LIVE MAGIC

 

Blackpool

FISM World Championships 2012

 

Blackpool Winter Gardens Grand Theatre and Tower Ballroom

 

Opening registration price 450 euros

Further details available at www.blackpoolmagic.com or email arthurcasson@aol.com

9-14 July 2012

 

 

 

 

Eastbourne

British Ring Convention

22-26 September 2010

 

For more information go to: www.britishring.org.uk






 

 

 

RADIO


Smoke & Mirrors - Matt Duggan. Though the ten-part series (broadcast at www.resonancefm.com) finished some time ago, online podcasts are  still available.   Hosted by magician and actor Matt Duggan and entitled Smoke & Mirrors, the show looked at the history, psychology and performance of magic and illusion through the ages, with a different eminent guest from the world of magic each week.     Here's the link to the podcasts:   www.smokeandmirrorsradioshow.com.  

 


NEWSPAPERS


There's an article in The Daily Telegraph (10 July 2010) with Penn and Teller.  It can be read online here.

 

There's an interesting article in The Daily Telegraph (30 August 2008), "Conjuring up a school by magic" - which reveals how two Old Etonians are using their skills to help a Kenyan charity.  It can be read online here.


Here's a link to an article in The New York Times,  in which scientists and magicians discuss how the mind works during magic.      Link

Thanks to Clive Cullum for pointing out the following article in the Daily Mail (Monday, 1 September 2008).  It highlights the row between the organisers of the annual Blackpool Convention and its potential rival, the Southern England Magic Convention.     Link

And thanks to Clive, again, for this article from the Daily Mail (Friday, 12 September 2008).  Entitled,  "And after maths, we have magic tricks!",  it examines the ability of magic to boost children's confidence and self-discipline.   Link

Marcus has found a fascinating Times Higher Education article (9 October 2008) by Dale Salwak, a Professor of English at an American university, and member of the Inner Magic Circle.  It contains a lot of useful advice on how to approach and perform your magic so as to achieve maximum impact, and can be found here.

 

There's an interesting article in the Mail on Sunday (11 January 2009), discussing the rising value of old magic books and apparatus.      Thanks to Clive Cullum for this one.  And here's the link.

 

Derren Brown is interviewed in the Daily Telegraph (8 June 2009).  Here's the link.   He's also in The Times (1 June 2009).  Link.

 

 

ONLINE VIDEO CLIPS (HISTORICAL)

 

Below are links to Youtube footage of magicians from the past, some better known, perhaps, than others.    I find it easier to download the clips to my hard drive, then watch them, rather than watch 'online' - though if your computer is more powerful than mine, you'll probably be fine.  I hope you find something to interest you.

 

Howard Thurston (1869-1936): rare footage from his stage show (b/w silent)  Link


Harry Houdini (audio plus several stills) discussing his water tank escape Link

 

Harry Houdini (rope escape) Link

 

Jay Ose (1911-1967): teaches gambling magic to actress Joan Blondell, on the set of The Cincinnati Kid (1965) Link

 

Ted Annemann's Bullet Catch (Silent b/w footage; I'm guessing 1930s as Annemann died in 1942)  Link

 

The Amazing Fogel's Bullet Catch (b/w Movietone) Link

 

Fred Kaps (b/w footage; Ed Sullivan Show)  Link

 

Robert Harbin (b/w 1939: Torn and Restored Newspaper) Link


Roy Benson (b/w 1955) Link

 

Al Flosso (1895-1976): "It's Magic!" (CBS, 1956) [Concludes with a hilarious version of Miser's Dream]  Link

 

Chan Canasta Book Test (b/w - unknown year) Link