Number
129 - 14th December 2002
Derren
Brown joins Jonathan Ross on the Christmas edition of Friday Night
with Jonathan Ross this Friday (20th) on BBC1. Ross is a big magic fan,
has magic posters up on the walls at home, and had David Blaine as a guest just a few weeks ago. Derren Brown can be seen live on stage at the
Bacon Theatre, Dean Close School, Cheltenham at 7.30pm on Friday 28th
March 2003. Tickets: £12.50 (Concessions £10.50 - Friends of the theatre
£9.50) Box Office: 01242 258002 Website:
Click Here.
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Marc
Paul is one of Michael Parkinson's special guests on Parkinson at
Christmas on Christmas eve, together with Tom Jones, Dame Edna
Everage, Alistair McGowan and Martine McCutcheon, Nigel Havers, Benjamin
Zephaniah and Mica Paris. Marc was awarded the title of 'World's Greatest Mind
Reader' by his peers at the prestigious World Magic Awards in Las Vegas
and is also one of the youngest performers to be awarded Gold Star
membership of The Inner Magic Circle.
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Criss
Angel: Mindfreak has its first UK
screening on Christmas eve. In this one-off TV special Chris Angel
attempts to stay submerged in a tank of water for 24 hours, padlocked and
restrained... all seems to be going well until problems set in... can he
survive?!
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Paul
Zenon impressed on Friday evening in an appearance on Live with...
Chris Moyles on Channel 5 performing a couple of bar stunts and
talking about his upcoming book 100 Ways to Win a Tenner.
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Alpha
Magic International, who recently introduced The Puzzle have
expanded their range of quality magic and are now advertising on MagicWeek. To see what's
new visit:
AlphaMagicInt.com
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The
Card Collection are now advertising with MagicWeek. They have been
selling playing cards since 1969 and now have over 400 different decks in
stock - the largest range specifically for magicians in the UK, and
possibly the world. They also stock over 100 different "gag cards" printed
on Bicycle stock, and have a huge range of hard to find accessories, gimmicks and gadgets. I remember the first time that I saw their stand
at a convention being amazed at the sheer variety of lines that they
stocked. You'll visit this one time and time again:
Cards4Magic.co.uk
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Merlins
of Wakefield have just produced a new Preview Catalogue in time
for Christmas. Packed with over fifty great magical effects it is
available free of charge by emailing Merlins,
merlinswakefield@compuserve.com. They are also taking bookings for
Dealer Dems for 2003, so if you want a fun evening of magic at your
society give them a call on 01924 339933. Keep an eye on MagicWeek for
details of Merlin's new shop which will open in 2003.
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The Amazing Magic Circle
Christmas Show's line-up features both stage and close-up performers.
On stage: Peter
Wardell, Roy Davenport, Brian Sefton, Terry Seabrooke, and Guy Barret, and
performing close-up magic: Mike Austin, Rajan, and Julian James. December
27th - 30th. Two performances per day at 2.30pm and 7pm.
Tickets: £17 for adults, £10 for children (6 to 12 years old - the
show is not suitable for children under six years of age). The box office
credit card phone line is open from 10am - 5pm, Monday to Friday,
Telephone: 020 7388 6480. The Magic Circle is located in Euston, London
Street Map
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Alistair
Cook appeared on RI:SE on Channel 4 on Monday 9th. He was interviewed
by Edith and Mark about magic, and the upcoming series Monkey Magic
and a number of clips were shown. Monkey Magic is due to air January 2003 -
exact dates when we have them.
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The
Blizzard Wizard is the latest production from Cahoots NI, and is now
running twice a day at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, until December 28th.
Cahoots NI are a professional theatre company based in Belfast that
produce large-scale work for children that concentrates on the visual
potential of theatre and capitalises upon the age-old popularity of magic
and illusion as an essential ingredient in the art of entertaining. Their
latest production has won critical and audience acclaim and features a
healthy mixture of both new and old magic and illusion. To find out more
visit cahootsni.com. To book tickets telephone the box office on 02890
381081.
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Peter
Pan - A Musical Adventure is on at the
Royal Festival Hall from December 19th until January 12th.
Scott Penrose was called in to perform some magic and is seen here
levitating Peter Pan (James Gillan) in a casual on the London Eye.
The Magic Circle's Christmas Show also received some publicity from the
stunt.
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Nottingham
Guild of Magicians present An Evening of Magic and Illusion at
the Bonington Theatre, Arnold, Nottingham on Sunday February 2nd. Featured
acts include Bunny Neil, president Freddie Wilkinson, James Parker (photo)
and new illusion act Enigma. The show starts at 7.30pm. Tickets are £4
each, available in advance on 0115 9614551.
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We
now have more information re the upcoming Max Maven lecture in
Belfast, mentioned last week, being staged by The Ulster Society of
Magicians on Sunday January 19th. The lecture runs from 11.30am to 4.30pm
with a break for lunch. The venue is the Lyric Theatre, Ridgeway Street,
Belfast, one of the most popular theatres in the city, that offers
excellent facilities, including tiered seating. The bar will be open in the morning, during lunch, and
afterwards. Further information: email
george.bleeks@ntlworld.com
or telephone 028 90645795 or 07860 115611. Should be a great day.
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Jean
Hugard's classic Encyclopedia of Card Tricks has just been updated
with a new foreword by Magic Circle president Michael Bailey - you can
order it in time for Christmas (and right now there's 20% off!) from
Amazon.co.uk • See what the dealers are featuring in Cool Magic
and Cool Magic 2 • There's another in
the series of articles from Kevin Gallagher this week, this time looking
at close-up
magic: Feature Magic •
Alistair McGowan impersonates Uri Geller on The Big Impression on
Christmas Day at 8.25pm on BBC1 • That's
all for this week, see you next week, Duncan.
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