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Superstar magician Dynamo’s second television series has hit the nation by storm, amazing celebrities, as well as the general public across the globe. If you have somehow managed to miss out, here are some of our favourite recent clips of the magician with the big heart. Dynamo amazes Fearne Cotton Compilation of Dynamo’s magic Short [...]

With the Olympics just around the corner it is important to remember that, if you are in London during the games, there is likely to be an increase in thieves and pickpockets. When he’s not performing, our honest pickpocket James Freedman is passionate about reducing street crime by telling people how to stay safe. You [...]

Last week the FISM World Championships of Magic took Blackpool by storm with over one hundred of the worlds greatest magicians competing for the stage and close up magic titles… and the winners are: Winner of Grand Prix Stage: Yu Ho Jin (Korea) Winner of Grand Prix Close Up: Yann Frisch (France) This years event [...]

Guy Hollingworth, a renowned UK magician, debuted The Expert at the Card Table ten years ago at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival to rave reviews, refined the show over many performances into a spellbinding night of magic and mystery, and now brings it to The Broad Stage in Los Angeles, California, under the direction of beloved [...]

Here are a few of our favourite clips of the man with the magic: Tweet us your attempt at his leaning back trick!

Exactly 100 years ago today, a famous magician called The Great Lafayette perished in a fire in the Empire Theatre, Edinburgh. His life was extraordinary and this week, magicians are appearing in Edinburgh to pay homage to the master illusionist. Read more here: The Great Lafayette

Pickpocket magician, James Freedman writes: I placed a Wanted Ad recently for some old pickpocket posters. Maybe I shouldn’t have used the phrase ‘cash waiting’ which prompted a suspicious email reply. The whole saga is told here… The original advert said: WANTED Any pickpocket posters, photos or other ephemera & pickpocket themed effects. Cash waiting… [...]

Playwright Alan Bennett was mugged this week by a gang of girls who secretly flicked ice-cream onto his jacket, then as they ‘helped’ him to clean it off, they quietly helped themselves to his wallet too. But another similar distraction scam is currently doing the rounds in London and one of our team, professional mindreader [...]

  The team behind The Magic Circle Headquarters has been awarded the title “Venue Team of The Year”.   The announcement was made by the Association of Event Organisers at the annual Excellence Awards held at the Hilton on Park Lane and hosted by comedian Jason Manford. This is the latest industry honour for the [...]

  After dipping our toes in the social networking pool by joining Facebook, we thought we’d try our hand at the latest craze to sweep the world – Twitter. So if you already a member, follow us ‘Magicianscouk’ and if you aren’t then we feel it is high time you sign up!   Our parent [...]