Number 384 - 3rd November 2007
One
Night Only - Special Equity Show in Blackpool. The National Theatre of
Variety (Blackpool's Grand Theatre) will, on Friday 30th November, become
the stage for Variety Parade, a stunning spectacle that combines the
nostalgia of traditional variety performance with exciting and sparkling
acts from the world of new variety. This performance will raise money for
the Equity Benevolent Fund. Starring anarchic magician Pete Firman
(photo), singing starlet Paloma Faith, award-winning clowns Sonny and
Rainbow, king of inflatables Bob Wooding, and Pearly Queen dancing girls
the Whoopee Beaux Belles, along with other artistes yet to be announced,
with compère Nicholas Parsons. Tickets £10 (Equity members £8). Box Office
01253 290190.
3.11.07
Jay
Fortune’s Magick and Mayhem show is a mix of the surreal, the
political, and everyday matters of life and death! Jay says "the show
brings together all of the elements which entertain and influence me
outside magic. Combining themes of horror with comedy, it creates a
strange ambience to weave the magic into." Magick and Mayhem is a
card act and something which Jay hopes to grow as the show evolves. "At
the moment we’re doing the show on a basic level of visual elements. In
the future we aim to bring in a projector, video camera and screen to not
only focus on the magic but create images which strengthen the various
plots, whether comical, political or macabre." Magick and Mayhem is
currently showing every Friday up until 7th December at 10.45pm at the
Jermyn Street Theatre, Jermyn Street, London SW1Y 6ST (Map).
Adults only. Tickets £14.00 / £12.00 concessions (Groups 10+ £10.00). To
book call the Box Office on 0207 287 2875.
www.magickandmayhem.co.uk.
3.11.07
Christmas
Magic Show. The Coventry Magic Circle have organised a Christmas Magic
Show featuring the amazing illusions of James Long, the comedy magic of
John Archer (photo), Mark Shortland and Martin Cox together with the
sophisticated magic of Tim Shoesmith and elegant manipulation from Alex
Lodge. With close-up magic in the foyer from Kerry Scorah and Alan Cooper.
The show will be raising funds for the Nuneaton & North Warickshire
Equestrian Centre Riding School for the Disabled and the Mary Ann Evans
Hospice. Tuesday 27th November at 7.30pm at The Abbey Theatre, Pool Bank
Street, Nuneaton CV11 5DB (Map).
Tickets £6 adult, £4 children, family ticket (2 +2) £17. To book call
Jeanette on 024 7659 5277 or email
alan@themagiccircle.co.uk.
3.11.07
Chris
Hare's Birthday Detector is now being advertised on MagicWeek.
"Birthday Detector does exactly as its name suggests - it detects people's
birthdays! It is a very powerful effect which is very easy to learn and
can be performed effortlessly." Birthday Detector can be carried in a
jacket pocket and be performed anywhere at anytime. For more information,
and to watch a video, visit
www.birthdaydetector.com.
3.11.07
Pyrofreak
2.0 "If you work with flash paper or flash string, then this is a must!"
From My-MagicShop.com: "Pyrofreak is a revolutionary electronic device to
light flash paper and flash string. Show your hands empty and produce
flashes of fire! Produce fire from different objects! Use your mental
powers and light a piece of paper! Transform a piece of paper into a
chosen card! Only limited by your imagination!" For more information and
to watch a video clip visit:
www.my-magicshop.com.
Note: This product is intended for professionals to use at their own risk.
3.11.07
Nick
Einhorn and Andrew Murray entertained at a high-profile fund-raising
dinner for the
Teenage
Cancer Trust earlier this week at Lords Cricket Ground. Sir John
Major, the guest of honour, was amongst the audience of 200 - all kept
spellbound by Inner Magic Circle member's Nick and Andrew. The event
raised over £100,000.
www.einhorn.co.uk
www.andrewmurray.biz.
3.11.07
The
Colombinis lecture at the Bath Circle of Magicians. The Bath Circle of
Magicians present a double-bill lecture by Aldo Colombini and Rachel
Colombini at 8.15pm on Thursday 22nd November at the Bath Circle of
Magicians, St Mary's Church Hall, Saltford. Aldo Colombini is renowned for
his charm and highly commercial approach to classic magic. His magic has
won awards all over the place from FISM to the Magic Castle and Academy of
Magical Arts, where he is the only magician to have been nominated in all
six categories: Comedy, Stage, Close-up, Parlor, Bar magician and
Lecturer! Rachel Colombini is an equally accomplished corporate performer
specialising in both stage and close-up magic who, among other things,
recently established a magic shop in Manchester specialising in
high-quality hand-crafted effects. She has lectured at various conventions
and magic societies and joins Aldo as part of a double bill to showcase
their best material. Admission is available on the door at just £5 for
members of the Bath Circle of Magicians and the Bristol Society of Magic
or £10 for visiting magicians. For further information contact Oli Foster,
Hon. Sec. Bath Circle of Magicians, 0117 934 0061 / 07817 726 785
o_foster@das.co.uk.
3.11.07
Magic
down under. An invitation to magicians visiting magicians to Sydney,
Australia. Digiquick Magic are hosting a monthly Magic Cafe in the centre
of Sydney at the Gallery Cafe, 74 Devonshire Street, Surrey Hills, NSW
2010. This will be an informal get-together for local and visiting
magicians. The Cafe is owned by Mark and Pearl Williams a renowned
acrobatic act. Mark is now combining his juggling and balance skills with
magic, so expect a few surprises! Visit
www.digiquick.com.au
for full details.
3.11.07
Hocus
Pocus is currently 'Children’s Book Of The Month' in Borders book
shops across the country. It has also been listed as one of the top three
children's books of the year by Bloomsbury. Almost all of the first print
run has already been distributed and they’re looking at a second printing
just two weeks after publication; all you first edition collectors take
note! Available online from Amazon.co.uk
Click Here.
3.11.07
Deceptive
Practices are proud to present a lecture by rising magic star Benjamin
Earl. The lecture will include Ben's very strong commercial gambling
routines, 'Thought of' card effects, some thoughts on misdirection and a
workshop section on 'moves'. There will be material for all skill levels.
Ben's Past Midnight DVD set will shortly be released by
Alakazam, so here
is an opportunity to see Ben work live first. Sunday 11th November at 5pm.
The cost is £10 and the venue is House of Magic UK, Brook Street,
Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 3XB (Map).
For more information contact Alan or Dylan:
deceptivepractices@yahoo.co.uk.
3.11.07
Mel
Harvey in Dick Whittington. Mel will be playing the part of "Idle
Jack" with plenty of opportunities to include his brand of comedy and
magic in Dick Whittington at The Bedworth Civic Hall in December. Mel's
comment on after signing the contract was "at last, four weeks on dry
land!" The Panto is being directed by Freddie "Parrot Face" Davies and
runs from December 12th - 29th. For details and to book visit
www.civichallinbedworth.co.uk.
3.11.07
North
West Dealers Day. The Order of the Magi (Manchester) is presenting the
North West Dealers Day for the 5th time on Saturday 10th November from
10am to 4pm at The Irish World Heritage Centre, Queens Road, Manchester M8
8UF (Map).
Member of the Year Alan ‘Snaggers’ Russell (see photo) will be presenting
a hands-on Balloon Workshop at lunch time and later in the afternoon there
will be a close-up competition with an outright prize of £150. It is
intended to have this projected on the large screen as last year. Ample
parking, raffle, bar and snacks. Entrance is just £5.00. More information:
www.orderofthemagi.org.uk or contact PRO Geoffrey Newton 0161 969
8222.
3.11.07
The
November issue of magicseen is out now and as usual it is full
interesting articles and features. Canada's Jay Sankey is on the cover and
David Acer interviews him inside. Boris Wild is also featured in a full
interview. Mark Leveridge emails "Closer to home we chew the cud with Mark
Townsend and Paul Pleasants. The new issue also has plenty of great
feature articles including So You Want To Market Your Own Ideas which is a
potted guide to selling your magic creations, The Golden Age Of Magic
(when do you think that was?) and 'The Clinic' in which top pro Andrew
Normansell solves your magical dilemmas. All this plus reviews, news and
plenty of other articles too numerous and too exciting to list here means
it's another issue not to be missed." You can subscribe or buy an instant
download now from
www.magicseen.co.uk.
3.11.07
Headless
Lady on Paul O'Grady Show. Paul O’Grady in seen here in his 'Gomez
Adams' outfit showing the Headless Lady on the Paul O’Grady Halloween
Special Show on Channel 4 on October 31st. The Headless Lady is one of Jon
Marshall’s (www.sideshowillusions.com)
restorations of an original 1950s show, first presented by the late Jon
Gresham. "Paul O’Grady was a delight to work with and the production and
technical crew were brilliant, especially under the pressure of a live
show," said Jon, "I think the audience thought it was a wax work but there
was an audible gasp from the audience when she moved." The Paul O’Grady
show has featured sideshow performers and unusual attractions previously,
mainly the result of contacts with Dr Vanessa Toulmin of the National
Fairground Archive. Paul O‘Grady’s reaction: "I love this sort of thing, I
remember going to a fair in Ireland as a kid with my Dad and I had to
stick pins in a 'sleeping princess' to try and wake her up, later we saw
her coming out of the pub and she looked a right bruiser."
www.sideshowillusions.com
3.11.07
Mark
Leveridge Magic is pleased to announce the integration of a new
shopping basket ordering system onto their website. A key advantage of
this is that all purchases of E-Routines, Master E-Routines and E-Books
will now be automated as customers will receive an instant link which they
can use straight away to download their selections. Mark Leveridge is also
now offering a range of 20 video routines called TricKlips. Each routine
has been extracted from his range of professionally produced DVDs and
includes performance and full explanation footage supplied as a Windows
Media Player file. Customers can select any combination of clips and their
choices will be burned on to a disc and sent to them by mail, post free.
More routines are lined up to be added to the list in the near future.
Visit
www.markleveridge.co.uk for more information.
3.11.07
Magician
Damien O'Brien was seen at the 2007 Kickers Urban Music Awards in
London last week presenting the award for best music website as well as
performing for music stars on the red carpet. Damien's new TV show 'Mind &
Magic' was shown throughout the night. It will be screened on Invincible
TV in coming weeks. For more information visit
www.damienobrien.com.
3.11.07
Gary
James is Sam the Scam! On Friday, November 9th, Gary James can be seen
on BBC1 Scotland at 10.35pm in the latest episode of the new BBC series
Dear Green Place (from the team that created "Chewing the Fat" and "Still
Game"). In this episode, Gary is in character as Sam the Scam and performs
his table magic for Gabriele Quigley and Paul Riley - with hilarious
consequences.
www.samthescam.co.uk.
3.11.07
Harvey
Berg is lecturing at the AWS on Tuesday November 6th. "Harvey is
from the USA and is one of the world's greatest mentalists, he must be
seen to be believed. Harvey had to cancel his Great Britain Tour, but
fortunately he made an exception for The Associated Wizards of the South
and The Magic Circle. So you only have two opportunities to see his
fantastic lecture and purchase his products direct." The cost for
magicians that are not members is £5. For more details contact Phil
Wedgbrow: 07739 407147.
www.awsmagic.co.uk.
3.11.07
The Demon Magic Club
presents A Night of Magic at the Albany Theatre in Deptford,
London, on Thursday 15th November at 7.30pm. Starring: Roy Davenport,
British Magical Champion and winner of a FISM World Championship of Magic
award in manipulation, the comedy magic of Steve Majes, Lee Hathaway and
Bill Davenport, juggler Phil Blackmore, the music and dove magic of Oliver
Tabor, host Paul Henriand and close-up magicians James Pritchard, Kane
Silva and Oliver Meech. The show will be performed to remember Jermaine
Hakim and Nick Hughbrect, two talented young magicians who both
unfortunately died at an early age. Albany Theatre, Deptford, London.
Thursday 15th November at 7.30pm. For details see
What's On.
3.11.07
Scottish
Conjurers' Association Mega Magic Auction - this Sunday! At the Walton Suite
of the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow. Books, videos, props and tricks
- at bargain prices. Doors
open at 12 noon for sellers to register lots, and for buyers to view. The
auction then starts at 1pm, with doors closing at 6pm. The £3.00 admission
fee includes tea and coffee. For more information contact Club Secretary
Brendan Kirk on 013552 38746 or email
sca_secretary@fsmail.net.
3.11.07
Comedy, Magic & Mayhem
- next Saturday!
Mist
and El Loco are putting on a show on Saturday 10th November
at the Carlton
Theatre in Teignmouth, Devon in support of The Helen Foundation, a
local charity. The show Comedy, Magic & Mayhem! stars
El Loco The Dentist,
International Illusionists
Mist and
the stand up comedy of Simon Sands. Tickets are now on sale from the box
office on 01626 778991 (£9.50 for adults and £5.50 for children).
3.11.07
CSI:
New York - Sleight Out of Hand "After a string of magic-trick inspired
murders occur, including a woman being cut in half while inside a wooden
box and a man being burned to death, Mac and Stella try to tie popular
illusionist Luke Blade to the crimes. Meanwhile, Danny goes to Montana to
support Lindsay as she testifies against the man who murdered her
friends." Guest star: Criss Angel, see
TV Magic.
3.11.07
Tesco Brooklands Charity Fun Day in Surrey. Saturday 10th November 10am - 4pm. "Raising money for British Red Cross and Hospital Radio Wey. Come along and see Jason Steele and Joanne performing an illusion show." Or to offer your services contact Michael Cooley on 01932 747417. 3.11.07
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