Number 641 - 6th October 2012
IBM
Ring 85 Irish Magic Convention, May 2013. Trevor Price writes: The
Ulster Society of Magicians are pleased to announce the Irish IBM 85
Ring convention for 2013 will take place in the stunning city of
Belfast. Come to a great convention, then stay and see a country rich in
history with many beautiful sites and destinations to visit. Artists
booked to date are Andi Gladwin and Joshua Jay (photo), as well as Axel
Hecklau from Germany, with more names to be announced. Please put these
dates into your diary to attend a great convention in an exciting city.
3rd, 4th, 5th May Belfast 2013. Venue:
Ramada Plaza
Hotel, 117 Miltown Road, Shaw's Bridge, Belfast BT8 7XP
www.magic2013.co.uk.
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Just
added! And addition is the right word when it comes to Arthur
Benjamin, joining the amazing line up of talent at this year's
International Magic Convention (November 16th, 17th, 18th) at the
Mermaid Theatre, London. Arthur is a mathematical and performing
phenomena who during the Gala Show will demonstrate his wizardry with
numbers as he multiplies 4, 5 and 6 digit numbers in his head. Sounds
dry and geeky? Well, only witnessing Arthur live will demonstrate how
with showmanship and personality you can turn the unlikely and driest of
subjects into hypnotic, enthralling entertainment. Previously a guest on
The Paul Daniels TV show, and with over 4 million hits for his TedTalks
presentation, this is a rare chance to see Arthur in action in the UK.
Now, from the sublime to the ridiculous... Neal Austin will also be in
the Gala Show. Hardly off a cruise ship for more than a couple of days
at a time, this is the first time in the last eight or nine years that
those couple of days have coincided with the Convention dates. A truly
unique performer with an eye for the absurd and a daring to go where no
others performers dare, Neal will create a suitably hilarious break
between the magic of Jeff McBride, Simon Drake and Lukas during a show
that you can proudly bring friends and family to, to enjoy a true
celebration of magic and variety. Tickets for the show, separate day
registrations and full convention info at
www.internationalmagic.com.
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Blackpool
Magicians' Convention on 22nd, 23rd, 24th February 2013 promises to
be the "best ever". Already confirmed are Yu Ho Jin (photo), the Stage
FISM Grand Prix Winner and Marko Karvo from Finland, the FISM First
Prize Winner in General Magic with his incredible bird act and the
Friday night Gala will feature all the FISM Prize winning acts from
Korea. Watch this space. Register via
www.blackpoolmagic.com. Photo courtesy
www.eden-photography.net.
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The
Leamington and Warwick Magic Society Annual Dinner is being held on
Friday 9th November at the
Honiley Court Hotel, Meer End Road , Honiley, Warwick CV8 1NP (Map).
The nigh consists of a three-course meal with magicians performing
between courses, followed by a cabaret show headlined this year by Paul
Daniels and supported by David Oakley. This cost is £35 per person and
tickets can be ordered from Mick McCreath on 07747 052878. Tickets are
selling fast - so don’t leave it until the last minute! Mark Traversoni.
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Woody Aragon - UK Lecture Tour.
Award winning Spanish card magician Woody Aragon will be embarking on his
first British lecture tour at the start of November. Woody's lecture
contains over 2 hours of top quality magic that begins with a small show
which is then explained in its entirety and includes theory about the
structure of the various routines, some very bad English (thanks to the
Lennart Green videos!) and some routines, moves and principles including
the spelling routine that he performed at the recent Essential Magic
Conference, and which he won the 2011 International Magic Close Up
Competition with. Most of what Woody teaches in his lecture are very easy to
follow, understand, and do! See
What's On for club
dates.
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Espionage
Wallet By Kieron Kirkland: "Kieron has created what many magicians
have hailed as the holy grail of wallets! The Espionage is a
secret weapon that even James Bond would be thrilled to own. Kieron has
taken elements from Peter Nardi's world famous Assassin wallet and
Infinity wallet and added some incredible new features. Making The
Espionage the most feature packed mentalism/magic wallet ever." See
it in action at
www.alakazam.co.uk.
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IBM
British Ring Convention. Geoffrey Newton PRO writes: "The IBM
British Ring Convention held in Great Yarmouth last week attracted
hundreds of delegates, enjoying a variety of shows, lectures,
competitions and workshops during a spell of fine Norfolk weather. John
‘Sly’ Smith has now been installed as the President for 2012-2013 (seen
here with his lady, June) and a report appears under
Reviews."
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WarpedMagic.co.uk.
Jonathan Grice writes: Warped Magic consists of Gary Jones, Iain Moran,
Chris Congreave and Jonathan Grice, the philosophy is simple, give
honest and unbiased advice to novices and professionals alike. Whilst
selling magic products is all well and good, we wanted to make sure that
everything we sell here at
WarpedMagic.co.uk
is fit for purpose and reaches a certain level of quality. Our key
products have approved banners. On products where this banner is visible
it means one or more of our team have tried the trick as well as
performed it in front of a live audience. We also do a review show which
has had amazing feedback from the magic community. Visit
www.warpedmagic.co.uk today!
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Today
is the 5th Magic Moments Day! A day dedicated to bringing a moment
of magic to the lives of those who need it most. Raising money and
smiles for good causes. Today's shows are taking place in Falmouth,
Bournemouth, Bristol, Bath, Lincolnshire and Birmingham together with a
host of variety shows across the capital. If you've not taken part
before then why not go out today and perform a magic trick to someone
for the simple pleasure of sharing the experience? Magic shouldn't be
all about a fee! We'll have updates of all the shows and this year's
total on our dedicated
Magic Moments
page here on MagicWeek in the next few weeks. Thanks to everyone taking
part for supporting this charitable initiative. Jay Fortune,
www.jfortune.co.uk.
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Manchester
Circle of Magicians are holding a Jumbo Auction on Monday 15th
October at Salford Masonic Hall, Hemsley House, 41 The Crescent,
Salford, Nr. Manchester M5 4PE (Map).
Doors open 5.30pm. Auction commences at 6.30pm. Star Auctioneers Michael
Shepherd and Derek Lever. Members free entry, non members £3.00 door
charge. Hundreds of items already submitted!
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Blackpool
Magicians' Club welcome Steve Evans with his fun-packed lecture on
Tuesday 9th October. This is the first time Steve has lectured at the
B.M.C. and all Members and Associate Members are welcome.
www.blackpoolmagic.com.
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The Bolton Day of Magic. Sunday 21st October, 9am to 5pm at
Horwich RMI, Ramsbottom Road, Horwich, BL6 5HN (Map).
Tickets are
£4.00 in advance or £6.00 on the door. Two Lectures, Dealers, and a
Junior Close-up Competition, refreshments and bar. For tickets contact
Chris or Andy Hurst on 01204 419879.
www.emagictricks.co.uk.
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Arcane
Encounters: An evening of supernatural entertainment. Three dates
over Halloween:
26th October, Wood Green (The Animals Charity), King's Bush Farm, London
Road, Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire PE29 2NH Tickets via
www.lupinemagic.com
with £5 per sale being donated to the Wood Green Charity.
27th October, The Nogg Inn, Wincanton, Somerset. Full details:
www.facebook.com/events.
2nd November, Lucy's Tea room, 81 High Street, Desborough,
Northamptonshire. Full Details:
www.facebook.com/events.
There are still a couple of free nights available during Halloween week.
If you run a public venue, or want a private party contact Rob directly:
rob@lupinemagic.com.
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Merlins
of Wakefield have some great magic for Halloween, and write: The
Audience With the Count DVD is now back in stock again. We have a
special ½ price offer on
Marvins Freaky Eyeball Illusions at just £7.50. To check out our
Halloween range
Click Here. We will also be at the Bolton Day of Magic on Sunday
21st October. If you are going and want something bringing, give us a
call – 01924 339933.
www.merlinswakefield.com.
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Mind
Games: "Aaron Calvert in association with, Nottingham Hospitals Charity
Children's Appeal, brings you his Brand New Show Mind Games.
Aaron's Live demonstrations of Psychological and Social Experiments
designed to predict, control and influence human behavior, combined with
his unbelievable trance-slamming, hypnotic phenomena makes this a must
see show. The show is full of audience participation, devilish
manipulation and astonishing feats.
As always these are live experiments, there is no knowing how the show
will turn out, and is never the same twice, making this truly edge of
your seat entertainment." 7.30pm - 9.45pm on
2nd, 3rd, 4th November,
Nottingham Arts Theatre. Tickets £12 adults, £10 concessions via
www.nottingham-theatre.co.uk
(Not recommended for children under 12)
Directed By: Aaron Calvert and Tim Berryman. Written by: Aaron Calvert
and Sam Fitton. Trailer,
Click Here.
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Peter Antoniou. "Join award-winning comedy mind reader Peter Antoniou as he guides you through his world of psychic weirdness. The enfant terrible of stand-up and mind reading, Antoniou will reveal what you are thinking and tickle your funny bone. All of it will leave you asking is your mind safe?" "Brilliant" BBC. Saturday, 13th October at 9.30pm. Venue: 303 Sharrow Vale Road, Sheffield S11 8ZF (Map). For tickets visit www.wegottickets.com/event/170948. 6.10.12
An Afternoon of Mindreading and Mayhem - Canterbury.
"Join us as Psychic Illusionist David Fowler presents an
afternoon of magic, mindreading and a good splash of fun.
The show is a charity event raising money for the New Lives Hostel for
Homeless Children in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Admission is free but any
donations to New Lives will be gratefully received.
No booking is necessary, just turn up on the day." Saturday, 24th
November. Doors open at 2.30pm.
Venue: Dominican Priory,
St Peter's Lane,
Canterbury,
Kent. www.davidfowlermagic.co.uk
www.new-lives.co.uk.
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Derek
Lever is the Guest of Honour at the German Magic Circle's Convention
in Hamburg on the 6th and 7th October, where he will be presenting his
"World's Most Ingenious Magic" lecture.
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Las
Vegas School of Magic and Mystery. Veronica Conway writes:
Mario Morris - a Cardiff born street performer, comedy magician,
lecturer, teacher and founder of the School of Busking UK - travels next
week to Las Vegas to teach alongside Headliner Jeff McBride on the
'Focus on Street Magic' Course at the School of Magic and Mystery in Las
Vegas. This will be Mario's 3rd year teaching at the Las Vegas school
and is part of the teaching faculty of the McBride School. "When I
started street performing almost 20 years ago there were no courses,
DVDs or lectures on the subject - I just went out there and kept doing
it until I got my first £5 hat - then I thought - wow! I never have to
work again! It's taken me many years to learn the art of street theatre
and I am still learning!" Mario continues "What both the School of
Busking and the Focus on Street Magic doesn't do - is replace the
stage/street time needed to make a good street performer! We aim to give
a gunshot synopsis of methods and advice of street theatre, learned from
combined years of tried and tested experiences. It's a creative and safe
space for people to learn the art." Focus on Street Magic - Magic and
Mystery School
www.magicalwisdom.com/events. School of Busking
www.schoolofbusking.com.
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James
Prince lectures at The Mystic Ring on Thursday October 11th. Steve
Milroy writes: The lecture is on the ever popular subject of performing
close-up magic in restaurants, covering material from his first two
DVDs. The Mystic Ring meet at The Conservative Club, 49 High Street
North, Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU6 1JE (Map).
Lecture starts at 7.45pm. Visiting magicians welcome, £5 admission. For
more information contact the club secretary:
themysticring@hotmail.com
www.mysticring.co.uk.
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Perth
Magic Circle Events. Adrian Harris writes: On Wednesday 17th The
club will have a visit from Neil Stirton, author of the recently
published book, "Nine of Diamonds". Based in Edinburgh, Neil is a card
enthusiast, who is rapidly making a name for himself among his peers and
has put together many routines, most of which have their own twist. He
will perform and explain some of the effects from his book, and no doubt
other items as well! Visiting magicians will be very welcome, contact
the secretary for more details. On Wednesday 21st November, the club
will again have its annual Auction and Table Top sale. Last year, all
the tables were taken up and it is anticipated the same will happen
again. Tables will be available on a first come, first served basis but
must be pre-booked. Admission is £2 at the door and this will include a
free raffle! Email
adrian.harris@blueyonder.co.uk or telephone 01738-628985 to book
your table now!
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Paul
Gordon Lecture - Blackpool Magicians Club. "Paul Gordon's all-new
killer workable card magic lecture. Paul Gordon presents his fast-paced
fun and jam-packed lecture on killer worker card magic." Visit
www.paulgordon.net and
www.blackpoolmagic.com. Tuesday 13th November at 8pm. Blackpool
Magicians' Club Headquarters, (Rear of) 1 Sherbourne Road, North Shore,
Blackpool FY1 2PW.
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Ali
Cardabra lectures at The Surrey Society of Magicians on Thursday
11th October. Adam Mosley writes: Paul Buonocore (aka Ali Cadabra)
presents his brand new lecture, 'An Evening With the Count'. Ali was
about seven years old when he started his lifelong interest in magic and
puppetry. As well as performing, he has manufactured feather flowers,
polished aluminum Chop cups, Zombie balls, dove pans, multiplying
bottles etc. for many magicians and dealers including Ken Brooke,
International Magic, Repro Magic and Kovari. Ali specialises in
performing in character; his most popular being a tribute to Charlie
Chaplin which he has performed worldwide. He performed before members of
Chaplin’s own family with favourable reviews at a festival of silent
film in Holland with a live orchestra conducted by Clive Davis. Members
are free and visiting magicians are welcome for a £10 entrance fee, the
lecture takes place in Bookham, Surrey at 8pm." For more information
contact Adam Mosley
info@surreymagic.org.uk.
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Mel's
annual charity show, 12th October, Kineton Village Hall. Mel Harvey
writes: This year's show is in aid of Shipston Home Nursing. Apart from
my own contribution of magic and music I will be joined by Anthony Mason
from The Flanagan and Allen show who will be presenting his tribute to
George Formby plus "Little Joe" a junior dancer (he is twelve) from the
finals of Stratford's got Talent. During my recent visit to the I.B.M.
at Great Yarmouth I was lucky enough to catch the magic and Illusions of
"Morgan" who was appearing on the "Stars of Tomorrow" Show. Morgan is
only nine but I am sure she will make a big impact on our audience. I
have a few tickets left but not many should anyone want to support a
very worthy cause. Last year we raised £1,000 for MacMillan Cancer
Support
www.melharvey.com.
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Andrew
Melia was seen on television across Holland last week with his new
stage act, 'The Plasma Screen'. The act was shown on RTL4 and RTL8 last
Saturday and can be seen if you
Click Here . To see the full act highlights video
Click Here. For lots more visit Andrew's site
www.club-magic.com.
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Paul
Voodini Lecture - Scotland. George Fitzpatrick writes: The Scottish
Conjurers Association are delighted to be hosting a lecture by Paul
Voodini on Wednesday 10th October 2012. Paul is a full time working
mentalist from England, specialising in the areas of séance, tarot card
reading and the paranormal. He works almost exclusively amongst "shut
eye" circles, and the information he gleams for this environment he
condenses into his books to pass on to the mentalist community. Venue:
The SMPC, 8-10 Balcarres Avenue, Kelvindale, Glasgow G12 0QF (Map).
Starting at 7.30pm, cost to visiting magicians £10, payable at the door.
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The
Magic and the Madness. Douglas Maddy will be presenting his evening
show entitled: 'The Magic and the Madness' at Moulton Theatre in
Northamptonshire on 27th and 28th October. Tickets are £10 each. To find
out more and book your tickets online, visit
www.themagicandthemadness.eventbrite.com.
www.douglasmaddy.com.
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Peter
Baffles entertained guests at a the Atlantic Hotel in Newquay last
week. Special guest Simon Weston OBE and many well known celebrities
including Jan Molby and Russ Williams attended to make the event a very
successful charitable affair.
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Dov
Citron lecture, Watford Association of Magicians. Julie Carpenter
writes: "Dov Citron runs one of the UK's most successful children's
entertainment companies specialising in character driven entertainment.
His clients include Madonna, The Sultan of Brunei, Downing Street, The
Arsenal Football Club and more, and Dov is an entertainment trainer and
consultant for the holiday industry. On Tuesday 16th October Dov will be
lecturing at the Watford Association of Magicians, demonstrating how
building a repertoire of entertaining and accessible children's
characters for your parties or corporate shows can not only revitalise
seldom used magic props and magic, but also allow you to reach a much
more varied and profitable market. Lecture starts at 8pm sharp! (arrive
from 7.30pm) at The Bricket Wood Social Club, Oak Avenue, Bricket Wood,
St. Albans, Herts. AL2 3LQ (Map).
Visitors are welcome and will be charged £10 temporary membership." For
further information contact club secretary Julie Carpenter
juliecarpenter@themagiccircle.co.uk.
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Magicians
Wanted: South Wales' magician Simon Sparkles
www.kids-magic-show.co.uk is looking for children's magicians in
Ireland. "I'm helping a client to cover about 20 gigs within a hotel
throughout December (no agents commission!) I would like to hear from
anyone who might be interested" writes Simon. Contact Simon Sparkles on
07780 841262 email:
magicshow@ntlworld.com.
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Hey
now... Not magic but a great late-night antidote to whatever the day
has thrown at you, The Larry Sanders Show from the mid-nineties
still stands up amazingly well (pi). I picked up the box set of the
complete series a couple
of years ago in its native US format, but it's now available over here as
a 'Region 2' (UK) DVD box set and can be ordered via Amazon.co.uk
Click Here. DT.
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Dynamo:
Magician Impossible Series 2 will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on
Monday October 22nd. To pre-order via Amazon.co.uk
Click Here • "1 million volts: Magician David Blaine prepares for
his most electrifying stunt yet [with video]"
Click Here • "'I hope my daughter never wants to do anything like
this!' US illusionist - and new dad - David Blaine prepares for his
latest electrifying stunt"
Click Here • "It’s no illusion: That’s David Copperfield calling to
promote gambling in Maryland"
Click Here • "Let's work some magic!"
Click Here • "Criss Angel, David Copperfield to work together on
children’s fundraiser" [includes a nice look at parts of David
Copperfield's Magic Collection]
Click Here • The third L.A.D.S day is reviewed by Elizabeth Warlock
this week,
Click Here • "Paul Daniels and
magicians praise Yarmouth for successful hosting"
Click Here • "Top entertainer at Waterstones in city centre"
Click Here • And finally, there's some interesting 'body magic' in
this video 'World Order 2012'
Click Here • Your UK magic news is always welcome, see you next
week, Duncan.
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