Number
826 - 23rd April 2016
Edinburgh
International Magic Festival. 1st–8th July.
Seekers of wonder and amazement are invited to ‘lose themselves in magic’ this
summer as the Edinburgh International Magic Festival celebrates its 7th magical
year as the UK’s biggest festival of innovative and cutting-edge magic, 1st –
8th July.
Edinburgh will sparkle with an enchanting programme of world-class magic events,
unforgettable performances, and jaw-dropping stunts from some of the greatest
illusionists, mindreaders and magicians from around the world:
• Three day MagicFair at Summerhall – a brand new multi-space experience with
family events and late night sessions
• Matinee performance added to MagicFest Gala at the Festival Theatre
• Magic School, Secret Room and Magic à la Carte Dinner
• Grand Prix World Magic Champion Hector Mancha joins MagicFest line-up
• The legendary Juan Tamariz (‘El Maestro’) performs live for the first time in
Scotland
• Show premieres from Kevin Quantum, Colin Cloud, BBC’s R. Paul Wilson, and debut performances at the Festival
from Vincent Gambini and David Gerard
• Korean magic company from the world’s only magic college, featuring the Asian
Champion of Magic
• City centre Magic Hunt for children and adults, and free magic performances at
Krispy Kreme stores in the run up to the Festival.
For full programme details Click Here. 23.4.16
Illusionist Jamie
Allan appears on Michael McIntyre's Big Show this evening at 7.15pm on BBC
1. See TV Magic. 23.4.16
Evolution of Magic - the mind-blowing magic show,
starring Craig Christian and
Elizabeth Best is now running to 11th September at the Horseshoe, Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
Selected dates. Show Times: 6pm & 7.30pm. Prices: Premium £15.00, General
Seating £12.50. There's a discount for magicians (tickets £8) on production of a
Magic Club membership card or other magic 'proof' (i.e. your website). For more info
on the show and specific dates see
www.blackpoolpleasurebeach.com. Showreel:
www.craigchristian.com. 23.4.16
Bristol
Day of Magic. Paul MacLeavy writes: Bristol Day of Magic - Sunday 8th May 2016. There are just 7 days left to
get your early bird registration for the 56th Annual Bristol Day of Magic. Just
£35 for a full day of lectures, close-up performances, workshops, dealers, and
international Gala Show. For more information, and to register, go to
www.bristoldayofmagic.com. 23.4.16
Kennedy
'That Mind Reader Guy' will be the special guest on
Steffen Peddie’s Chat Show Thing at The Stand, Newcastle Upon Tyne,
tomorrow evening, Sunday 24th April.
Steffen Peddie’s Chat Show Thing is a chat show, live with no cameras and no
censor. Your host Steffen Peddie will welcome you to pull up a chair and listen
to some inside chat that audiences don't normally get to hear. With live stand up
and conversation from his guests, and the chance to put forward questions yourself and
maybe win a prize from the “Table of Tat” why would you not want to be there?
Sunday 24th April, playwright and poet, Tom Kelly and mind reader Kennedy. With food available in the club, or treat
yourself to some pre-show dining from
The Stand Bistro. More information about Kennedy
see
www.mindofkennedy.co.uk,
and to book tickets visit
www.thestand.co.uk. Doors open at 6pm. 23.4.16
Mel
Mellers: The Travelling Trickster is reviewed by Jay Fortune this
week. "Reading it with my performer's hat on, it was the ‘bits of
business’ that were, in my opinion, really worth their weight in gold.
And these are littered throughout the book. Many may pass them by, but
to the savvy and experienced performer you’ll read a sentence for a gag
or bit of business that might give birth to a whole routine inspired by
Mel’s thinking..." To read Jay's full review,
Click Here. 23.4.16
Five!
An Evening of Magic and Comedy, Rhodes Theatre, Bishop’s Stortford. From the
organisers:
What a treat we have for you! Award-winning magician, Martin Cox, a member of The Inner
Magic Circle with Gold Star, brings his unique comedy magic to Rhodes for an intimate show of
fun, magic and laughter.
Martin’s expert handling of both close-up and cabaret magic have been enjoyed
all over - from The Magic Circle in London, to the
famous Magic Castle in Hollywood. Martin is hailed as one of the best! Saturday
28th May at 8pm.
Tickets: £12 (£8 concs.) Rhodes Bishops Stortford,
1-3 South Road, Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire CM23 3JG (Map).
Box Office 01279 710200
www.rhodesbishopsstortford.org.uk.
www.comedyofmagic.co.uk. 23.4.16
Congratulations
to both Antonio Zip (photo) and Darren Mac,
through to the National Finals of
Britain Does
Variety after making it into the
final four of the Yorkshire Regional Finals. 25 acts took part and now Zip and
Darren will both perform in St Albans on 11th June! 23.4.16
Merlins of Wakefield
update: We have just received our
order of the amazing
Split by Yves Doumergue and Jean Luc Bertrand. All pre-orders have been sent
out - we still have a few in stock, order now!
Congratulations to
Darren Mac and
Antonio Zip, members of Merlins Magic Club who are through to the finals of
Britain Does Variety. Good luck in the final guys!
You can see them both at our
21st Birthday Magic Celebrations Day on 15th May 2016. Buy tickets online,
or call 01924 339933 for more details
www.merlinswakefield.com. 23.4.16
International
News: XIV Magic Congress in Saint-Vincent, Italy. May 26th-29th 2016. From
the organisers: More than 100 hours of magic, 70 shows, 13 lectures, 4 days of
live emotions... all at a great price! Here's the cast: Tom Stone, Michael
Weber, Daryl, Sittah, Rudy Coby, Aaron Fisher, David Kaye, Eugene Burger, Max
Maven, David Regal, Harry Anderson, David Merlini, Alana, Tempei, CY, Anson Lee,
Jabba, Richard Kaufman, Raul Cremona, Walter Rolfo, Adam Grace and Diego
Minevitz! Grand Hotel Billia is the HQ hotel:
www.saintvincentresortcasino.it. For more information and to register visit
www.mastersofmagic.eu/congresso2016. 23.4.16
May
Bank Holiday Sale at the Card Collection! Up to 20% off all stock items.
Sale starts Thursday 28th April at 2.30pm and runs until 10.30am on Tuesday 3rd May.
Don't miss out on the bargains!
www.cards4magic.co.uk. 23.4.16
Terry Herbert Lecture
- Kent Magicians Guild. Mike Bonfield writes: 8pm on April 26th at CIU Dunton Green Social Club, London
Road, Kent TN13 2TA (Map).
Tickets on the door £5.00. "The Godfather of Children's Magic - The Master of Comedy"
- this lecture is a PowerPoint presentation on Children's
Magic, Past and Present, first presented in Blackpool in 2015. Michael Bonfield
mikealan25@yahoo.com. 23.4.16
A
Wonderfully Weird Evening of Magic - Chesham. From the organisers: On
the 7th May, London cabaret magician Dee Riley in association with The
Chesham Theatre Company brings his sell-out London show “A Wonderfully Weird
Evening of Magic” to Chesham for one night only.
The evening starts with a formal sit down dinner complemented by a highly
skilled close-up magician roaming the room, soon followed by dessert and then the live
show!
Dee will be demonstrating live all of his multi award-winning stage acts, from
comedy magic classics to mind reading and psychological trickery, to meaningful
philosophical moments... as well as a finale trick which has been kept
top secret - not to be missed!
Tickets have sold thick and fast since their release in February with some
table seating at £25 per head still available (dinner and show). One night only straight from
London’s West End - Dee is one to dazzle.
Bookings and reservations via -
www.cheshamtheatrecompany.org.uk.
Venue: Temperance Hall, Chesham. 23.4.16
Luke
Murray: Mystifier. From the organisers:
Be prepared for a theatrical roller-coaster ride as master magician Luke Murray
brings his new one-man show to London. The Award-Winning Mentalist will provoke,
astound, baffle and amaze!
Impossible predictions, devious divination and his extremely risky version of
Russian Roulette are just a selection of what you can expect this psychologist
illusionist to display in this new one-hour show.
Once a stand-up comedian and compere, this show will also leave you in hysterics
as Luke Murray combines his unique brand of comedy with his mentalism. "Luke Murray infuses some much-needed levity
and humour into the 'heady' art of
mentalism" (Huffington Post blogger).
YouTube.
7.30pm on 15th June at the Canal Cafe Theatre, Delamere Terrace, Little Venice,
London W2 6ND (Map).
For more info and to book
Click Here. 23.4.16
Oliver
Tabor lectures at The Surrey Society of Magicians on Thursday 28th April: Oliver has been a full time magician for over 15 years, was the winner of
multiple awards at the 2013 IBM British Ring Convention and is the producer for
'West End Magic' at the Leicester Square Theatre, and the 'Magic at the Barn' shows
in Essex.
Oliver has lectured at The Magic Circle, the IBM British Ring Convention and for
the Blackpool Magicians' Club. His lecture mostly covers stage magic and looks
at how the techniques, psychology and rules used by stage
manipulators can easily be applied to all performance situations: from cabaret
to close-up and from parlour to children's shows.
He offers effects for close-up, comedy, stage and children's magic, and also
demonstrates how to produce a dove. Throughout the explanations he illustrates
how to make performances more powerful by applying the rules of stagecraft, how
to deconstruct a routine or act, whilst eliminating any unnecessary movements and
actions, and how to give your magic more of an impact in general. Lecture notes and products
will also be available. Entrance:
Members free, visiting magicians welcome for a £10 entrance fee. The
lecture takes place in East Horsley, Surrey at 8pm. For details
contact Adam Mosley info@surreymagic.org.uk. We are always looking for new
members so please check out our web site
www.surreymagic.org.uk or find Surrey
Magic on Facebook.
Adam Mosley. 23.4.16
Catch up with Criss. Criss Angel: Mindfreak is being repeated on H2, for the next few weeks. Criss Angel performing his take on 'Street Magic'. See TV Magic. 23.4.16
Steve Beam Lecture Tour.
Tony Griffith writes: I am organising a lecture tour of the UK for Steve Beam (Cary, North
Carolina, USA) in October. I am looking for clubs willing to take Steve’s lecture in the North of England,
on the weekend of Saturday/Sunday 15/16th October and on Tuesday 18th October.
Clubs who would like to host this brilliant entertaining lecturer should contact
me as soon as possible on 01275 835463 or email
tony@tonygriffith.co.uk.
This will be Steve’s fifth lecture tour of this country since his first visit in
the early 1990’s. Steve is the author of Semi Automatic Card Tricks Vols 1 -10
and The Trapdoor Magazine 23.4.16
Congratulations
to Simon Jones from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, winner of the Bill
Hammersley Close-up Magic competition held by the Home Counties Magical Society
last week. Eight acts competed in front of an invited audience and were judged
on entertainment quality and magical content. Simon wowed the crowd with a series of effects using cards and Rubik
Cubes. He is seen here receiving the award from club president Steve Graham.
www.simonsaysmagic.com
www.hcms.org.uk. 23.4.16
News
from the Northern Magic Circle:
Northern Magic Circle President, Robert Temple and his partner, Emma Ward, would
like to say "thank you" to the council and the members for their support at the
beginning of their Presidential year. They began their 12 months in office at
the NMC convention, earlier this month.
The President's Dinner takes place on Friday 28th October 2016 at The Kings Head
Hotel in Richmond, North Yorkshire and will feature a three-course meal and
fantastic cabaret. Tickets are £35 and available from Robert, directly.
The following day will be their President's Day, including a guided tour of the
beautiful Georgian Theatre Royal (the oldest working theatre in the UK),
lectures, a close-up magic performance and a full evening magic show. Tickets
are £10.
Full weekend registration is just £40 and available now. Put the dates into your
diary and then call to book your tickets on 0191 500 9568. It's guaranteed to be a
magical weekend. 23.4.16
"Never
mind stress tests, Merlin Entertainments is scare-testing its new Ghost Train at
Thorpe Park with the help of illusionist Derren Brown"
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during incredible trick"
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tricks from her late husband Paul Daniels"
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learning magic tricks with magician David Blaine"
Click Here • "Amazing 40-second trick shows magician turn a rose petal into
an egg on live TV"
Click Here • "Astonishing moment a magician uses a deck of cards to read
your mind"
Click Here • "Meet East Lancashire magician Anne Walmsley and her amazing
floating table."
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Click Here • "Burden review – how a crazed performance artist mellowed"
Click Here • "Britain's Got Talent magician's mum 'really proud' after he
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Click Here • That's it for another week. See you next week, Duncan.
23.4.16