IF YOU LOOK AROUND TODAY AT MAGIC that is sold by the ton to the fraternity, there are hundreds of gizmo cards, bits of cardboard, fake coins, routines and things that are cooked up from such sources as stationers, hardware shops and the like. There are few pieces of beautifully handmade magic that are created and [...]
Posted on November 28th, 2008 by John
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AS THE PENTACLE CLUB OF CAMBRIDGE celebrate their 90th anniversary, I was asked if I would write an appreciation of Alex Elmsley for the occasion. I thought you might like to read the following.
Alex Elmsley – Gentleman genius.
An appreciation by John Derris
I knew him for over fifty years. Intellectually he was light years ahead of [...]
Posted on November 18th, 2008 by John
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MANY YEARS AGO I WAS WORKING IN SPAIN and one evening my wife telephoned to say that my friend John Styles, possibly Britain’s leading Punch and Judy worker, had called. It seems he had been booked to present the ages-old entertainment by a local council but that an objection had been raised by a ladies guild stating [...]
Posted on November 14th, 2008 by John
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A FEW GAPS IN THIS BLOG but we are now back on stream and able to announce that shortly we shall be releasing two new routines. One is just about the best Mix and Mingle trick I have ever found in many years – I use it all the time. Very visual and it looks impossible I [...]
Posted on November 13th, 2008 by John
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I SAW A CRACKING SHOW LAST WEEK - for the second time in a month it was that good. La Cage aux Folles, a musical about a gay nightclub on the Riviera and the family problems of two gay parents and a straight son wishing to marry the daughter of an anti-gay goverment official! Great fun and outstanding [...]
Posted on November 12th, 2008 by John
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YOU DON’T GET MANY ONE MAN SHOWS IN MAGIC these days so it’s interesting to hear that Circle magician Ivor Cole is presenting his “Mirrored Images” a programme of baffling mind illusions on Sunday 23rd November at 7.30pm. Not the first time he has presented this show having appeared previously at The King’s Head and again at [...]
Posted on November 9th, 2008 by John
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SORRY FOR THE LONG GAP SINCE MY LAST BLOG. Been on a big promotion for Christmas for a leading Jeweller and Silversmith and only just finished. Normal service will be resumed forthwith.
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Posted on November 9th, 2008 by John
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