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With a move from its previous venue to the Leicester Square Theatre, Mat Ricardo’s critically acclaimed “London Varieties” is back for 2013. The new show, a run of six, is said to be bigger and packing in more variety than ever before. Previously called the best new light entertainment show of the year by “The […]

We all want what we can’t have. But what price would we pay to get it? Our theatrical Illusion Designers James Freedman and Ben Hart, have been working with Director Dominic Hill to create the illusion elements for “Dr Faustus”, a modernised version of Marlowe’s disturbing tale of mankind’s greed for power and fame, with […]

We had the great pleasure of going to see comedy magician, Pete Firman in his latest show ‘Hoodwinker’ last Saturday at the Bloomsbury Theatre. Pete, still fresh from winning Celebrity Mastermind, blew away the crowd with his mixture of mind reading, sleight of hand skills and illusions mixed with belly-aching laughs. The Middlesbrough magician is […]

The London International Mime Festival (LIMF) concluded last night at the Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room. For the past eighteen days we have been amazed by unique acts of contemporary visual theatre from around the world, performing in great London venues including The Royal Opera House and the new Platform Theatre in King’s Cross. Founded in […]

An exciting new project is using magicians to change the lives of children with hemiplegia. Breathe Magic camps have come about through a partnership between Breathe Health Research and Guys and St Thomas’ Charity as well as magicians, clinicians, therapists and researchers. Hemiplegia, a condition which causes a weakening or paralysis of one side of […]

The much anticipated “Les Misérables” is released in the UK tomorrow. From Academy Award winning director Tom Hooper, the epic film adaptation of the Victor Hugo novel has already received rave reviews, four Golden Globe nominations including Best Film and several Oscar nominations. “Les Misérables” breaks new ground in authenticity with every actor singing live […]

One of the best things about our work is that we often get to meet other unusual entertainers. Now we’ve seen lots and lots of jugglers but last month, we had the pleasure of watching a real master of his craft mesmerise an audience. Ladies & Gentlemen, from the Calvos contact juggling team, we present […]

We were delighted to learn that the President of The Magic Circle has called Martyn Rowland to membership of the Inner Magic Circle in recognition of his outstanding skill as a performer. Martyn is one of the UK’s most talented magicians, He has entertained Her Majesty the Queen and as part of our team, has […]

This Christmas, if you’re looking for a fantastic stage performer then we have just the right thing for you James ‘The Man of Steal’ Freedman’s comedy pickpocket routine produces side-splitting laughter coupled with looks of astonishment due to his unique style of magic. Have a look at the video above to see him in action […]

This week we’ve been inspired by a news story from BBC News Africa about Olawetu Dyantyi, a 19 year old boy from one of Cape Town’s townships in South Africa. At the age of 10 Olawetu saw a magic show put on by the College of Magic – an outreach project in Cape Town. He […]