Number 586 - 17th September 2011
"David Copperfield Crowned 'King of
Magic'"
Click Here • "Inside magician’s lair"
Click Here • "David Copperfield dashes to NYC to host party,
receives two awards"
Click Here • "A Perfect Night for Parties on the Terrace"
Click Here • "Touring David Copperfield’s Personal Museum of
Antique Curiosities With Roberto Cavalli and Owen Wilson"
Click Here • Party
photos Click
Here.
17.9.11
Palladium
Magic - this Monday!
Starring: Silvan, Hans Klok, Mac King, Kris Kremo, Mikael Szanyiel, The
Great Tomsoni & Co, Michael Finney, Erix Logan, Nathalie Enterline, Paul
Zenon, Jeff Hobson and Marko Karvo. There are still a few seats
available via
www.palladiummagic.com. Also, last minute tickets for the Jeff
Hobson Lecture on Tuesday can be purchased on the door (7.30pm for an 8pm
start, Tuesday 20th September) at the Hilton London Metropole Hotel, 225 Edgware Road, London W2 1JU.
Tickets are £25, or just £15 if you bought a ticket for 'Palladium
Magic'.
17.9.11
75th
British Ring Convention, Southport, Thursday 22nd - Sunday 25th
September. The line-up of performers, dealers, guests and lecturers
for this year's convention being held at the Southport Theatre and
Convention Centre is truly international. Expect to see Michael Finney,
Rafael, Aonghus McAnally, Jason Andrews, Guy Barrett, Anthony Darkstone
Brook, Romany, Jeton - The Gentleman Juggler, Shawn Farquhar, Michael
Carr, Jordan Gomez, Paul Joyce, Wes Zaharuk, Chris de Rosa, David
Tomkins, Richard Cadell and Sooty, Safire, Amethyst, Pat Fallon, Mark
James, Joe M. Turner, Alex Hansford, Mel Mellers, Vittorio Marino. Plus
International President of the IBM, Malta's Vanni Pulé. Visit the
convention website for full details and to register:
www.magicconvention.co.uk.
17.9.11
75th Anniversary, Exonian Magic Society Convention - Devon.
Sunday October 2nd at the Langstone Cliff Hotel, Dawlish, Devon. The day
features four
lectures, a close-up session, a gala show and a 3 course meal all for £35
(or £25 for just the day). Acts include Shawn Farquhar, Marc Paul
(photo), Martin
Cox and Magic Dave. For more info visit
www.exonianmagicsociety.com.
17.9.11
Chris
Dugdale: 2 Faced Deception: "In front of your very eyes... Be
stunned, Be amazed, Be deceived. Magic at its very best. From ITV's Penn
& Teller: Fool Us. From an audience with HM The Queen, to command
performances at the United Nations in New York, world class magician
Chris Dugdale has wowed at the top level with his original brand of
close up illusion. Now you can have the front row experience in this
exclusive run at the Leicester Square Theatre. Get the VIP experience
and witness the impossible inches away from you." September 17th, 18th,
20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th and October
1st, nightly at 9.15pm at The Lounge,
Leicester Square Theatre,
6 Leicester Place,
London WC2H 7BX (Map).
Tickets:
Click Here. Box Office: 08448 733433.
17.9.11
Steve
Faulkner presents Magic Monday at The Greystones. "There are still a few tickets available for this Monday's
'Magic Monday'
show (September 19th) at The Greystones, Sheffield. It's getting a reputation
for being
one of Sheffield's top nights out and we have a great line-up including
Rob James, Joh Hicks and Danny Buckler (photo). Hosted by Steve
Faulkner. Tickets are £9 and can be purchased through
www.magicnights.co.uk or email
magicnights@mail.com."
17.9.11
British
Ring Promotions. Geoffrey Newton PRO reports: "It
was all hands to the pump (the balloon pump that was!) when The
International Brotherhood of Magicians British Ring promotions team set
up a stall in Southport Town Centre last Saturday to market the public
shows which are part of their forthcoming convention 22nd – 25th
September.
Between 12 noon and 2pm the team made up and gave away over 400 balloon
models and flyers to delighted passers by, providing information on
these productions. On Saturday morning 24th September at 10.30am in the
Southport Theatre there is a children’s magic show featuring Sooty and
other top children’s entertainment. At this performance you could win
one of a number of Sooty Goodie Bags just by sitting in a lucky seat
selected at random from the box office on the morning.
On Sunday 25th September at the same venue at 8.00pm there is an
International Gala of Magic and Variety. This event features
international acts and includes Shawn Farquahar and Romany from the
recent Penn and Teller Fool Us, Saturday night TV show.
Tickets for both these productions are available direct from the box
office or online at
www.atgtickets.com/southporttheatre
or by calling 0844 8713021. Photo, l to r: Public Relations Officer Geoffrey
Newton, President Keith Cooper, President’s Lady Pam Cooper, and Rick
Tynan.
Full and weekend registrations include a gala show ticket (but not the
children’s show) and details are on
www.magicconvention.co.uk."
17.9.11
Marc
Paul will be lecturing at Blackpool Magicians' Club on Tuesday 4th
October. Peter Eldin writes: Marc is a mind-reader and psychological
magician who gives his audience bafflement, amazement and, most
important of all, entertainment. In his lecture, entitled ‘Mental FX’,
Marc will be explaining in detail some of his pet routines all of which
are exceedingly practical and commercial. They are all from his
professional shows and have been honed for the corporate market. Because
of the huge amount of travel he does each year he has stripped down his
performance material to use minimal props but still have maximum impact
on the audience. Marc will talk about how you can work an effect to an
audience of one or how you can perform the same effect to an audience of
thousands. Even if you have no interest in mentalism as such you will
gain a lot of knowledge from studying the way that Marc thinks and works
- and you will be entertained as well!
17.9.11
Associated
Conjurers of East Sussex Dinner. "The Associated Conjurers of East
Sussex are delighted to announce full details of their annual dinner
again this year at award winning restaurant 'Halland Forge'. The cabaret
this year is Matthew Garrett, a previous Magic Circle Close-up Magician
of the Year winner, and inventor of Ninja+. Tickets for this superb
event are £30 for a 3 course a la carte meal, including close-up
magic and cabaret. More details can be obtained from Nicky Lewis
(Secretary of the Club) on 01903 532413. Check out
www.acesmagic.co.uk
for more information about this thriving society." Nicky Lewis.
17.9.11
The
Great Kovari Lecture - Essex. The Great Kovari lectures for The Frinton
Magic Triangle on Thursday 13th October (Rescheduled from August). Visitors welcome, admission £5.00. The meeting is held at Soken
House, The Triangle Shopping Centre, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex CO13 0AU (Map)
starting at 7.30pm. (Lecture
Review). There is plenty of Free Parking. Further details from Club
Secretary: Keith Norman 01206 543969 or email
frintonmagictriangle@hotmail.co.uk,
www.kovarimagic.com.
17.9.11
Andi
Gladwin 3SM lecture, West Midlands. This Monday, professional
close-up magician Andi Gladwin presents his lecture for the 3SM club in
Cannock, West Midlands. Andi will be presenting a number of routines
straight from his repertoire, teaching his Master Pushoff (a move that
has received rave reviews from many magic magazines), plus a number of
fantastic, portable stand-up effects. Guests are welcome (£5 on the
door) and the event is free for 3SM members. The lecture starts at 8pm
at Longford House, Cannock, WS11 1SJ (Map).
The following week Andi lectures The Magic Circle (members only).
17.9.11
Taurus
Magic Supply have just added over 500 used magic books to their
stock. You can view them, together with hundreds of used tricks
including several Collector's Workshop items at
www.taurusmagic.net.
17.9.11
Trevor
Duffy Lecture - Liverpool Magic Circle. Trevor Duffy, the creator of
Phil Plus Deck, will be presenting two lectures back to back on Monday 26th September
at the Liverpool Magic Circle. First 'Magic' and then 'Negotiating the
Barriers'. Visit
www.liverpoolmagiccircle.co.uk for full details. Also see
www.trevorduffy.co.za.
17.9.11
Illusions
Magic Bar, 4th Birthday!
Since opening it's doors in 2007, Illusions Magic Bar in Clifton,
Bristol, has seen many top magicians perform there.
On Thursday, September 8th, it celebrated its 4th Birthday with a
party which included performances from some special guests. Keiron Johnson, The Wizards of Odd
(aka Aaron and
Jonti), and star guest Piff the Magic
Dragon (along with Mr. Piffles).
Happy 4th Birthday to Mark and Sylvie and the rest of the team at
www.illusionsmagicbar.co.uk.
17.9.11
Magic Night at Madame JoJo’s, London.
Friday, 7th October. "In this show we’re making money from nothing and
drinking never ending flows of water with Michael Vadini, whilst
magician Tim Shoesmith ties your brains in knots and Rob James goes into
places your mind really shouldn’t go to! Madame Galina is on a
pirouetting mission to find the dancer of her life and Ms Vogue strums
up a storm on a uke. Compèred by the mighty magician Christian Lee." Friday,
7th October. With Michael Vadini, Tim Shoesmith, Madame Galina, Tricity
Vogue, Rob James and Christian Lee. Magic Night at
Madame JoJo’s. Doors open 7pm, show starts at 7.45pm, Tickets: £12, show ticket
plus dinner: £22 Tickets can be bought via
www.ticketweb.co.uk.
Madame JoJo’s,
8-10 Brewer Street, London W1F 0SP (Map)
For more info visit:
www.magicnight.co.uk.
17.9.11
Carnival
of Freaks Bizarre Cabaret, presents 'A Zombie Stole My Eyes' Opening Night West End Gala
Special (with free admission) on Sunday, 18th September at
8pm. The usual ticket price has been wavered for the opening night, so
just turn up. Venue: The Comedy Pub (next to the Comedy Store), 7
Oxendon Street, Piccadilly Circus, London SW1Y 4EE (Map).
17.9.11
The
Fylde Mystics. Alan Mylecraine writes: "Following
the Fylde Mystics recent 3rd anniversary since its reformation we are
pleased to offer a 60 page, spiral bound publication, celebrating three
great years of performing magic.
This fascinating record captures the sprit of a club whose sole aim is the performance
of Magic, from its inception due to a chance meeting with co-coordinator Alan
Mylecraine, through three magic packed years of performing magic,
sprinkled with some great lectures along the way. It contains a detailed
review of the slow but steady growth of this friendly club but with the
addition of some real world routines, enthusiastically donated by guest
performers over the years.
With effects from Shawn Farquhar, Mark James, Al Smith and many others,
it's going to be an educational as well as entertaining read.
A limited number of copies are available to bone-fide magic enthusiasts
priced at £11 including postage. Contact Alan Mylecraine for details on
info@fyldemystics.co.uk or visit
www.fyldemystics.co.uk."
17.9.11
Scoop.
11.35pm on Saturday 17th September on BBC2. "Scarlett
Johansson and Hugh Jackman star in this hilariously twisted tale of
murder and mystery. When an inquisitive college journalist (Johansson)
stumbles upon new clues to a string of murders, her investigation leads
directly to a handsome businessman (Jackman), who draws her in with his
mysterious charm. Could a whirlwind romance with the subject of her
search also become the most dangerous scoop of a lifetime?" Starring
Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman, Woody Allen and Ian McShane. Magic
consultant: Scott Penrose. See
TV Magic.
17.9.11
Mark
Elsdon is lecturing at the Leicester Magic Circle this Monday, 19th
September. Mark will be performing some strong magic, together with his
excellent Rubik Cube routine. £10 for non members; all visitors welcome. For
directions to the LMC HQ visit
www.leicestermagiccircle.co.uk.
17.9.11
Illusions
Magic Bar is once again opening its doors to guest magicians in one,
or two-week slots: "Illusions, the UK's only Magic Bar, is looking for
magicians who have the ability to perform for 5 hours a night and that
have at least 3 hours of material. This is not for the beginner. We are
looking for magicians who are wanting to expand their material, and gain
the best experience they'll ever get! So far this year we
have had IBM winner Alex Hansford, Ollie Smith, Nemed Phoenix and Andrew
James. If you are interested in performing at Illusions we will pay a
weekly fee of £250 plus accommodation. Please contact Mark via email
only
mark@illusionsmagicbar.co.uk".
17.9.11
Northern
Magic Circle President's Day. "Northern Magic Circle President Terry Crawford will be hosting his
President's Day at Croftlands Community Centre, Central Drive, Ulverston
in Cumbria from 12 noon until 8pm on October 16th.
Buffet on arrival and again prior to mini Gala Show. Fun quiz from Dave
Simpson, magic from Brian Lead plus a surprise lecture. The evening show
will star past president Su Jayne, daughters Leah Mae and Sara Jade,
with help from Gary Dunn. A great day out for only £10! To book contact
Terry on 01229 584386." Alan Mylecraine
www.northernmagiccircle.org.uk.
17.9.11
An
announcement regarding Kidology. From the organisers: "After 8 years
and 8 conventions, Cheryl and Jeremy Le Poidevin of Practical Magic
announce that they are leaving both the organisation and participation
in the children’s convention, Kidology, to pursue other magical
interests. Kidology has, from the start, been a joint venture with Alec
Powell of Albion Magic, and Alec intends to continue the convention in
the future. Of course, there will be those who will say that there has
been some sort of falling out between Albion Magic and Practical Magic.
Nothing could be further from the truth and we wish Alec every success
with the convention, and hope it will continue to receive the widespread
support it has enjoyed over the past 8 years." Jeremy & Cheryl.
17.9.11
Comedy
Magician and Illusionist Alex Lodge has just completed a successful summer
season, touring holiday parks and theatres as well as making appearances
for P&O
presenting his shows for family audiences. In December Alex is producing
and starring in 'Illusions' at the Central Studio, The Theatre at Queen
Mary's College, Cliddesden Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 3HF - the
show will run for four nights on December 5th, 7th, 12th and 14th, box office 01256
418318, see
www.centralstudio.co.uk/comedy.html for details. Alex is also offering a talk and tricks sessions to magic clubs
visit
www.alexlodge.com for
details.
17.9.11
Dealer Magic, from the Past. "Blackpool Magicians’ Club promise a fascinating evening in their clubroom on Thursday 29th September. Derek Lever, Mike Shepherd and others will demonstrate and explain tricks sold by Cliff Lount, Ken Brooke, Jack Hughes, Supreme, Harry Stanley, Davenports, Wandman, Burtini and so on. These dealers had a great and lasting influence on the effects magicians performed and the way that they performed them more so perhaps than the magic dealers of today. The evening is open to all members and associates of Blackpool Magicians’ Club at their headquarters to the rear of 1 Sherbourne Road, North Shore, Blackpool, Lancashire FY1 2PW. Doors open from 6.30pm." Peter Eldin. 17.9.11
Alan Taylor (The Great Alprendo) emails: "I'm doing a charity magic show on the 24th September. It's called 'An Evening of Magic and Madness with The Great Alprendo'. It's for Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and the venue is the Q Ball Sports Bar, Time Square, Southernhay, Basildon, Essex. I have got space for a junior magician if they are near Basildon. Email: taylor412514@blueyonder.co.uk for more details." 17.9.11
Mind-reading The scary power of science. Eoin Smith, a member of the Aberdeen Magical Society, has written an article on the psychology of magic for issue 2 of 'Au', the University of Aberdeen's popular science magazine. Featuring a look at the scientific research into conjuring methodology, it introduces psychological principles, magic history and memory systems to magicians and laypeople alike. The article can be read online: www.aumag.co.uk (> issues > expand). 17.9.11
Scarlett Rose Lane. "Vicki and Sam would like to announce their new addition to the family a beautiful daughter Scarlett Rose Lane, born on Thursday 1st September 2011 at 1.28pm weighing 8lb 1oz. She made a very quick appearance which shocked mummy and daddy, but mum and baby are doing well and she is now settled at the Vizage humble abode. Plus her big brother Tyler is very delighted with her and when they are both old enough Vizage 2 will be born, lol." 17.9.11
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