Number 549 - 1st January 2011
Derren
Brown Night on Channel 4, Saturday 8th January, 9pm - 12.50am.
Channel 4's Derren Brown Night dedicates the evening's schedule to the
extraordinary Derren Brown as he celebrates 10 years on C4 with an
exclusive behind-the-scenes documentary and the best ever Derren Brown
episode as chosen by his fans online. Behind the Mischief (9pm
Saturday 8th January) is a
celebration of the man and his amazing Channel 4 television series,
specials and events. Unprecedented access is given for the first time
ever as Derren allows TV cameras behind the scenes and into his private
life to meet his family, friends and closest collaborators. Celebrity
fans, including Stephen Merchant, Matt Lucas, Simon Pegg, Bill Bailey,
Simon Callow and Jo Whiley give their insights, and some of the
participants featured in Derren's best-known television feats share
their thoughts about him. At 10pm, as part of Derren Brown Night, the
fans favourite show will be repeated (to be announced) and then at
11.10pm Enigma, the recording of his latest sell-out live theatre tour,
will be broadcast. It's a jaw-dropping,
show-stopping theatrical event that leaves the live audience and viewers
in awe of Derren's incredible ability to control minds, manipulate
thoughts and tickle the funny bone. Filmed live in front of a capacity
crowd at the New Wimbledon Theatre, Derren Brown selects random members
of the audience to participate in a wide range of experiments and
demonstrations, including the Victorian phenomena of somnambulism and
the spooky Spirit Cabinet.
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The Magicians
- first in the series tonight! "Incredible illusions, mind-bending magic
and classic tricks with contemporary twists, performed by some of the
world's best magicians. Performers include illusionist of the decade,
Luis De Matos; winners of Best Comedy Illusionists at the World Magic
Awards, the dark and twisted Barry and Stuart; and the King of Close-Up
Magic, Chris Korn. Each week they will be joined by three different
celebrities, and together they will compete to win the studio audience
vote and escape the dreaded forfeit trick - an extreme feat of courage,
mind over matter and a test of trust. In this episode, the magicians are
joined by Ashley Banjo, Bruno Tonioli and Sian Williams." See
TV Magic for details.
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New
Magic app for the iPhone - Magic SMS. "This is such a strong and
effective use of magic on the iPhone. Finally!" David Blaine. "The best magic trick
app that I've seen; beautifully thought through." Derren Brown.
"Magic SMS is the coolest effect I've seen in years! Trust me you'll be
texting everyone about this... Amazing!" Dynamo. The Effect: You
tell your friend that you know someone called Simon who is psychic and
that you want to put him to the test. You ask your friend to freely
think of any colour and then to make it even more difficult to think of
any playing card as well. You send a text message to Simon asking him to
guess what your friend is thinking of. You then turn off your phone and
put it aside never touching your iPhone again. While you are waiting for
the reply, out of curiosity you ask your friend what he has thought of.
You have just about finished your chat when all of a sudden, your iPhone
alerts signaling a new text message. Psychic Simon has replied. You
instruct your friend to pick up the phone as you don't want to touch it.
A preview of the reply is shown on the lock screen. When the full reply
is read, your friend sees that Simon has correctly guessed both the
freely thought of colour and playing card.
itunes.apple.com/gb/app/magic-sms/id409372560?mt=8.
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Absurdia - Comedy Cabaret,
Brighton. Brighton's newest monthly comedy night launches at the
Quadrant on February 18th.
Absurdia pitches itself as a cabaret night rather than a stand-up club,
and features an eclectic mix of magic, music and more. The resident
host is mindreader, Peter Campbell-Wells.
Included on the bill for February's launch show are comedy magician
Wayne The Weird, and Card Ninja, Jav Jarquin.
Absurdia is held every third Friday of the month. Doors open at 8.30pm,
and the show begins at 9pm.
Venue: The Quadrant,
12 North Street Quadrant,
Brighton www.absurdia-brighton.com.
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Magic Night at
Madame JoJo's, London.
Morgan and West (photo),
Card Ninja (Javier Jarquin),
Phil 'Knoxville' Hasted,
Scottee and Annabel,
James Pritchard,
Christian Lee and
Neil Henry present time travel, tricks with needles,
quick change acts, sawings in half, mind tricks and a house of flying
cards on Friday 21st January at 7pm. "Morgan and West are back to the future with some of their very best
parlour magic… with biscuits! James Pritchard plays with needles,
Scottee and Annabel do the fastest quick change act this side of the west,
and Phil ‘Knoxville’ Hasted performs magic on his body..." Friday 21st
January. Doors open 7pm, Show starts at 7.45pm. Tickets
£12 including after show club. Show ticket plus dinner £22. Tickets via
www.ticketweb.co.uk or call 08444 77 1000. Madame JoJo’s, 8-10 Brewer Street, London W1F 0SP (Map).
Tube: Piccadilly Circus. 020 7734 3040 - More info:
www.magicnight.co.uk.
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Ninja
Duck Productions present... 'Stock(ed)well full of comedy. "Join us
for the best of up and coming stand-up comics from across the country.
Featuring: Glenn Roger Moore. In his relatively short time performing
Glenn has made waves in the comedy scene making people from all corners
of Britain laugh. Jo Maycock is a new force in comedy. Having started
her career appearing in the Inbetweeners, she has gone from strength to
strength, regularly performing as part of an improvised comedy troupe,
and her own one-(wo)man stand-up. And with special guest headliner
psychic comedian Peter Antoniou. He'll read your mind, make you laugh,
and make you think he might just know your pin number! The night is
free, but as ever with Ninja Duck events, a bucket for donations will be
at the back of the room!" Venue: The Cavendish Arms, 128 Hartington
Road, London SW8 2HJ (Map).
Tuesday, 11th January, 7.30pm - 10.30pm.
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The
Amazing Morgan. Pint sized magician 7 year old 'The Amazing Morgan'
will appear on ITVs national breakfast show 'Daybreak' on Wednesday 5th
January 2011. Her performances raised over £12,000 for charities
throughout 2010 and she is already in demand for the coming year.
www.theamazingmorgan.com.
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Weighed
In: The Story of the Mumper. Ali cook is about to start shooting for
his first feature role in a movie; Weighed In: The story of the
Mumper. Set against the turbulent mid 80's of money, privatization,
unions and dramatic media evolution: A life-long group of friends find
themselves at the bad end of a redundancy pay-out and invest their
savings into a racehorse, hoping that one final race can turn their
fortunes around. The film stars Bob Hoskins, Jenny Agutter and Phil
Davis,
Click Here.
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The
Order of the Magi (Manchester) is proud to announce that they have
booked Chris Hare The Mind Boggler for Tuesday 11th January 2011.
He will be presenting his lecture of powerful mental effects using every
day items. These need the know how more than any sort of physical
manipulation skill. He is the creator of Birthday Detector and author of
Sensational Memory. He has two new effects “Where in the World” and
“Where Next?” Chris has been a professional entertainer for over 20
years and presented his Hypnotic Show in the Canary Islands six nights a
week for a year. On a cruise he memorised the birthdays of over 300
passengers and was able to recall all of them instantly. Door charge for
non-members and directions are on
www.orderofthemagi.org.uk. Further details from Mike Sharples on
0161-287 7865 or
secretary@orderofthemagi.org.uk Geoffrey Newton PRO.
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Every
little thing he does is magic... David Redfearn was invited, for a
second consecutive year, to perform his amazing magic at Sting’s family
party at Lake House over Christmas.
www.redfearn-magic.com.
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Watford's
Got Talent - The Annual WAM Children's Entertainer of the Year
competition had a
"Britain's Got Talent" theme this time around. Over 70 children, plus
parents, packed the club room to witness the fun filled magical mayhem.
The ultimate winner was Paul Megram - AKA Colonel Custard. In total ten
members took part and all helped to make the party very special indeed.
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International
News: Daniel Garcia, Banachek, Armando Lucero, Karl Koppertop and
many more will be appearing at the Casino Saint-Vincent 9th Magic
Convention in Aosta, Italy, from April 14th - 17th.
www.mastersofmagic.it/trailer-english.html.
Email
news@mastersofmagic.it for
registration details.
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Sean Heydon
emails: "My 2011 date sheet is now available for magic clubs that want me to do
cabaret at society dinners etc... You can email my agent via
www.alternativemagic.com.
Readers can watch some video clips of me in action on my new YouTube
channel:
www.youtube.com.
My 2011 tour dates will soon be added to my fanpage on
www.facebook.com/alternativemagician."
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"The
BBC goes over to the dark side with magicians who mix a little blood
with their new tricks"
Click Here, and visit 'The Magicians' website,
Click
Here • "Magician set to perform for illusionists Penn and Teller in
TV special"
Click Here • "Overcoming the loss of his arm, 20-year-old street
magician gives courage to others"
Click Here • "Jason will show why he's magic"
Click Here • "YouTube star Charlie McDonnell presents Channel 4
show!"
Click Here • "Abwacadabwa Amewica!"
Click Here • "Jonathan Ross to crack America with magicians Penn and
Teller"
Click Here • "The Illusionist: Better Than Toy Story 3?"
Click Here • "Houdini’s inescapable influence"
Click Here • Keep an eye on the
TV Magic page over the
coming weeks, there's lots lined up, starting this week with The
Magicians tonight, then Enigma on Thursday and Penn &
Teller: Fool Us on Friday. 2010 was a funny one for the Trillo's,
from being stranded in Tokyo with no way home during the Icelandic
eruptions, to meeting Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill a few months later
at a Star Wars convention in Orlando! Two major magic highlights for
2011 here in the UK are the
Blackpool Convention incorporating the first ever FISM European
Championships of Magic in February, and the
40th International Magic Convention in November. Here's wishing
everyone the very best for 2011, let's hope it's full of surprises along
the way, Duncan.
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