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Starting tonight, Derren Brown’s new three-part series will be shown on Channel 4, where he will investigate various claims by individuals who believe that they have paranormal abilities. Derren Brown and his team have created a new genre of mind reader. You only have to type ‘psychological illusionist’ into Google to see all the copycat […]

James Freedman, ‘The Man of Steal” was invited to entertain last week at the famous Lakeside Country Club by the club’s founder Bob Potter OBE.   The venue has played host to a veritable Who’s Who of world class entertainers over the last 30 year and has hosted events for famous high-profile celebrities and guests […]

Penn and Teller, the jaw-dropping “bad-boys of magic”, are due to perform at The Hammersmith Apollo from 14 to 18 July. The show is only scheduled for five nights and tickets are selling out fast, so be sure to get yours as soon as possible! Direct from Las Vegas this show is an absolute must-see in the world […]

We were pleased to be invited to perform for Phillips Lighting at two glamorous events last week. The international audience did not all speak English and although we can supply multi-lingual magicians, there were guests from many countries and the organisers wanted visual entertainment that did not need translation. Our solution this time was a […]

The team at Magicians.co.uk were recently lucky enough to see the new show Ghost Stories.This spectacularly terrifying theatrical experience was written and directed by Andy Nyman (co-creator and director of Derren Brown’s television and stage shows) and Jeremy Dyson (The League of Gentlemen.)   The show has had a bombardment of excellent reviews and we […]

Each year, at the end of March, magicians compete for the Devano Trophy and the title The Magic Circle Close-up Magician of the Year. This year the finalists competed in front of five judges and a packed theatre at The Magic Circle Headquarters in London on Monday March 22. Congratulations to Matthew Garrett, who took […]

We all enjoyed watching Sports Relief last week and it was good to see Dynamo amazing Robbie Williams, Davina McCall and James Corden with some excellent magic on the show.   If you missed it you can watch Dynamo in action here: Dynamo has pioneered his own style of hip-hop magic and illusion. He’s performed […]

  The Essential Magic Conference is the world’s first web conference for magicians. 33 speakers over 3 days of conference streamed live worldwide.   The EMC will be the first magic conference designed exclusively for broadcast over the internet where delegates all over the world can sign up and learn from the industries great minds, […]

  Pickpocket James Freedman has recently been working on a short film due to be shown on Channel 4 this summer. The film is part of this year’s ‘Coming Up’ series from Touchpaper TV which offers up and coming writers and directors the chance to shoot a short drama with guaranteed network screening. ‘Dip’ written […]

Magician and show producer Paul Stone is arranging a new magic event with a difference at The Suncoast Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas from October 4 – 7, 2010. Paul has produced hundreds of major events and shows over the last 30 years and we’re confident that Innovention 2010 will be an amazing experience. […]