A Magical Legend
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THE MAGIC MAGAZINE FOR MAGICIANS & MENTALISTS MAGICSEEN MAGAZINE Taster Issue No.10 ALSO INSIDE THIS ISSUE: KEN BROOKE PLUS... MASTERCLASS COMEDY REVIEWS LETTERS LES GIBSON MAGIC SEEN ONLINE JAMES EARL JONES THE INFINITE IMAGINATION OF RICHARD SANDERS , READERS If you have anything you would like to tell us, whether it’s about the magazine or anything magic related, please email: [email protected] LETTERS JACK’S TASTY MAGIC FOR PIERRE! World class Chef, Marco Pierre White continues to fall for the magical skills of Jack Stephens who in turn continues to fall for the wonderful food on offer at Marco’s magical restaurant (watch those calories, Jack!). DYNAMO IS WET! camera tricks anyway? They have and the Daily Mail devoted a We’d just like to point out our Am I the only person who been around for years… whole page to his exploits! reference in the last issue about thinks Dynamo’s shows are just Jack being rushed to hospital full of camera tricks, and stunts DYNAMO THE KING I read the article when he was was a joke. Jack is alive and well, which David Blaine did ten How great to see a young featured on the cover of and performing miracles on a years ago? Walking on water? magician like Dynamo on the TV! It Magicseen, and it really daily basis! Call me cynical, why don’t you? is the highlight of the TV week for opened my eyes to all the hard H.K Stourbridge me and my two sons. He is work he had put in to get making magic really cool and where he is today. When I hear IT AIN’T ALL MAGIC Dear cynical, cut the lad some some of his tricks are AMAZING!!!! magicians criticising him, I Great to see an article of slack! What a breakthrough for a Dan Harrop, West Ham, London. think they are just jealous. alternative ways to entertain young magician to have his own Jake Taylor, Jersey Children, as stated in the article series!!!! When was the last time HAND IT TO DYNAMO! children’s parties are not the that happened in the UK? At least I’m not a big fan of Dynamo, but We are big fans of Dynamo, and cash cow they once were, the public are talking about magic you have to admire the way he we don’t mind saying it. Not only despite other entertainers telling again, which can only be a good gets publicity and national is he very skilful, he happens to me otherwise. thing. And anyway, we think coverage in the press. With his be a really nice guy. If we had a Dynamo is ace. And there is no walk across the Thames river, he spare room at Magicseen I have just decided to get back harder working magician than was featured in almost every Towers, we would adopt him! into face painting, so I am eager him. Who cares about a few national newspaper in the UK, to read what your article on this CELEBRITY MAGIC Mr Bean! I started off enthusiastic about the series and ended up pretty bored! Jane Southall, Kilmarnock STARTING OUT! I am just getting in to magic and found Magicseen during an online search. Could you recommend any books for someone new to magic? Miles Fenton, Salisbury Hi Miles, You could try Mark LEO GOES MAGIC! Wilson’s Complete Course In Magic, A short interview with the subject has to offer. And a guy Thanks, Chubbz! As far as a mag for which is great, or The Tarbell poptastic Leo Sayer – you doing it? - well some of the best children’s entertainers, the idea is Course in Magic. Also excellent are remember, the guy with curly hair face painters in the world today good, but publishing’s an expensive the books by Nick Einhorn. Street who used to dress as a clown or being men (Brian & Nick Wolfe business these days and usually Magic by Paul Zenon is also an something like that. from America.. Look them up). relies to an extent on advertising. excellent book, as is Pete Firman’s We will think about a regular ‘Tricks to Freak Out Your friends’. How long have you been a magic fan? On a side note, have you guys section for children’s entertainers – Since I was a kid. It seemed in ever considered doing a sister we will discuss this at our next those days that there was always mag for the children’s meeting! CHRIS CROSS NOT magic or speciality acts on TV – entertainer? I don’t recall ever CROSS ENOUGH! and there was barely a talent seeing a magazine in the UK. Oh, Magicseen! Excellent article show in sight! There are loads of subjects to PENN & TELLER - on Chris Cross – but there were What are your earliest memories of cover from Face painting to UP & DOWN! no swearwords, and barely magic? doing hospital shows etc, just a I thought the Penn & Teller series anything offensive! Has Chris I was a fan of Paul Daniels – thought. was for UK magicians to try and finally cleaned up his act? I love mainly when he did the close-up Best Regards, fool ‘em. It has rapidly become a the guy, but tell me he hasn’t magic, and I also watched and CHUBBZ & Co. showcase for world champions dumbed-down!! loved Wayne Dobson, because I and performers from overseas. Steve Fearnley, Middlesbrough liked the way he did comedy, The standard has fluctuated Tommy Cooper, and I also liked wildly, and there have been acts Fear not Steve, we had to edit out all the big illusion acts. performing which wouldn’t fool more than fifty four-letter words, and Ever done any magic? several explicit references to sexual I’ve used a svengali deck and acts! So, to answer your question, one or two other gimmicked Chris is just as loveable as ever! tricks - but sleight of hand? I would love to have the time to spend learning more skilled tricks YANN FOREVER! but I’m too busy. Great to see Yann Frisch on the What did you have for breakfast? cover. Long live the cups & balls, A donut and a coffee. Is this long live Yann Frisch, and long wrong of me? live Magicseen! What was the last magic you saw Karen Hardy, via email. on TV? I actually watched a clip of Lance Burton on Youtube doing his dove act. I hate dove magic, I really do, but when you see someone so skilful at it, you just have to admire it. Even with a rewind facility it’s still impossible to detect the moves. That’s why I stuck to singing. Comedy.. .it’s no laughing matter! By Graham Hey This issue, we reveal the TOP MISTAKES you must QUICK GAG! avoid making, thanks to the good folks at This is great if you have two people on stage with you. (Or can be done if you are doing Virginmirth.co.uk. If you take any of the following close-up, too!) advice, you’re doomed to have less success than the Get two people to stand side by side, and England football team! then say to one person: “Put your thumb up in the air...” (as if this is going to be part of a trick). Then say to a second person: “And will you put your thumb up as well?” Don’t Learn Your Act (Again, do this as if it’s going to be part of a It can be highly amusing to watch a new act for the icing on the cake, pull out your trick...). Once they have done this, simply struggling to remember the next bit of their scrappy hand-written sheets of A4, peer at take a camera out of your pocket and say: act - but not in the way he/she intended. To them in the dim stage light and shuffle them “I’ll just take a photo for my website of two be certain of confirming the audience’s frantically while keeping a fixed inane grin on people enjoying themselves at one of my suspicions that you don’t care enough about your face - it will be fine, really! shows!” Then you simply go into the them to learn your material, simply toss a routine you had planned. This always gets few ideas around in your head without once Don’t Greet The Audience a really good laugh! committing them to paper. Don’t even think Why bother saying “Hello”, “Evening” “Hiya” about making a list of keywords and or any other greeting – this might well memorising them. No way should you try to introduce you to the audience in a friendly link the image evoked by the last gag in one way and get an immediate response – who section with the first gag in the next section. needs that!? Dive into your material, don’t The audience are a forgiving bunch and will pander to the plebs with populist attention- gladly wait patiently while you trot out those getting devices, they’ve come to hear your highly original “savers” like “So...what else gags, not your pleasantries. And while we’re can I tell you?” or “I know this - really!”. And on the subject… COMEDY Don’t Say Goodbye and Thank You later, too. Far, far better to plough straight right to the bitter end. If they miss the next Look – they’ve heard the gags, they either into your first supremely clever 5 minute gag because they’re still laughing at the first like you or they don’t.