Number
1056 - 19th September 2020
Goodwin's
gone and done it again! The Welshman is back... "Jonathan Goodwin
faces his biggest fear during a dangerous stunt - America's Got Talent
2020"
YouTube. [Another amazing stunt from Jonathan Goodwin. And if you missed his other recent AGT exploits
Click Here and
Click Here. DT].
19.9.20
Blackpool
Magic Convention Statement. We are sad to announce the postponement
of The Blackpool Magic Convention 2021. After much thought and
consideration, due to the current pandemic we realise that we simply
can't produce an event for 2021 that would guarantee the safety of our
valued customers. Anyone who has already booked tickets, can hold them
over to the 2022 event and still guarantee their seats. You can of
course be given a refund and then book again nearer the time. Contact
registration@blackpoolmagicconvention.com. If our Registration Hub
does not hear from you by the 1st December 2020, we will presume you are
happy for tickets to be held over to the 2022 event. Thank you for your
understanding and we look forward to welcoming you back in 2022. The
dates for Blackpool 2022 are Thursday 17th February to Sunday 20th
February 2022. Booking for 2022 opens on Monday 5th April 2021 via our
website:
www.blackpoolmagic.com.
19.9.20
The
MagicWeek Video Archive. A new magic clip or show every week! This week
Paul Potassy's Sympathetic Silks and Razor Blades in a guest
spot on The Paul Daniels Magic Show from 12th October 1985. See
The MagicWeek Video Archive. To catch up with more from The MagicWeek Video
Archive
Click Here.
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Scotland's
Colin Cloud on AGT. "Colin Cloud shocks the judges with incredible
mind reading! America's Got Talent 2020. Colin Cloud returns to the AGT
stage with a performance that will blow your mind! The real life
Sherlock Holmes."
YouTube.
19.9.20
David
Britland now has a Cardopolis Newsletter that complements his blog and
Genii column. There have been seven issues to date, each featuring
video clips of effects and explanations. As you'd expect, the focus is
on card magic new, old and forgotten. Topics covered so far include
palming, colour changes, card discoveries, the open prediction and a
lost documentary about card cheats. It's free and you can subscribe at:
www.cardopolis.substack.com. There is also a Cardopolis Instagram
account that will alert you to new content. You can find it at
www.instagram/cardopolismagic.
19.9.20
The
MagicWeek Video Archive. More Midweek Magic! Last week I added a few more
clips
to The MagicWeek Video Archive. Here's Juan Tamariz
YouTube
and his 'Find the Lady' routine from John Fisher's 'The Magic Comedy Strip' on
6th April 1992.
To catch up with more from The MagicWeek Video Archive
Click Here. 19.9.200
The
MagicWeek Video Archive. Lance Burton made a welcome return to The Paul
Daniels Magic Show on the Christmas edition on 26th December 1985,
YouTube.
To catch up with more from The MagicWeek Video Archive
Click Here. 19.9.200
Britain's Got Talent - more magic tonight! Ant and Dec host the semi-finals of this year's talent contest. Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, David Walliams and Ashley Banjo are on the judging desk, as the acts that impressed them the most return. Eight acts perform in each semi-final. 8pm this evening on ITV. See TV Magic for details. 19.9.20
BBC
Radio 4's 'You and Yours' asked "Have you lost work because of the
pandemic?" on September 15th. Full-time magician Marc Dominic phoned
in and can be heard at 32' 34"
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds.
19.9.20
Smoke
Watch Pro, Smart Watch by Joao Miranda - Magicbox. In 2016 João
Miranda invented the Smoke Watch, a truly revolutionary prop. For the
first time magicians could produce smoke, sleeveless. Since then it has
been performed professionally both on TV and live by some of the world's
best magicians. Producing smoke enhances almost every magic effect,
either for a sponge ball routine, a coin effect, or even a simple card
transformation. It easily adds that wow factor and magical atmosphere
that every magician needs in their act. After being sold out worldwide
the Smoke Watch comes back, better than ever! Programmable delay,
wireless charging, internal battery, a brand-new intelligent circuit
board or crown smoke activation are some of the new additions! Find out
more, visit
www.magicbox.uk.com.
19.9.20
Devant,
early cinema and the Davenport Collection - a mystery solved. One of
over 200 items recently added to the collection website helped to answer
a question which troubled historians of early cinema. A magician
appearing in some early British films was thought to be Walter Booth,
but since no clearly identified photograph of Booth was available, this
view remained unproven. Such a photograph was found in the Davenport
collection in an 1898 theatre programme
Click Here from Ramsgate, for David Devant’s Entertainment. If you’d
like to receive the quarterly newsletter from the Davenport Collection
just contact John Davenport via the website:
www.davenportcollection.co.uk.
19.9.20
Oliver
Tabor - Lockdown D’Illusions via Zoom, 16th September 2020 for The
Anglian Magic Society. Steve Majes, Secretary of The Anglian Magic
Society writes: How lovely it was to be a guest into Oliver’s mind of
magic. Streamed live from his creative workshop we got a revealing look
behind the curtain into how Oliver plans and creates, and the reasoning
behind his magical presentations. Tips were given for his bottle
production, bubble magic and ball manipulation - some with not so much
manipulation required. Moving from this staging area to a more close-up
environment we watched some of Oliver's pet close-up and parlour
effects. His style and flow of presentation did receive a few gasps;
it's great to be a magician and expel a gasp or two in wonder! From
Oliver's experience of producing a competition act, his long running
shows at The Barn and producing West End magic shows the questions were
very forthcoming and there were no holds barred. The end of the lecture
flowed nicely into a social Zoom chat and I was so pleased to hear
Oliver's positive thoughts on how the entertainment business and live
magic performances will return. This was a relaxing, inspiring, and
fascinating evening.
www.olivertabor.com.
19.9.20
Rubik
Solved by Tony Gardner - Merlins. Whether you perform Rubik cube
magic or not, this brand new card effect is a must! The magician cleanly
fans out four playing cards. The cards faces are shown and each has a
full colour image of a mixed up Rubik cube on it. Two of the cards are
handed to a spectator to hold. The magician shows his two cards once
again to allow the spectators to see the mixed up cubes. Instantly,
without any funny moves the magicians cubes are fully solved! The
spectator looks at the cards they have been holding and they are stunned
to see that their cubes have also magically been solved! Beautifully
clean handling and very easy to do. Visit
www.merlinswakefield.co.uk for more info and to order.
19.9.20
The
Coin and Purse Collection - Mark Leveridge Magic. 6 routines, 46
pages, 80 colour photo illustrations. Mark Leveridge writes: In this
interesting E-Book I have collected together six of my favourite
routines using a standard purse and some coins. All six routines have
been carefully constructed to maximise the impact with the minimum of
sleights. Some palming and coin vanish techniques required, but nothing
advanced or very difficult. The presentation of each routine you can
watch via a link in the E-Book to online video performance footage. Then
the handlings are carefully described with text and are supplemented
with many colour photo illustrations. Find out more. Visit
www.markleveridge.co.uk.
19.9.20
Life’s
a Beach by Gary Jones Volume One - Magicseen. From the publishers:
Gary Jones is a full time professional magician of many years standing,
and he is a man who is widely respected for both his performing skills
and his creative way of thinking. This book brings you the full
illustrated details of a large selection of Gary’s worker routines and
moves, a couple of effects from some of Gary’s good friends in magic, as
well as many tips and much advice on performance and even what it takes
to be a pro entertainer.
In this 136 page volume you will learn the secrets behind Gary’s sleight
free coins through table, you will learn a really clever card to wallet
idea that removes the need for palming, a simple yet effective method to
perform a bottle production, mental effects which are easy to do yet
baffling to the audience, as well as a strong collection of other
commercial card and coin routines.
When you are a pro entertainer you get to know exactly what works with
the lay public and what doesn’t. You hone your methods so that they are
practical yet strong, and you create magic plots that are clear and easy
to follow. The material in this book reflects these principles
throughout and will delight anyone looking for new worker tricks to add
to their repertoire. For more info and to order visit
www.magicseen.com .
19.9.20
The X Files with Ricky Jay. "The Amazing Maleeni. On the Santa Monica pier a magician amazes the crowd with his superior ancient magic tricks. However Mulder and Scully are soon brought in when the headless corpse of the magician is found in his car leaving only his twin brother, Albert and his rival, LaBonge as suspects. After some strange scenarios we are left with the question, who murdered the Amazing Maleeni, or is it all another amazing trick?" Friday 25th September on Paramount Network. See TV Magic for details. 19.9.20
"Remarkable
moment magician turns supermarket shoppers’ till receipts into £10
notes"
Click Here • "Factory of Magic launched by Fylde magician is first
UK agency dedicated to magic artistes"
Click Here • "An unexpected audience"
Click Here •"Britain's Got Talent magician says he turned his life
around after feeling suicidal"
Click Here • "‘AGT’ magician Max Major called out for major fail:
‘Dude is a fraud’"
Click Here • And finally, not magic, but if you sometimes think you'd prefer to be in a galaxy far, far away,
then this will do the trick:
YouTube • Thanks as always to everyone who submitted news this week,
see you next week, Duncan.
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