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A Stopsley teenager has found the trick to overcoming his Asperger’s and ADD as he trains to be a magician…

The 16-year-old, known only as Neon the Magician, started learning magic two years ago after being inspired by magician Dynamo and now it is giving him the confidence to overcome his conditions.

Entertainment is in Neon’s blood as his father used to work as a clown.

Neon said: “I used to say to my dad, I am not going into the entertainment business, it is not what I want to do. Then when I was 14 I saw Dynamo on TV and I got this feeling that I should do magic. So from the age of 14 I was teaching myself how to take this thing that I felt I had been told to do and make it into something.”..  Read More

Thanks to LutonToday and Connie Primmer for the article and video..

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A Performer with his Heart in the Streets

A Performer with his Heart in the Streets

Mike Kepka writes an interesting article for SFTimes about the street magic scene on Fisherman’s Wharf..

 A recent Friday, 1:39 p.m.: Lynx the Animator wheeled a dolly full of magic tricks to the water’s edge in the heart of Fisherman’s Wharf. He hoped his usual weekend spot was available, but instead found another magician named Jonathan Strange in his place.

Undeterred, Lynx said hello, calmly unloaded his equipment and changed into a showman’s outfit, topped off with a floppy porkpie hat.

Sharing territory is a fact of life for the sidewalk entertainers spread out from Pier 39 to the Hyde Street Pier. Staggering their shows and working together to maximize crowds is crucial to survival, where income is dependent on the audience and a performance can rake in anywhere from a dollar to $150…..

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Escapologist and Magician RUA to Challenge Celebrities

Escapologist and Magician RUA to Challenge Celebrities

Thanks to the Meath Chronicle for bringing this to our attention..

“Performing mind blowing predictions, dazzling the public with close up street magic, escaping from the most deadly situations…this is all in a day’s work for the most exciting new name in the world of Irish magic. Over the course of ten episodes, Paul Gleeson or RUA (Paul’s stage name) will astound, astonish and above all entertain the entire family.

In each weekly episode, RUA attempts to infiltrate the minds of two Irish celebrities in order to predict the outcome of an event.  Viewers will see model Rozanna Purcell, 2FM DJ Paddy McKenna, comedian Paddy Courtney, and former Riverdance star Dearbhla Lennon left dumbfounded after witnessing his gift at first hand…”. 

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