Bloomin’ Covid
This dratted little virus played havoc with our Magic Society as it did with lots of other things. But we had some lectures over Zoom and recently returned to the clubhouse.
The Rizos
A most entertaining lecture from the Rizos, featuring some cracking effects and lots of laughs
Magic to music
A great evening, with a worthy winner in P-J
Fool us
Great night last night. The four magicians who fooled the expert eyes of Simmons and Marshall were Andy Lettington Michael Maxted Bernard Pinnock Paul-James Tony Pilcher the Magical Clown The evening was rounded out by a very entertaining prediction effect performed...
Richard MacDougall lecture
Richard was amazing, as usual Some of us (no names) glazed over at his card routines in the first half, but grudgingly admitted they were beautifully done! He also demonstrated cut down versions of classics like the Gypsy Thread and Chop Cup. The second...
Library Night
We had a great night last night with a varied array of great magic on show, all taken from a book. We had Joe Greenaway performing from 101 Best Card Tricks; Jason Simmons a transformation effect from Tarbell using a newspaper; Ian Thom did a cut & restored rope...
James Brown lecture
Stage/parlour magic
The brief for tonight was to "Show or try magic that would suit a larger audience (beyond close-up but not quite the O2)" Well ...
Members’ teach-in
The evening started with a hands-on workshop using ring and string, and the second half was free-flow, socialising and practising what we learned in the first half.
