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Mystifying spoon bender Uri Geller’s secret life as a CIA ‘psychic spy’ was uncovered last night on BBC2. The programme reported that for thirty years he has been secretly working with intelligence agencies across three continents. It also claimed that the original scientists who first investigated Geller’s gifts forty years ago were actually funded by [...]

Previews have completed for the brilliant hit show by Ben Hart. The former Magic Circle Young Magician of the Year will debut The Outsider at Edinburgh Fringe Festival. This is the first time we have seen Ben use his creative flair for his own one man show, and he has sculpted an inspiring tale showing [...]

It’s that time of year again! Registration has begun for the International Magic Convention, or Ron’s day as it is affectionately known in our world. Ron MacMillan, the “Man with the Golden Hands” was an internationally renowned magician who started the annual convention in 1972. This year the convention will take place 16-18 November and [...]

Dynamo’s latest performance stunt was all over the news last week. The TV trickster took a ride around town, suspended from the side of a London bus. Here are the edited highlights. Despite rumours that he’d just forgotten his Oyster card, the illusion was staged to promote Dynamo’s new partnership with Pepsi Max. If you [...]

Derren Brown’s new live show Infamous opens in the West End in just a few days’ time, and now What’s on Stage is giving you the chance to win one of 25 pairs of tickets. All you need to do to be in with a chance of being a lucky winner is to visit the [...]

The resurgence of modern magic in Hollywood continues with the release of ‘Now You See Me’, the new big budget blockbuster from ‘The Transporter’ director Louis Leterrier. The film, is released in the UK on 3rd July and follows four illusionists who team up to create ‘The Four Horsemen’, producing a series of dazzling shows [...]

David Threlfall has been cast for the lead role in a new drama about the late Tommy Cooper. The film, written by Men Behaving Badly creator Simon Nye, will recreate the agony Cooper faced during the period he was in love with two women – his assistant Mary Kay and his wife Gwen, whom he [...]

Fast Track is the leading international TV travel programme broadcast on the BBC World News channel. This week, our pickpocket consultant and London magician James Freedman was interviewed about the recent rise in pickpocket crime. James had a little fun when journalist Anthony Baxter challenged him to “steal something from me”. James asked Andrew to [...]

In an age where on-screen magicians are aplenty and live magic is as hard to find as a black cat in a coal cellar, seven incredible magicians from around the world have joined forces to create The Illusionists, a show full of magic, illusion and mystery. This critically acclaimed production has been touring the world, [...]

The 8-day Edinburgh International Magic Festival or MagicFest returns for its fourth year with visitors coming all the way from the USA to Australia to see a variety of live shows featuring stage illusions, magic workshops, astonishing feats of mentalism and a host of other amazing acts! Despite all the great television magic that has [...]