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Newspaper Articles on Magicians from around the worldWhy are Scotland's magicians in crisis? - ON A hot day in Glasgow, in the cool interior of his large Victorian home, Gordon Bruce, a magician, is flipping through Reginald Scot's Discoverie Of Witchcraft, a 426-year-old book of conjuring tricks.
He points to one particular illusion and reads aloud the title: "To thrust a knife through your arm and cut half your nose asunder." He chuckles. "That's great, innit? You'd be lucky to see a 'nail-through-finger' these days." How do I wriggle out of this? - How do you get out of a straitjacket in less than two minutes in front of a cheering crowd? BRIAN O’CONNELL attempts to get out of just such a tricky situation as part of the Street Performance World Championship
ON SOME level, probably every one of us wants to believe in magic. We want to con ourselves into thinking there is a third dimension – a mysterious plane that can’t be explained or googled. Wanted: one magician's apprentice - HIS days of sawing people in half and pulling rabbits out of hats might be well behind him but master illusionist Col Newman has one last trick up his sleeve.
Now retired to Nambucca Heads after decades travelling Australia as Mandrake the Wizard, Mr Newman wants to pass on the secrets of his trade. Magician Shinya Uses iPad in Street Show - Forget rabbits and hats, a Japanese street musician made magic with an iPad.
More than 800,000 people have watched Shinya on YouTube as he pulls a book, dove and cheese out of the iPad. Magic shop run by third-generation magician - Magicians typically make things disappear, but James Kellogg III hopes he can make customers appear in his new Vista store.
The 19-year-old has opened 3 Generations of Magic with the help of his father James Kellogg Jr., also a magician and well-known hypnotist. Kerala to host first festival of female magicians - The Magic Academy in Kerala, which was set up by veteran magician Gopinath Muthukad, is to hold what is billed as the world's first festival of female magicians here May 30.
The event titled 'Maya 2010' will be held with support from the Kerala State Youth Welfare Board and the Kerala State Women's Development Corporation. Magic Festival puts Colon on the map - For 51 weeks of the year, Colon is a sleepy little town of about 1,000 residents tucked along the shores of Sturgeon Lake and boasting one stoplight and the occasional Amish horse and buggy clip-clopping through town. Inside The Magic Circle Of London - The Magic Circle, that famous club of magicians, has since 1998 enjoyed headquarters at 12 Stephenson Way, Euston, a cobbled street that has a touch of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell about it. Inside, a magnificent set of rooms houses a theatre, museum of illusion and members' library of around 10,000 books. The MC hosts regular events and tours for people interested in the history and future of magic. We asked Nick Fitzherbert, PRO of the Magic Circle, for an insight into this unusual world; he pulled some magical answers out of the hat. The Academy of Magical Arts Awards - It had the atmosphere of a Hogwarts School of Wizardry alumni gathering, but actually it was the Academy of Magical Arts 42nd Annual Awards.
Like Hogwarts, the Academy is dedicated to educating young wizards to do amazing things, and so it was fitting that Neil Patrick Harris hosted the event. Neil is a graduate of the Junior Program at the world famous Magic Castle, where he pursued his love of the craft, and is now a board member of the Castle. Bristol magician breaks world card shuffling record - A Bristol magician is celebrating after smashing the official world record for perfect card shuffling.
David Willmott, a full-time, professional magician and entertainer based in Bristol and London, broke the record set in Hollywood last year at the Illusions Magic Bar in Bristol on Tuesday. Irish magician in Munster Performs on St. Patrick's Day and magically transforms his name - You’ve heard of the luck of the Irish. How about the magic of the Irish? Leprechauns, you know about. How about magician Elliott O’Smith?
You may not recognize the name Elliott O’Smith but that’s because he usually goes by the name Elliott Smith who has been a magician for four decades. It was only for his St. Patrick’s Day performance on March 17 at the Munster branch of the Ottawa Public Library that he assumed his Irish identity. |
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