...more nooks PDF Taster Issue No.3 and crannies www.magicseen.co.uk than you’ll find in Mel Meller’s swimsuit! THE MAGIC MAGAZINE FOR MAGICIANS & MENTALISTS JOAQUIN AYALA SIEGFRIED & ROY MAGIC ON THE RADIO MASTERCLASS FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE FREE TASTER PDF #3 OPENER 60 SECOND Jay Sankey’sMAGIC THOMAS HERO BLACKE FRANKENSTEIN Tell us what you do in three Best magical moment? Favourite magician who is sentences Setting my first world still alive? JAY SANKEY I am billed as the record in 2006 at the I have 2 favourites. In give us the “World's Fastest RHR World Records of close-up magic Richard lowdown on Magician, Escape Artist, Magic event, Fantasma Turner, "The Cheat.” In and Pickpocket”. My Magic, NYC. It was nice stage magic Derren the bits and show takes the audience to be recognised as the Brown. In my opinion, pieces he'd on a fast paced magical best in the world at what they both come closer to choose... journey with new twists I do. performing real magic and turns at every corner. than anyone else. I am President of Escape Biggest influence on your Masters, the International career? Favourite chldhood a) Best hands on a d) Best hair-do? Association of Escape Studying performances of memory? magician belong to? Eugene Burger Artists, and U.S. Vice the great magicians who Watching Doug Henning Richard Sanders f) Most charismatic? President of Record came before me. I find a perform his first NBC b) Best looking magician? Houdini Holders Republic great deal of material for magic special in 1975. It My son Mason g) Scariest magician? ‘Registry of World my own show by looking at was at that moment, as a c) Best dressed magician? No such thing (alas). Records.’ effects that were performed young child, that I decided My daughter Madelaine decades ago and with to become a magician. 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Tell us what America is like Biggest lesson you’ve ever in just 3 words! learnt? Tell us three things people Land of opportunity. That there is always a new don't know about you? lesson to be learned. I am If I tell you, then everyone What did you have for on a constant quest for will know. OK, I would HOUDINI: Most charismatic. breakfast? knowledge about magic have to say that people Trix cereal. What would and it’s affiliated arts. It’s do not know that I’m you expect from a how I stay creative with my sentimental, humble magician? shows. and loyal. 2 magicseen Taster No. 3 OPENER IN THE NEWS... MAGIC UNLIMITED GETS BIGGER! (BY ONE) Mara & Renzo of Magic the best magic I ever did: Unlimited got married recently giving birth to a wonderful, and have just launched a new healthy boy, named Kian.” CHRIS IS BACK! magic show in Spain. 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All 6 Wooed by Angelina Jolie, The Phone Box’ performers in the show are praised by the Queen, world interviewees - as seen from world record holders in knife class magician and left to right, Thomas Blacke, throwing, bull whipping, oral mind reader Chris Dugdale Chris McDaniel, The Great cigarette snuffing, returns by popular demand Throwdini, and Richie Magic, escapology, balloon to Riverside Studios - performed in The Record sculpturing, fire eating, and for three weeks this autumn Holders Republic World coin manipulation. A mighty (31st August - 19th Record ‘Show-Off Show’ for fine bunch they look, too. September) with his The Congress of Curious magicseen sends our best critically acclaimed,ground- Peoples Week at The Coney wishes to the fab four! breaking magic show. shows. The dinner suit- MAGIC WORLD wearing puppet appeared RECORD: THE MOST to be tipsy, was noted for STILL THE TOPS! MAGICIANS IN A his catchphrase ‘You silly They may have been MAGIC SHOW! arse’ and would often be around the block a few On the 21st of May 2010 at distracted by glamorous times, but world-renouned the picturesque mountain women in the audience. performers David resort of Saint-Vincent in Alan’s agent Peter Copperfield, and the Italy a whole host of Pritchard said the teasing-twosome Penn & magicians gathered to take ventriloquist ‘passed away Teller still rank as the part in a magic show, very suddenly’ at his home highest magicians in the organised by the Masters of in Reigate, Surrey. He had world as far as celebrity “The Celebrity 100 is a Magic Association. After an RAY ALAN & LORD complained of feeling goes. Copperfield ranks measure of power based hour and half the show had CHARLES RIP unwell and had not worked 80th on the Forbes on money and fame,” started to draw to a close Ventriloquist Ray Alan, for several months Celebrity 100 list while Forbes said of its report. and to the amazement of famous for his act with because of ill-health. Penn and Teller made it in “Fame is calculated using organisers Walter Rolfo and monocled, upper-crust at 96th. Web hits on Google Blog Piero Ustignani, they had puppet Lord Charles, died Alan, who is survived by his Search, TV/radio mentions managed to achieve their suddenly in his sleep on wife Jane, said of Lord on LexisNexis, overall goal of having 62 magicians May 24th. Charles in 2006: ‘I’m not press mentions on Factiva in their magic show; one of those ventriloquists and the number of times a making it a new Guinness Alan, 79, was best known who thinks he’s real. When celebrity’s image appeared World Records title for the to millions of television I finish my work I put it on the cover of 25 most magicians in a magic viewers from the 1950s to back in the tool consumer magazines.” show. We dread to think the 1980s for his box and I don’t take it out Mark Leveridge was how many silks and rabbits appearances on variety again until the next job.’ ‘unplaced’. were on show! www.magicseen.co.uk 3 A MASTER MAGICIAN FROM MEXICO AND A WORLD-RENOWNED BELLY DANCER FROM THE U.S.A., TEAMING UP JOAQUIN TO PRODUCE GREAT SHOWS, GREAT MAGIC AND UNFORGETTABLE AYALA ENTERTAINMENT. PASSION IN LAS VEGAS By Benoit Grenier It is always a joy and a privilege to from France to Japan. He even had meet with some magicians, especially his own TV special ‘’Ayala in in Las Vegas. Even more when they Control’’. In 2000 he was chosen are, at the same time, great as the Magician of the Year and the performers, great thinkers and great International Magician’s Society builders. Ayala is all this and a very awarded him ‘’Entertainer of the nice person to boot. It is rare in this year’’ and ‘’Best performer on day and age to find someone always stage’’. ready to help others, to give them advice and point them in the right But the year that changed Ayala’s direction. Joaquin always has time for life was in fact 1999 you or at least it when he met Tanya. seems that way. Their story sounds Because, as like all like a TV series. Two magicians wanting to performers, trained make a living and from an early age to survive in Las Vegas, master their craft. A he is an expert at master magician multi-tasking. Building from Mexico and a props for some, world-renowned designing acts for belly dancer from others while traveling the U.S.A., the world with his teaming up to lovely partner and better produce great half, Tanya. shows, great magic and unforgettable entertainment. Ayala has an impressive résumé: He Together they presented ‘’Magical appeared on Mexican TV from an Passion’’ and starred at the now early age, and in 1984 he performed defunct Caesar’s Magical Empire. for the first time in Las Vegas at the Landmark hotel. In 1985, he was Since then, Ayala has been busy featured at the Magic Castle. with his FX company and lately he has been working with his long time He was the headliner of a show friend Criss Angel, in both called ‘’Spellbound’’ at Harrah’s Las Mindfreak and BeLIEve, as a Vegas, and then toured the world, consultant.