Number 605 - 28th January 2012
German
performers conjured up for UK magic festival... Organisers of the South
Tyneside International Magic Festival, which returns to the North East in March,
have added mentalist Markus Beldig (photo) and card-expert Christian Schenk to
the event’s increasingly bumper line-up. ‘Mind-reader’ Markus, who quit studying
law to become a professional performer, is considered the master of the sixth
sense and was the first mentalist to perform a full evening show at the Vienna
Concert House in Austria since 1918. Markus will be bewitching audiences at the
festival’s first Gala Show at the Customs House, South Shields on Friday, March
9th. Fellow German magician and card expert Christian Schenk will be appearing
as part of the three-day convention, which offers professional magicians and the
most dedicated magic fans the opportunity to attend a variety of workshops,
lectures and masterclasses featuring leading magicians from around the globe.
Tickets for the international Gala Show featuring Markus Beldig are now on sale
from the Customs House box office priced at £13 each or £12 concessions. More
details can be found online at
www.customshouse.co.uk
or by calling the venue direct on 0191 454 1234. Tickets for the magic
convention featuring Christian Schenk are also available priced at £65, which
includes entry to both Galas Shows, along with a series of lectures, close-up
sessions, dealer events and an exclusive Midnight Show. Places are strictly
limited, visit
www.southtyneside.info/magicfestival to book.
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Pete
Firman - Jiggery Pokery Tour 2012. Star of BBC1's The Magicians and
ITV1's Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford... "Funnier than most comedians
and more magical than Dumbledore on a good day... a complete star" Time Out.
See Pete Firman live in 2012:
Friday, February 17 The Junction Cambridge
Saturday, February 18 West End Centre Aldershot
Sunday, February 19 Darwin Suite Derby
Thursday, February 23 Artrix Bromsgrove
Friday, February 24 King Georges Hall Blackburn
Wednesday, February 29 The Anvil Basingstoke
Thursday, March 01 Ashcroft Arts Centre Fareham
Friday, March 02 The Corn Exchange Newbury
Saturday, March 03 Playhouse Norwich
Friday, March 09 The Civic Barnsley
Saturday, March 10 The Met Stafford
Sunday, March 11 City Varieties Leeds
Wednesday, March 14 Aberystwyth Arts Centre Aberystwyth
Thursday, March 15 Pontardawe Arts Centre Pontardawe
Friday, March 16 The Castle Wellingborough
Saturday, March 17 The Point Eastleigh
Wednesday, March 21 Komedia Brighton
Thursday, March 22 The Arc Stockton
Tuesday, March 27 LBT Huddersfield
Wednesday, March 28 Slade Rooms Wolverhampton
Friday, March 30 Colchester Arts Centre Colchester
Tuesday, April 10 The Lowry Salford
Thursday, April 12 The Bloomsbury Theatre London
To book Click Here. 28.1.12
Paul
Daniels ‘will carry on conjuring’ TV magician Paul Daniels is recovering
after mangling his hand in a circular saw while doing some DIY at his Wargrave
home. And he hopes to regain full use of his magical sleight of hand. The
accident happened on New Year’s Day while Mr Daniels’s wife Debbie was working
at Radio Berkshire in Caversham. To read the full story by Linda Fort in
GetReading
Click Here. "Magician feared career was over"
Click Here. "Paul Daniels describes how he cut his finger off"
Click Here. Spring Tour dates,
Click Here.
28.1.12
Blackpool
Magicians Convention - Eight new dealers just announced! Blackpool Magicians
Convention will have eight new Magic Dealers amongst the 120 Dealers exhibiting
in the Empress Ballroom, Empress Ballroom Balcony and the Arena next month. The
Dealers Fair opens from 11am on Friday 17th February until 8pm and 9am to 5.30pm
on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th. A Dealer Demonstration will take place at 11am
in the Pavilion Theatre - this is a new event. Note that there are no "Dealers
Only" registrations available. The only way to see the Dealers is by purchasing
either a full 3 day registration at £85.00 or a day registration which costs
£50.00 for Saturday and £60.00 for Sunday. Visit
www.blackpoolmagic.com
for details.
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Marc Paul Lecture
- International Magic London,
Wednesday 8th February: "Our February lecture welcomes Marc Paul; mind-reader, psychological magician and
corporate event speaker who has entertained and amazed audiences both in the UK
and worldwide with his award winning mind-reading performances. Marc has been a
professional entertainer for over 15 years and promises to share some of his
closely guarded secrets with us including several routines which 'pack small, but
play big!'
To see why Marc was voted 'World's Greatest Mind-Reader' by his peers at the
prestigious World Magic Awards in Los Angeles, be sure to book your place for
this lecture very soon.
Venue - Casa Italiana; 2nd floor, 136 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1R 5DL (Map).
Start time 7.30pm (be there by 7.15pm latest). Pay on door at £15 per lecture but
you must reserve a place in advance, please email
martin@internationalmagic.com by return to book."
Martin MacMillan. www.internationalmagic.com.
28.1.12
'Funny
Tricks' with Ian Keable... Heard the one about the accountant who
went into showbiz – combining mind-boggling magic and top-class comedy?
The good news is that this remarkable entertainer is coming to Otley –
for one night only. The date for your diary is Saturday, 4th February –
when the irrepressible Ian Keable brings Funny Tricks to the
Otley Courthouse. His aim, he says, is a show where the laughs are as
memorable as the magic. And he seems to be getting it right! He has been
voted the British Magical Champion of Comedy and also received The Magic
Circle Comedy Award. In Funny Tricks, Ian Keable will be
demonstrating some of the techniques he uses to mystify his audience.
These will feature mind-reading, bewildering sleight of hand, and, above
all, his “trademark, laugh-out loud comedy magic”. One reviewer
described Ian’s show as ideal for anybody who enjoys non-stop laughter,
while simultaneously being totally bamboozled; another simply said it
was “mind boggling.” Otley Courthouse, Courthouse Street, Otley LS21 3AN
(Map).
7.30 pm, Saturday, 4th February. To book tickets (£10 / £8 concs) call
the Box Office: 01943 467 466 or visit
www.otleycourthouse.org.uk.
28.1.12
Magic
Night, Madame JoJo's - London. Spoon bending, psychic phenomena, tap
dancing, poker cheats, silver screen trickery and renegade magic... it can only
be Magic Night, Madame JoJo's. "The hilarious John Lenahan, Sex Pistol of the
magic world is back, with some subversive mind reading; Pete Antoniou sneaks
into your head and makes psychic phenomena look entirely plausible; Tom Devoe
controls you enough to enable you bend physical objects and Miss Josephine
Shaker kicks up dust with some hot footing tap routines. Lee Hathaway shows you
how easy it is to cheat at poker – and we’ll film it close up and project it on
a screen so you don’t miss a trick! Hosted expertly by Tommy Cooperesque
Christian Lee, who will be presenting some silver screen tricks." Friday 17th
February. Doors open 7pm show starts at 7.45pm. Tickets £12 including entry to
'Good Foot'. Show ticket plus dinner: £22.00. Tickets:
www.ticketweb.co.uk
www.lastminute.com
or Ticket Web on 08444 77 1000. Madame JoJo’s, 8-10 Brewer Street,
London W1F 0SE (Map)
020 734 3040
www.magicnight.co.uk.
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28.1.12
Congratulations
to Joe Pasquale - the new 'King Rat'. "The Grand Order of Water Rats" is the
show-business charity formed over 120 years ago. Past Kings include such names
as Frankie Vaughan, Les Dawson, Danny la Rue and Sir Henry Cooper. It is a
coveted honour to be voted into this top office by fellow Water Rats and marks
the respect in which Joe is held. Magicians' David Nixon, Paul Daniels, Keith
Simmons and David Berglas, have also been so honoured. At his initiation last
week, Joe also congratulated John Styles, on being elected to office.
28.1.12
Magicseen
'Taster' Issue No.12 is now available for free download from the Magicseen
website. Editor Mark Leveridge writes: In this sampler we offer you the full
exclusive interview with Cyril Takayama, plus the articles on Annabel de Vetten,
It Ain't All Magic and a couple of the reviews, all of which come from the
current full main issue (no.42 Jan.12). Then from our back catalogue of issues
we include the feature we did on escapologist Jonathan Goodwin, whose mad
exploits are always worth hearing about. So, if you want to get a feel for what
Magicseen has to offer, download your free PDF Taster Issue now. Also, you have
just two weeks left to take advantage of our special pre-order offer on the
brand new Best of British Book which Magicseen is releasing at the Blackpool
Convention. Order a copy before 15th February and you will receive a
complimentary gift of a CD containing the David Copperfield book 'A Magic Life'
and Andrew Normansell's 'The Man Who Would Be King'. These have not been offered
previously as E-Books so this is a great opportunity to receive them for free if
you order Best of British soon from
www.magicseen.co.uk.
28.1.12
Morgan
& West: Time Travelling Magicians. "Great Scott! Victorian magicians Morgan
and West bring a magical extravaganza to a millennium near you! The plucky
prestidigitators present dazzling deceptions, unparalleled precognitive powers
and a totally genuine ability to travel through time. "I can't recall the last
time my awe was so thoroughly struck" The Scotsman. Book on-line or call:
0207 289 6054. Friday 3rd February, 7.30pm, Canal Cafe Theare, Delamere Terrace,
Little Venice, London W2 6ND (Map)
www.canalcafetheatre.com.
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Matthew
Wright, Magic Circle Close-up Magician of the Year 2008 and International
Champion of Close-up Magic 2010, will be lecturing at Winchester Magical Society
on Thursday February 2nd, starting at 8pm. The society meets at Badger Farm
Community Centre just outside Winchester, SO22 4QB (Map).
Visiting magicians are very welcome to attend for a small fee of £5.
www.winchestermagic.com.
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Franklin
Lecture - Merlin Magical Society: "On
Thursday 2nd February we are having a lecture by Franklin.
Franklin has been entertaining with mentalism and hypnotism now for almost 40
years in all manner of venues. With the launch of his forthcoming book ‘Beyond
the Veil’ and in his lecture by the same name, Franklin demonstrates how
mentalism can be performed with the most minimal number of props in all
environments. The mentalism routines in the lecture and book have been specially
chosen for their impact and commercial appeal. They are the result of many years
of painstaking trial and error and many methods will be revealed for the first
time." John Clayton (Secretary) Merlin Magical Society. Visit
www.merlinmagicalsociety.co.uk
www.themindmagician.co.uk.
28.1.12
Get
Real by Roslyn Walker. "Learn how to add realism and believability to your
escapes. This is my first ebook that I've made available to the escape
community and is something I've wanted to do for quite some time. I don't teach
any methods of escape, the purpose of this little publication is to help those
who perform escapes to Get Real..." Find out more, visit
www.roslynwalker.com/forsale.
28.1.12
The
Magic Car Boot Sale - West Bromwich. The next West Bromwich 'Magic
Car Boot Sale' will take place on Sunday 5th February 2012 at The Masonic Hall,
Edward Street, West Bromwich B70 8NT (Map).
It starts at 9.30am and admission is £4. All visitors may bring up to three
items to sell on a dedicated stall free of charge, the only requirement is that
the item is complete and has instructions. New stall holders this time include
John Hotowka, Andi Gladwin, Jimmy Carlo and Russ Stokes and amongst the dealers,
Kaymar Magic. For any details contact Alec Powell 07831 115448.
Darlington
Magic Circle are pleased to be hosting a lecture by magical ventriloquist
John Kimmons on Thursday 2nd February. In 2008 John won the title of Children’s
Entertainer World Champion and also received the Ken Dodd Award for Comedy at
the Blackpool Magic Convention. Since then he has lectured and performed at some
of the most prestigious venues including the Magic Castle in Hollywood and The
Magic Circle in London. He has worked in almost every conceivable type of venue
from village halls to theatres, and luxury cruise liners to television. The
lecture will be held at The Railway Institute, 93 North Road, Darlington DL1 2PP
(Map).
Doors open at 7.30pm with a prompt 8pm start. For visiting magicians entry is
just £5 although please could you contact the Secretary, Stuart Hodgson on
magic@stu-di-doo.com to confirm your
attendance as numbers may be limited. Stuart "Stu Di Doo" Hodgson, Secretary,
Darlington Magic Circle.
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Is There Anybody There? Seance Night. "A night of mesmerism, regression, psychic experiments and seance. Mystery entertainment in one of the town's oldest pubs. The pub will be closed to the public so you will need to contact them to book a place. 8pm on 7th February. Admission £10. Contact the venue on: 01746 764804." The New Inn, 4 St. Mary's Street, Bridgnorth, Shropshire WV16 4DW (Map). Website: www.walkwithwonder.co.uk and YouTube. 28.1.12
An Everlasting Love a night of seance and mystery entertainment. "The power of love it is said can hold a soul within the earthly realms. A true story of a life of love, hardship and tragedy. A Haunting! The excitement of the parlor seance. A night not to be missed!" February 12th at 8pm at The Lord Hill Hotel and Restaurant, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury SY2 6AX (Map). Tickets (£10) available in advance from Lizz: 07868 524738 or on the door (best to book in advance to avoid disappointment). See: www.walkwithwonder.co.uk and You Tube. 28.1.12
Way off topic... In 2009, Casey Pugh asked thousands of internet users to remake Star Wars into a fan film, 15 seconds at a time. Here it is: Click Here. 28.1.12
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psychic Sally Morgan sues Daily Mail for defamation"
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get a cactus inside a balloon. Once he solved that, his goal was to make
it matter"
Click Here • "Magicians gather at Downtown convention"
Click Here • "Malton magician Chris Cassells takes show to Edinburgh
Fringe"
Click Here • How to deal with a mobile phone interruption during
your performance!
Click Here
• "Okay, here goes..." Wayne Dobson on 'The Magicians',
Click Here • "Sean's amazing adventure"
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Click Here • Many thanks for your news contributions this week -
always welcomed! See you nest week, Duncan.
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