local hotels. With the exception of the
morning show, which is only £2.00, all the other events are free. So go
along and enjoy the talents of Derry Bongo, Gareth Edwards, James Pell,
Ewen McLean and Alan Innes (photo). For further information contact Alan
Innes alan@comagi.co.uk website:
www.comagi.co.uk.
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Kent
based magician Marc Lemezma helped make history this week at
celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the Queen's coronation. His
nimble fingers created literally hundreds of balloon animals for children
attending a garden party at Buckingham Palace. "I don't think I've ever
blown up so many balloons so fast, but the kids loved them. I was very
honoured to be asked to take part and although I was thrilled when Her
Majesty told me she was impressed with my balloons, what really mattered
was that the children were too." More in
The Sun.
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Step
by Step to Stand-up Comedy. "Essential for the aspiring comic or the
working comedian interested in updating his or her comedy routine, Step by
Step to Stand-up Comedy is the most comprehensive and useful book ever
written on the art of the stand-up comedian." To order from MagicWeek in
association with Amazon.co.uk
Click Here.
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Derren
Brown's show at the Palace Theatre on Sunday evening (tomorrow) in the
heart of London's West End is now sold out • Pat Page's recent workshop at
the
Five of Hearts Magic Studio is reviewed this week by Ian Brodie,
Click Here • "A stage show featuring Paul Daniels during the forthcoming Merlin,
Magic and Mystery Festival in Carmarthen has been moved to a bigger venue
for the second time." To read the full story from the BBC
Click Here • Ali Bongo and Jack Delvin were involved in a car accident
on Monday evening and Ali had to be cut out of the car - both were badly
bruised with Ali suffering from a broken nose and black eyes and Jack torn
ligaments. After an overnight stay in hospital the two are now in their
respective homes, resting • There's another article in the Kevin Gallagher
series this week, this time looking at originality
Click Here •
Granada Television are currently making a new series called "The Test"
that will feature (amongst others) a magician as he strives to turn
professional. The show follows people with an ambition from their early
beginnings to their final "Test." Martyn Moore is the magician. Good luck.
Transmission dates when we have them • International News: "Other teenagers hang pictures of rock stars on
their bedroom walls, but Alex Gonzalez proudly displays posters of Houdini
and Shimada." To read the full story in the Contra Costa Times
Click Here • That's it for this week, your UK magic news is always
welcomed, see you next week, Duncan.
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