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Month: April 2015

Derren Brown on his Miracle tour as he prepares for 6-night run in Hanley..

Derren Brown on his Miracle tour as he prepares for 6-night run in Hanley..

WHEN I call Derren Brown, it’s just over two weeks before he’s due to step on stage for the first night of his seventh stage tour, and he’s still in the middle of putting it all together.

The Olivier Award-winning stage and screen performer is fastidious about preventing tour spoilers, and every night on stage he’ll ask reviewers and audience members to keep schtum – lest their blabbering ruins his reveals for other people who might go to see him perform.

So when I ask what he can tell me about a show that he hasn’t finished putting together yet, and probably wouldn’t want to talk about anyway, his answer is “well, quite…”

http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Derren-Brown-Miracle-tour-prepares-6-night-run/story-26280933-detail/story.html

Mastering Illusions Of The Mind

Mastering Illusions Of The Mind

Oz Pearlman, a renowned mentalist who has performed across 6 continents and over 30 countries. Oz shares with us how he developed his lifelong passion for magic and how he balances his career with being one of the fastest ultramarathon runners in the country.

When did you first fall in love with magic?

I first got into magic when I was 13. I was on a cruise ship after my bar mitzvah, never having seen a magician before in my life, and there was a magician onboard the cruise ship doing tricks and I was blown away. I saw him one night, went to see him again the next night, and as soon as we came back home I started buying books and videos and dove in headfirst. When I was 14 I got my first gig working at a local restaurant. I got my first business cards made and from there it snowballed. I started doing kids shows, corporate events, and I kept on practicing and performing throughout high school, college and afterwards. Read more at:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/joshwolfe/2015/03/30/mastering-illusions-of-the-mind/

Magician Mat Franco Returns to NBC With 2 ‘Mat Franco’s Got Magic’ Specials

Magician Mat Franco Returns to NBC With 2 ‘Mat Franco’s Got Magic’ Specials

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — April 2, 2015 — Magician Mat Franco, who last year rose above tens of thousands of acts to become the season 9 winner of NBC’s hit reality-competition series “America’s Got Talent,” is returning to the network for two primetime specials.

Titled “Mat Franco’s Got Magic” the specials will capture Mat traveling from his home in Rhode Island to Las Vegas, stopping off at incredible locations, wowing celebrities, performing street magic and visiting the family, friends and everyday Americans who helped make his dream come true. When he reaches his final destination, Mat will learn what it takes to put on a high-profile show and fulfill his dreams of becoming a headlining act in Las Vegas at the LINQ Hotel & Casino.

“Mat displayed remarkable skill in winning the most recent season of ‘America’s Got Talent,’ and we’re thrilled that these specials will document his new journey opening a show in Las Vegas,” said Paul Telegdy, President, Alternative and Late Night Programming, NBC Entertainment. Read more at:

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/04/02/magician-mat-franco-returns-to-nbc-with-2-mat-francos-got-magic-specials/383688/

From our Archives – Revealed: The secret sleight of hand used by thieves to remove a watch from a victim’s wrist.

From our Archives – Revealed: The secret sleight of hand used by thieves to remove a watch from a victim’s wrist.

Nice article and pics, written in 2007 by Victoria Moore. How did someone, right under the eyes of the Secret Service, steal a watch off the President’s wrist? How did it end up captured on video? 

Read this interesting article about the art of pickpocketing… complete with pictures and advice from professionals.. (Thanks to Michael Lyth )

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-461840/Revealed-The-secret-sleight-hand-used-thieves-remove-watch-victims-wrist.html