Number
1046 - 11th July 2020
Ali
Cook Lecture, The Ollie Hour, Friday 17th July. Ali's lecture is a
deep-dive into his favourite magic books, during which he'll break down
eight full routines that he's performed on television. The eight books
Ali will discuss range from technical sources such as The Vernon
Chronicles and Expert Coin Magic to theoretical books
including The Five Points in Magic and Designing Miracles.
He'll teach you how his routines were developed, and why and how he
performed them. You'll also learn sleights and theory from each book
along the way. This is a truly unique lecture. The Ollie Hour, next
Friday 17th July at 3pm BST. To book visit:
www.theolliehour.com/book/july17.
11.7.20
Loosley
Speaking with Dave Loosley - this week: Steve Dela. Join magician Dave Loosley as he chats with
some of the world's best magicians. Always laid-back and fun. Available
every Friday via your favourite listening platform including
Apple Podcasts and
Spotify.
11.7.20
Careena
Fenton is the beneficiary of this year's Eugene Burger Legacy Award.
The Eugene Burger Legacy Fund was founded at the McBride Magic & Mystery
School in August 2017 by Michael Burke and Robert Charles, Eugene’s
executors. A primary purpose of the fund is for an anonymous committee
of magicians to issue awards to magicians who, in their judgment,
exemplify some of Eugene’s special qualities as a performer and person,
thereby carrying his legacy into the future. Careena accepted the award
via Zoom on a special Magic School Monday edition at Jeff McBride's
Magic and Mystery School to celebrate the life and work of Eugene
Burger. Careena is delighted and honoured to have been recognised with
the award and hopes to continue Eugene's legacy into the future.
11.7.20
Tournament
of Laughs: Piff Makes The Eiffel Tower vanish with a little help from
David Copperfield!
YouTube.
11.7.20
Wide
Open Magic - new blog and free ebook. Wide Open Magic is a new magic
blog by Oliver Meech (author of bestseller The Plot Thickens). It's a
collection of tips, tricks and thoughts for fresh magic, updated every
Friday. You'll find a Tarantino-style card trick, a way to reskin card
castles, scripting tips inspired by South Park and Parks & Recreation,
and two nuggets for Zoom shows. Oh, and a free 27-page ebook of tricks!
See
www.wideopenmagic.com.
11.7.20
It's
Top of the Props at PropDog! From the PropDog Team: The popularity
of the new PropDog Lounge has lead to the PropDog creative rascals to
think of ever increasingly inventive ways to make the website even more
interactive for our customers. Last week we added a brand new Q&A
feature to every product page and now we are celebrating the launch of
our new Top of the Props page.
The Top of the Props page allows you to vote on various magic polls we
create from 'Who is your favourite comedy magician?' to 'What is your
favourite card to wallet routine?'. With new polls being added every few
days, just a fun little way to have your voice heard and see the
results. Check out the Top of the Props page here:
www.propdog.co.uk/top-of-the-props-polls.
11.7.20
Jay Fortune has just launched his brand new 'Magician' series of paintings. Eight works are showcased, each an original and certified. Since retiring as a performer, Jay has established himself as one of the UK’s most exciting emerging artists with work displayed in high-end galleries throughout the UK, including prestigious galleries in Mayfair and Chelsea. Pieces are ready to hang, with free global shipping and can be reserved today with interest free payment options. Why not invest in one of the new series here: www.jayfortune.co.uk. "Your art is wonderful, you’re incredibly talented and your portrait of me is stunning." David Berglas. "When Jay Fortune does a painting, he has a knack for capturing a special moment in time. This comes through in his portraits of magicians: an instant, preserved for a lifetime." Max Maven. (Photo: 'Derren' by Jay Fortune. Photo credit: Seamus Ryan.). 11.7.20
The
MagicWeek Video Archive. A new magic clip or show every week! This week
Michael Vincent and Ali Bongo having fun on 'The Big Breakfast' promoting the
upcoming public gala show for Ron's Day back in December 1996, which was about to be
held at The London Palladium. See
The MagicWeek Video Archive. To catch up with more from The MagicWeek Video
Archive
Click Here. 11.7.20
The
MagicWeek Video Archive. Midweek Magic! During the week I added some more
videos to The MagicWeek Video Archive. Two Ricky Jay compilations taken from
series one and two of The Secret Cabaret. Ricky Jay x 6 Series One:
YouTube.
Ricky Jay x 6 Series Two:
YouTube. 11.7.20
Danny
Goldsmith Zoom Lecture - Zodiac Magical Society. Simon Rudd writes:
The Zodiac Magical Society are delighted to be hosting a Zoom lecture by
Danny Goldsmith, a master of visual coin magic, on Wednesday the 15th of
July at 8pm. Non members are welcome at just £10 a seat. If you would
like to book a place, or would like further information, then please
email
membership@zodiacmagicalsociety.co.uk.
11.7.20
New
Release from Mark Leveridge Magic. From the publishers: As the
restrictions posed by lockdown are gradually released, the time when
people will be looking to organise parties and events again gets ever
closer. To ensure that you receive your fair share of enquiries, now
would be a great time to take a serious look at how you publicise your
shows and perhaps to try some new approaches. But where to start? Well,
Mark Leveridge has just released the Audio Book version of his advice
e-book called Marketing Yourself, and this provides a thorough
explanation of both the online and offline advertising opportunities
that you can take advantage of. An Audio Book is a great way to absorb
information as you can have it on in the background while you exercise
or relax, and so order the Marketing Yourself Audio Book today and
within minutes you will be arming yourself with tactics to enable you to
benefit fully from the wave of show enquiries that will start to appear
in the coming weeks. For more information go to
www.markleveridge.co.uk.
11.7.20
Mark
Leveridge's Free-Buys. Week 13. Place any order with Mark Leveridge
Magic before midnight on Friday 17th July 2020 and we will be pleased to
send you a link to download completely free a TricKlip Video of a great
version of the classic Danson Diary Trick called Diary Of A Nobody. A
diary is shown to have a playing card written against each day of the
year and a spectator looks up their birthday date and remembers the card
asigned there. A deck is shuffled and the spectator for the first time
reveals the day and the month of their birthday. Using those two
numbers, the performer counts down in the deck and the card he arrives
at turns out to be the exact one printed in the diary against the
spectator's birthday! Not only that, but the card itself is shown to
have a completely different coloured back to the rest of the deck! For
more information and to watch a dem go to
www.markleveridge.co.uk.
11.7.20
MC
Friday Night Magicians is back, virtually! We’re doing a live stream
show on Friday 31st July featuring Lee Bell (UK), Chris Pilsworth
(Canada) and Will Fern (USA). MC’d by London’s own Martin Cox. Only
£5.00 per household, so gather the whole family around for a (really!)
funny and amazing show they won’t soon forget! For details see
www.eventbrite.co.uk.
11.7.20
"Netflix
donates £500K to Sam Mendes's Theatre Artists Fund"
Click Here. [Netflix is conservatively worth 150 billion pounds
(£150,000,000,000). I've just calculated that their £500,000 donation is about
0.00033% of the company's worth, or to put things in perspective, that's the equivalent of
someone with £10,000 in the bank writing out a cheque for 3p. DT].
11.7.20
Auction
of two original vintage Sooty puppets, July 30th. A hugely rare and
desirable pair of original vintage Sooty puppets. Accompanied by Harry
Corbett’s autograph. Corbett is believed to have used the more weathered
of the two Sootys during the late 1950s – the sawdust in the puppet’s
head is testament to its very early date. Sooty’s worn appearance is
thought to come from his numerous pie throwing escapades. The second
Sooty is thought to come from the early 1960s.
The two puppets would have been used for the Sooty Show television
programmes and/or the stage shows. Superb provenance. Originally
acquired directly from Harry Corbett: the two Sootys and the autograph
were purchased at an auction that immediately followed an after dinner
speaking event in Blackpool where Corbett was the guest speaker. Two
extraordinary artefacts of British popular culture. For auction details
see
www.invaluable.com.
11.7.20
Sunday Night at the London Palladium. Jimmy Tarbuck hosts an episode from 21st November 1965, featuring Cliff Richard and the Shadows, Charlie Drake and Henry McGee, Freddy Davis and Robert Harbin. Sunday 19th July on Talking Pictures. See TV Magic for details. 11.7.20
Connie
Greta Van Buren. Andrew Van Buren remembers his mother with love,
Click Here.
11.7.20
"Government
says outdoor performances will be able to begin this week"
Click Here • "Comedy club conjures up a new date for magician"
Click Here • "Ashod ‘Mr. Ash’ Baboorian, ‘Chicago’s Greatest
Magician,’ dies at 80: ‘It’s rare to meet someone like that in life.’"
Click Here • "Magician’s ‘mesmerizing’ card trick attracts 45,000
views on Instagram"
Click Here • "Magician turns Minecraft into a surreal 3D world"
Click Here • And finally, "Ennio Morricone, film composer,
1928-2020"
Click Here and "Il Maestro: Ennio Morricone’s 10 best film scores"
Click Here. Also see
YouTube, his final UK appearance • That's it. Thanks for your news
as always. See you next week, Duncan.
11.7..20