{"id":2577,"date":"2015-01-19T14:17:18","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T13:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magicians.co.uk\/news\/?p=2577"},"modified":"2015-01-19T15:04:19","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T14:04:19","slug":"a-weekend-with-derren-brown-david-blaine-and-dynamo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magicians.co.uk\/news\/a-weekend-with-derren-brown-david-blaine-and-dynamo\/","title":{"rendered":"A weekend with Derren Brown, David Blaine and Dynamo!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Session is an exclusive gathering of magicians that takes place once a year somewhere in the UK. Organised and curated by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.illusionist.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Andi Gladwin<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joshuajay.com\" target=\"_blank\">Joshua Jay<\/a>, it has a reputation as one of the finest magic gatherings worldwide.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2582\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2582\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2582 \" style=\"text-align: center;\" title=\"Derren Brown\" src=\"http:\/\/magicians.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/\/Derren-Session-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magicians.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/Derren-Session-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magicians.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/Derren-Session.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Derren Brown - The Session 2015 Guest of Honour<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last weekend saw the 10th Session with an extraordinary gathering of international talent including <a href=\"http:\/\/derrenbrown.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Derren Brown<\/a>, who was this year&#8217;s guest of honour, \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/davidblaine.com\" target=\"_blank\">David Blaine<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dynamomagician.com\" target=\"_blank\">Dynamo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.troyvonscheibner.com\" target=\"_blank\">Troy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benhanlin.com\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Hanlin<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Juan_Tamariz\" target=\"_blank\">Juan Tamariz<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chadlongmagic.com\" target=\"_blank\">Chad Long<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runeklan.dk\" target=\"_blank\">Rune Klan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mwisme\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Webber<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/sixthsenseshow.com\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Jermay<\/a> and Roberto Giobbi whose presentation on the life and work of legendary 20th-century magician Dai Vernon was for us the highlight of the convention.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the entire team at Vanishing Inc. 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