It has been a very exciting time over the last few months. I’ve travelled to several different countries, performing and lecturing and the experience has been truly satisfying. Meeting many of my community members from Facebook and making wonderful connections and new friendships is the real magic in my life. It was a big thrill …
I have been meaning to document my thoughts about this particular form of professional work for quite sometime. What prompted this blog post was my first experience of Banquet entertaining in almost ten years. Martin Cox Last Saturday, I had the pleasure of working along side my friends Martin Cox, Tim Shoesmith and Nick Reid. …
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With total self confidence and assurance, my friend and student Jin Lee took the stage last night for his final performance of “Shuffling Philosophies”. This last performance has been a journey of self discovery for this Birmingham based artist. In his performance, Jin Lee weaves a a fascinating tale of passion, purpose and intention. A …
Michael Vincent Showtime© The month of May has been a very busy month for travel, after returning home from Washington DC, I had a few days to rest and prepare for my next trip to Croatia. My very dear friend Vladimir Stimac invited me over to his home to celebrate the birthday of his little …
The Master of Escapes It is almost one year to the day that my friend and mentor Alan Alan passed away. Shortly after his death there was a memorial service held at The Magic Circle Headquarters. This proved to be a fitting tribute to an extraordinary human being. It has been a very difficult year …
I’m Robert D. Adams from Birmingham, England and I’m honoured to be invited by Michael to share what magic means to me. My interest in magic started as early as I can remember but It was around the age of twelve that I really started to study the craft. Whilst …
The Poetry of Conjuring The subject of card magic has reached the point of critical mass – so much has been published on this one topic, it has become oversaturated to the degree that new students coming into the craft are completely overwhelmed as to where to begin.I started my journey in 1974; I was …
Hello readers and fellow fans of Mike’s blog!! It really is an immense honour for Mr. V to ask me for a contribution, as I’m a huge fan of his work. I’ve known Mike for a number of years now. I originally met him at a lecture here in Cardiff and …
One of the most outstanding effects of all time is the classic card in box. Bruno Hennig created this effect and showed it to the great Fred Kaps. It was through Kap’s performance that popularised this wonderful effect. The first time I saw the card in box was back in 1983 when Tommy Wonder performed …
Lesson Two: Rubbed Away I am really enjoying John Carney’s “Book of Secrets”. Over the last few weeks, I have revisited his wonderful handling on the Vanishing Silk. This is a bare hand vanish of an 18 inch silk which is rubbed away between the hands and completely disappears. This …
