Number
934 - 19th May 2018
The
David Berglas Digital Scrapbooks. David Berglas is about to share a
lifetime of magical memories via his 'Digital Scrapbooks' on
YouTube. An
introductory video offers a glimpse of
what's to come. Expect anecdotes, video clips, photographs and
memorabilia, spanning about eighty years. Starting on June 1st plans are
underway to add two new videos every week. They will include David's
work on radio, television, film and in variety theatres, as well as many
product launches. The first video, which will go live on Friday, 1st
June, will feature David explaining how a last minute decision to attend
a magic convention led to an introduction to a national magazine. They
challenged him to perform an impossible stunt – and he accepted! What a
wonderful project. See
YouTube for the introduction video. DT.
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Magic
man Maddox wows with Rubik’s Cube wizardry! "Think there’s only so
much that can be done with a Rubik’s Cube? Think again! Watch magician
Maddox Dixon blow our Judges away with his incredible magic tricks"
YouTube.
"BGT magician blows our minds with Rubik's Cube prowess"
Click Here.
"Magician who wowed Britain’s Got Talent judges reveals he got his big
break thanks to superstar frontman"
Click Here.
"Britain's Got Talent: Maddox Dixon BGT audition 'rumbled' by ITV
viewers as magician stuns judges with Rubik’s Cube trick"
Click Here.
"Magician Baffles The 'Britain's Got Talent' Judges With Rubik's Cube
Trick"
Click Here.
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50th
Annual Academy of Magical Arts Awards Ceremony, Los Angeles.
At the recent 50th annual Academy of Magical Arts Awards Ceremony in Los
Angeles two British magicians were honoured.
Wayne Dobson was presented with the Award of Merit as his "ebullient,
masterful, live and television performances have become the stuff of
legend. His writings have generously passed his wealth of knowledge to
us all".
Peter Lane was presented with a Special Fellowship to recognise his
voluntary work every week for 20 years as Executive Librarian of The
Magic Circle. He was also recognised for his work as a magic historian
and researcher which he shares with other collectors and writers by
providing them with information and illustrations which "keep the beacon
of magic history burning".
There were many other Awards including a Lifetime Achievement Fellowship
to Shimada.
David Copperfield received a Masters Fellowship and also a presentation
as Magician of The Decade.
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"Kid
Magician Issy Simpson Shows Off Her Tricks" Just last week
charismatic young magician Issy Simpson made a special guest appearance
on The Ellen Show in the States, see
YouTube.
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Conjuring
at the Court, Thursday 31st May, London. From the organisers:
Witness the impossible at London’s longest-running monthly magic show.
Featuring the very funny Carl Pettman, the amazing Fay Presto, magic
from Holland with Fritz Alkemade, and Magic Circle Close-up Magician of
the Year for two years running, Matt Le Mottee. Compere Hugh Levinson.
Tickets just £11 from
www.conjuringatthecourt.com – it’s cheaper to book in advance. The
show starts at 8pm and runs to 10pm with an interval. It’s in the lovely
function room of the Drayton Court, 2 The Avenue, West Ealing, London
W13 8PH (Map).
Come early to enjoy a meal before the show! Parking is free from 6.30pm
(Happy 70th from the MagicWeek team Fay!).
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The
MagicWeek Video Archive. This week, David Blaine's infamous
appearance on GMTV with Eamonn Holmes, reflected on, on 'The 100
Greatest TV Treats of the Year 2001'. See
The MagicWeek Video Archive. To catch up with past weeks and the occasional
'bonus' video
Click Here.
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Magic History Gathering
at The Magic Circle, 9th June. There
are only three weeks to go before The Magic History Gathering. There
will be two presentations about the female magicians Talma and Suzi
Wandas, two about the card performers Edward G.Brown and Cliff
Green. There are also talks on the Pinchbecks, Servais Le Roy and the
mysterious life of Jardine Ellis. There will be a sale of collectable
books. Tickets cost £40 and can be purchased from The Magic Circle's
website: www.themagiccircle.co.uk. The price includes a substantial
buffet lunch, morning coffee and afternoon tea. The event is open to
non-members of The Magic Circle.
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Miraculous Magic Live! - Westcliff-on-Sea, today, Saturday 19th May. Mix stunning magic, baffling illusions and cheeky comedy with a young, energetic, enthusiastic magician and what do you get? 'Miraculous Magic' is a brand-new magical experience for children and is guaranteed to create laughs and gasps. Top magician Danny Lee Grew will turn audience members into princesses and ask them to guess what's inside his sandwich. Mr Ted, the magical teddy bear, makes a special appearance and you will be amazed when Danny performs the world-famous glass and bottle illusion. Saturday 19th May at 2pm. Tickets £9.50 from www.southendtheatres.org.uk. Venue: Palace Theatre, 430 London Road, Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 9LA (Map). www.dannyleegrew.com. 19.5.18
Chris
Wardle makes a rare stage appearance at The British Ring ‘Picnic’. Chris
is well-known for his magical creations and lecturing. His effects have
appeared in several books and have been used on TV, radio and on the stage.
Top performers including Geoffrey Durham and Richard Cadell have used
his ideas.
Gerry Cottle will be interviewed about his amazing life in circus and
Andy Storm with Hex illusions will top the afternoon show.
There’s plenty going on and a buffet lunch too for only £7 (children £5)
at the Little Theatre in Leicester on Sunday May 27th. Pay on the door;
but places must be booked in advance by calling 01827 912305 or
emailing thesootyshow@gmail.com. The theatre is close to bus and rail stations and
ample parking facilities. Have a magic day out at a very economic price.
Geoffrey Newton PRO.
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The
Mark Leveridge Magic May Web Offers. Every month Mark selects two items
from his product range and makes them available at a discount, and for
May there are two contrasting items. The first is a TricKlip
downloadable video file of a terrific Boston Box routine called The
Emperor's Coins. The presentation supplied with this effect makes it
very unusual and creates a really entertaining coin magic effect. The
other Web Offer is an E-Book entitled A Simple Guide To Creativity. If
you have ever wanted to adapt the magic you do, or improve it, or even
create new effects, this book will explain many different ways to do it.
Mark explores in easy to understand ways the essence of creativity and
then using concrete examples, shows you how you put the theory into
practise. The clear explanations contained in this book will help you to
make your magic more individual and personal to you. Both the above
items are available during May at 40% off, so to find out more and to
order, go to
www.markleveridge.co.uk/offers.php and get yourself a
bargain.
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Order
of the Magi Jumbo Magic Auction, Manchester. Geoffrey Newton PRO
writes: The Order of the Magi (Manchester) are holding a Jumbo Auction
on Tuesday 22nd May at The Irish World Heritage Centre, 1 Irish Town
Way, Manchester M8 0AE (Map)
at 7.30pm prompt, with viewing from 6.30pm. Lot numbers are now
available, so if you need one please contact Secretary Mike Sharples on
0161 287 7865
secretary@orderofthemagi.co.uk. Details are on
www.orderofthemagi.co.uk. Door charge £3 for non-members. Do come
along as there might be there the very thing you are looking for.
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Magicseen
May Money Saver Offer. From the publishers: We feel our magazine offers
some terrific content (well, we would, wouldn't we!?), and we want to
ensure that as many people as possible get to read it all and enjoy it.
So, to that end we are offering a special flash subscription offer. Take
out a 1 year (6 issues) subscription and we will supply you with one
extra issue free by extending your sub period to 7 issues. Or, take out
a 2 year (12 issues) subscription, and we will give you two free additional
issues, making your subscription period last for 14 issues. This offer
apples to both printed copy and download subscribers. This offer
finishes at midnight on Sunday 20th May 2018. If you already have a
current subscription with us, sign up again for 1 or 2 years and we will
extend your present sub period by either 7 or 14 issues. Magicseen is
already a great value read, and this offer makes it even better! So go
to the brand new Magicseen website at
www.magicseen.com and subscribe
before the deadline on Sunday 20th May 2018 and receive your extra free
issues with our compliments.
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Marcus Eddie UK Lecture tour - final dates and review. "...this was such a valuable evening of creativity and simplicity of method presented by a very talented and warm-hearted performer, it would be a pleasure to have Marcus back to lecture on a future visit to the UK." To read the full review from Steve Majes, Click Here. Final Dates: Northamptonshire Magicians' Club on 22nd May. Free to NMC Members, £10 charge for guests. The evening starts at 8pm prompt, ends 10.30pm. Northamptonshire Magicians' Club, Brafield on the Green Working Men's Club, 35 Bedford Road, Brafield on the Green, Northampton NN7 1BD (Map). www.northamptonshiremagicians.uk. And Alakazam Magic Club on 29th May, contact: www.alakazammagic.club. 19.5.18
Steve
Short presents his Johnny Hart lecture for the Kent Magicians' Guild
on Tuesday 29th May at 8pm at CIU Dunton Green Social Club, 159 London
Road, Dunton Green, Kent TN13 2TA (Map).
Members of other magic clubs are invited; £5.00 door charge.
www.thekentmagiciansguild.simplesite.com.
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Grumbleweeds,
lecture and Q&A now booking. From the organisers:
Legendary comedy act, The Grumbleweeds, present a no holds barred comedy
lecture and Q&A session, where they'll lift the lid on all things
comedy...
Regarded by their peers as the best in the business, The Grumbleweeds,
James and Robin, have just completed a record-breaking six week run in
the Qdos production of 'Cinderella', at the Birmingham Hippodrome,
playing 72 shows, twice a day, to around 150,000 people during the run.
They have created, devised and performed some of comedy's classic
routines and they're available now to lecture at your magical society!
Learn from the best, as they lift the lid on what really makes comedy
tick: How routines are created, what makes something funny, how to get
more comedy into your performances and how to get maximum comedy impact
on every routine that you do.
They'll talk and demonstrate how they create ideas, how they put it all
together and how to make comedy really work in your act. Don't miss this
chance to learn how to make it all work at the highest level, from two
of the industry finest exponents.
Now available to magical societies throughout the UK.
Contact: James Brandon: 07799 268689 for more information. Also see
YouTube and www.grumbleweeds.com.
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Fried
Mind Show - Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham. Fresh
from a successful run at Brighton Fringe, comedy magician and mind
reader David Terrence is performing a full evening of his latest mind
frying routines at the Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham. "Funny and
impressive mind-reading" 4 star review from Voice Mag UK. "Totally
excellent. The whole package is here" UK Cabaret Magazine. Fried Mind
Show starts at 8pm on Friday 8th June. Tickets are £10 per adult:
www.ropetacklecentre.co.uk. Ropetackle Arts Centre,
Little High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex BN43 5EG (Map).
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Punch
& Judy at The British Ring ‘Picnic’. For the first time Mel Harvey will be presenting a special version of
his Punch & Judy Show at an IBM (British Ring) gathering.
The newly revived The British Ring ‘Picnic’ is being held at The Little Theatre,
Leicester on Sunday 27th May.
Having toured with Harry Corbett's Sooty Show and appeared on the TV show back in the 70s and 80s, Mel is looking forward to Mr Punch being
able to meet Sooty,
and six to four he will!
The following Saturday, June 2nd, Mel will be at The Royal
Hippodrome, Eastbourne with his comedy magic act for a "Day by the Sea"
with Roy Hudd, Wyn Calvin, Jan Hunt
and members of The British Music Hall Society. Mel is looking forward to meeting
friends old and new at both venues.
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Magic in Schools Lecture by Martin Duffy,
Wednesday 23rd May, The Cotswold Magical Society. Peter Kidd writes: Martin Duffy started his professional career as a children's entertainer at a private holiday camp when he was 21 and has been a
full-time professional children's entertainer in the Newcastle area
since 1986. In recent years he has made a name for himself for his
shows for schools and has developed special educational magic shows
covering themes such as: environmental issues, mathematics, science,
healthy eating, road safety and stranger danger.
In 2017, he gave a 15-minute presentation on the subject at the Trix in
the Stix convention, and this year he launched his Maths Magic Show
course, limiting it to 100 magicians worldwide. It sold out within a
week.
The Cotswold Magical Society is very lucky to have secured Martin to
present his full Magic in Schools lecture for us the day after this
year's Trix in the Stix convention, so that those 'Trixsters' travelling
south after the convention can call in to enjoy Martin's lecture on
their journeys home.
Doors open at 7.30pm, entrance is £10 for visitors and you are all are
very welcome. The Cotswold Magical Society, The Hucclecote Community Centre, Hucclecote Road, Gloucester GL3 3RT
(Map).
www.cotswoldmagic.co.uk also see
www.martinthemagician.co.uk.
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The
Gathering, Great Yarmouth. Stephen Bolam and Kyle Sarocen write: Our next gathering will be
at 7.30pm on Tuesday June 5th, at The Grosvenor Casino,
Great Yarmouth NR30 3JG (Map). The aim of the
evenings is to allow magicians to meet and socialise, and exchange ideas, in a
relaxed atmosphere. Our social evenings are free of charge and you will be able to buy drinks from the bar.
The evening starts at 7.30pm, so come along and
enjoy the atmosphere.
If anyone wants to come along, please email
thegathering@mail.com or you can
phone Kyle on 07982 819727 for further information.
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Two
Balloon Days in Birmingham,11th & 12th June. Graham Lee writes:
Birmingham, 11th June: Paul Brown 'Building large costumes'. Paul came
up with the Hulk and Captain America costumes 18 months ago and they
went viral on the internet. Paul will be explaining a few more designs
and then everyone will have a chance to build a design during the day. A
good photo opportunity for your website. Birmingham, 12th June: Patrick
van de Ven (photo) from Holland 'My Favorite Things'. What can you say
about Patrick... arguably the number one twister in the world. A day not
to be missed. Both days run from 10am to 5.30pm. For more info and to
book,
www.balloonartwholesale.co.uk.
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number"
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Town plus a meet and greet"
Click Here • "Revealed: the surprising scientific passion of Charles
Dickens"
Click Here • "He was a respected scientist and 'born sceptic'… so
just how did a Cambridge-educated son of a General become Britain's
grandest ghostbuster?"
Click Here • "Get sneak peak of a new show by magician Pete at The
Mill"
Click Here • "An Irish Magician Does Tricks In McDonalds And It's
Trippy"
Click Here • "Paul Driscoll, one of the magicians at Houston's old
Magic Island, reminisces about the club"
Click Here • "Magic tricks disappear: Thief steals trailer
containing tools of Elloree illusionist’s trade"
Click Here • And another week disappears forever. Many thanks for
all your news submissions this week, see you next week, Duncan.
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