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Magicfest2013 16Pp 205Mm 17/4/13 11:35 Page 1 Magicfest2013 16pp 205mm 17/4/13 11:35 Page 1 MAGICFEST VENUES 4 2 9 1 7 5 8 3 6 1 City Art Centre 6 SKYbar 2 Market Street, EH1 1DE Point Hotel Edinburgh, 34 Bread St, EH3 9AF Design byideas.co.uk 2 Lauriston Castle 7 Trinity Apse 2a Cramond Rd South, Chalmers Close, Royal Mile, EH1 1SS Davidson's Mains, EH4 5QD 8 The Vault 3 The Royal Lyceum Theatre 11 Merchant Street, EH1 2QD Grindlay Street, EH3 9AX (entrance off Candlemaker Row) 4 The Royal Scots Club 9 Voodoo Rooms 29-31 Abercromby Place, EH3 6QE 19a West Register St, EH2 2AA 5 The Scottish Storytelling Centre 43-45 High Street, EH1 1SR Online bookings: www.magicfest.co.uk Booking hotline: 0131 473 2000 Magicfest2013 16pp 205mm 17/4/13 11:35 Page 3 Design byideas.co.uk HOW TO BUY TICKETS WELCOME CONTENTS Online: www.magicfest.co.uk Hello and a warm welcome to Opening Night Gala 4 Telephone: 0131 473 2000 MagicFest 2013. Special Events 5 This year we are excited to invite performers Special Guest & Free Events 6 In person: Hub Tickets from all over Europe and as far afield as Illusions & Mentalism 7 Australia to deliver breath-taking illusions and Festival Calendar 8 -9 (The Hub, Castlehill EH1 2NE) awe inspiring magic for you, as part of the Catch the magic! most awesome magic event in the world. Magic Workshops 10 For our fourth year we are delighted to open Family Shows 11 Hub Tickets Opening Hours Notes the Festival with the Gala Show at the Close-up Magic 12 - 13 Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm Please note the Festival has a no refund or wonderful Lyceum Theatre, where you can Late'n'Live & Competitions 14 Sunday 30th June 10am to 5pm exchange policy, other than in the event of a get tickets for just £10. Our main programme cancellation. of events presents some of the best Booking Fees Latecomers may only be admitted at the contemporary magicians, who have honed There is a 50p per ticket booking fee (up to a discretion of staff and only during a suitable break their skills from theatres on the Las Vegas Strip in the performance. maximum of £3 for telephone and in person sales). to International Festivals around the world. ALL SEATING IS UNRESERVED (except for the Gala This year we introduce a new, adventurous show at the Royal Lyceum Theatre). If you require format for Magic Dinner - Wonderland and we Tickets on the Day access for a wheelchair user, please inform the are proud to collaborate with Lauriston Castle, A BIG thank you Please note tickets for Magic Dinner (p.5) and Box Office at time of booking. Edinburgh International Magic Festival Magic Workshops (p.10) are NOT available on the creating a new show merging the history of the castle with storytelling and sleight-of-hand gratefully acknowledges support from: day. Tickets for all the other Festival events can be SPECIAL OFFER purchased at the venue 20 minutes prior to the skills of the finest Scottish performers. Principal Sponsors Buy tickets for 4 different events - 10% OFF start of the event, subject to availability. We have also launched an annual Patron ® Buy tickets for 6 different events - 15% OFF Programme allowing you to get closer to IDEAS BRANDING DESIGN MARKETING Concessions are available for: Buy tickets for 8 different events - 20% OFF the Festival and directly support our work. Full-time students Visit magicfest.co.uk/support-us for more Senior citizens (60 and over) This offer is available for all Festival shows and events on full price information. and concession price tickets but not child or family tickets. Disabled citizens and companions Tickets must all be purchased at the same time. Special offer is So come enjoy a surreal magical world Under 16's (unless a child ticket is available) NOT available on the door, ONLY from Hub Tickets box office between fact and fiction and have fun this Programme Partner: Media Partner: (online/on the phone/in person). year at the fourth Edinburgh International Group Discounts Magic Festival. Group Discounts are available for groups of over Festival Team ten people. Please phone 0131 473 2000 for more Graham Colvan Technical Director Kevin McMahon information. Nicola Hopper Festival Administrator Event Supporters: Kevin McMahon Artistic Director Artistic Director • THE ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE • THE SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE Svetlana McMahon Managing Director • ROYAL SCOTS CLUB Vicky Pitchers (VJP Media) PR Manager @magicfest Stephanie Ritchie Administrative Assistant /edmagicfest 2 magicfest.co.uk box office: 0131 473 2000 Stephen Shirres Volunteer Co-ordinator sponsored by ideas.co.uk 3 Magicfest2013 16pp 205mm 17/4/13 11:35 Page 5 Opening Night Gala SPECIAL EVENTS Magic and Variety Gala Show Fri 28 June 2.30pm & 7.00pm Magic Dinner The Royal Lyceum Theatre Sat 29 June 7.00pm 2.30pm (Preview) • All tickets £10 Compèred by The Royal Scots Club 7pm • £24/£20/£16 adults, £20/£16/£12 conc, £12 child THE COLOUR HAM (UK) £55 per person • Discounts available for groups 10+ Duration: 2hr 30mins with interval Ages 5+ 'Ingenious' Duration: approx 3hr 30mins A selection of the finest magicians from around the world performing Scotsman Ages: 16+ only Dress code: Black tie stunning, cutting-edge magic at the beautiful Lyceum Theatre. 'The Colour Ham will Enjoy a delicious three course meal and enter a world of music, TA NA MANGA (Portugal) integrate theatre with magic, creating a take your breath away, hide it and then adventure and illusion at an immersive magical show that takes strong emotional, movie-like experience. This act has won awards at place at the lavish Royal Scots Club in Edinburgh. 11 different international magic events, including the World make it appear in Championship of Magic in July 2012. someone else's Wonderland characters bring pocket' everyday objects to life, find your CHARLIE MAG (Spain) presents his award-winning act with live doves! BroadwayBaby.com muchness and promise at least A master manipulator he makes doves appear as if six impossible things before from thin air with amazing technical perfection, dessert! An adventurous evening The winner of the style and showmanship - a truly unbelievable out, with great food and stunning act! Great Lafayette Award 2013 will also be entertainment from Ainsley Hamill, JÉRÔME HELFENSTEIN announced during the Billy Reid, Jango Starr, Kevin (France) Watch shadows evening Gala. McMahon and Neil Kelso. come to life in a unique show filled with subdued, Please note, the tickets for this event must be booked in advance. refined and poetic beauty which lets emotions take over and instantly leads the The Secret Room spectator to new Thurs 4 July 5.30pm & 7.30pm destinations. Lauriston Castle PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON (UK) Imagine Jack £20 /£18 conc Dee, in a dragon suit, with a cute sidekick (Mr Piffles, the World's First Magic Performing Duration: 75mins Ages 10+ Chihuahua™) performing jaw-dropping magic Enter Lauriston Castle and travel back in time to a world of tricks and you're on the right lines. clandestine laboratories, hidden passages and secret MORGAN & WEST (UK) Witness the plucky rooms... prestidigitators present dazzling deceptions, The finest Scottish magicians, Lewis Barlow, Colin McLeod unparalleled precognitive powers and a totally and Billy Reid, animate the castle's intriguing past with genuine ability to travel through time. stories, performances and illusions related to the history of TONY ROBERTS (Australia) is an international street Lauriston and her owners. A high court judge come performer working as an escapologist in festivals around surreptitious alchemist, a gambler who nearly lost everything, the world. He will perform his straight jacket escape, what other mysteries does this wonderful castle conceal? combining humour and daring in this classic act. Find your answer inside "The Secret Room". 4 magicfest.co.uk box office: 0131 473 2000 sponsored by ideas.co.uk 5 Magicfest2013 16pp 205mm 17/4/13 11:35 Page 7 SPECIAL GUEST ILLUSIONS & MENTALISM Paul Wilson Ali Cook "Sleight of Hand" "Principles and Deceptions" Wed 3 July 7.00pm, 8.30pm & 10.00pm Sat 29 June - Fri 5 July (except Mon 1 July) 7.00pm SKYbar, Point Hotel Edinburgh £20/£18 conc The Scottish Storytelling Centre Duration: 60mins Ages 12+ £12/£10 conc/£8 child Duration: 50min Ages 12+ Due to popular demand, the star of the BBC's 'Real Hustle' is back at MagicFest with his intimate table show. Paul Wilson is one of the world's most respected Star of ‘Penn & Teller: Fool Us’ (ITV1), 'Dirty Tricks' (Channel 4), 'Monkey Magic' performers of close-up, sleight-of-hand magic and has spent a lifetime (Five), Psychic Secrets Revealed with Derren Brown (Five) and the darkly creating and collecting magic effects. twisted Jerry@Trick sketch show with Jerry Sadowitz (Five). Ali Cook delivers awe-inspiring magic and breathtaking illusion. Expect to be genuinely The "Sleight of Hand" show puts you at the table as Paul presents a amazed. guided tour of his favourite miracles from around the world - the result “A hugely impressive show that’s never short on spectacle.. of 30 years searching for the impossible. This is one of the most genuinely astounding” Mail on Sunday immersive, engaging and personal ways to experience magic in the “The Show is Perfection” Broadway Baby company of a true master of the art. From cons and scams to wonders and illusion, this show is an experience you will never forget. “You blew us away” Penn & Teller “Immensely Funny” Daily Telegraph Please note, this event has limited unreserved seating and, as such, some “Supremely talented” Time Out bookers may have to stand.
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