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Showing posts with label # interview. Show all posts
Showing posts with label # interview. Show all posts
12 October 2017
27 September 2017
Shin Lim in the Boston Globe
From the Boston Globe article by Dan Morrell:
Toward the end of magician Shin Lim’s “Dream Act” routine, his hands slowly rise to his head, palms up. Just as the accompanying dramatic orchestral music swells, he opens his mouth, expelling a cloud of smoke and revealing a folded playing card that had been inexplicably moving between both of his hands and his vest pocket.
Fellow magician Don Greenberg watched Lim, then 23, perform this act in July 2015 in Jacksonville, Florida, as part of a competition run by the International Brotherhood of Magicians. Greenberg had helped organize similar events for the brotherhood in the past, but this time he was there as a spectator. He and his wife, Sharon, were part of a group of more than two dozen audience members and two contest judges gathered in a Hyatt conference room to watch Lim. Greenberg had seen Lim perform in national competitions for years and had always thought he had good hands. But he was struck by this routine — Lim’s precise movements, his intensity, the crescendos of the music. It was cinematic. At the moment that Lim put his hands to his head, released the smoke, and revealed the card, Greenberg looked over at his wife. Her eyes were welling up with tears. Oh, my God, he thought, she’s crying. How the hell did that happen? You don’t expect someone to make your wife tear up with a just deck of cards.
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07 September 2017
The Magician James Randi on the Importance of Skepticism
From Holy Koolaid's YouTube channel:
James Randi, the legendary magician, skeptic, and paranormal debunker talks about the importance of scientific skepticism and how his work as a magician has shaped the way he views the world. James "The Amazing Randi" has spent decades in show business as a magician, but as a psychic investigator and debunker of the paranormal, Randi stresses the fact that it's all an artful deception and not supernatural at all - earning him the nickname "An Honest Liar." In this interview, James Randi discusses his work as a magician and the importance of being skeptical.
14 August 2017
CBC interview with Matt DiSero
An interview from August 2016, where Matt thinks he said something that upset a listener.
From the CBC:
From the CBC:
For Matt DiSero, the magic came first—and then the comedy followed.
His uncle was a sword-swallower and fire-breather who first introduced him to magic. Matt credits performing in comedy clubs with the help he needed to hone his funny magic act.
Read more and listen to interview.
11 August 2017
Mahdi Gilbert to be interviewed at Living Maths
From the Twitter feed of Living Maths:
Join me on 28 Aug 6pm GMT + 2 when I interview @mahdibuchinger - The magician without hands https://t.co/HBvGhJzqCg #Magic #Magician #cards— Living Maths (@LivingMaths) August 7, 2017
07 July 2017
Billy Kidd in the Irish Examiner and on the Irish Times Women's Podcast
Billy Kidd will be performing in Dublin, July 7-9, and Cork on July 15 and 16.
From the Irish Examiner:
Billy Kidd’s previous experience as a professional actor and classically-trained musician informs her career in magic.
“I saw a magician perform at a street festival and I was instantly hooked. I didn’t know how it was done, but I knew I wanted to do it,” she says.
In 2008, Kidd left Canada for Britain, where she was mentored by the legendary street magician, Gazzo. Did she find it hard to break into the male-dominated world of magic?
Read more.
From Billy Kidd's Twitter feed:
Magician @Billykiddshow is @cityspectacular this weekend in Dublin but why do so few women perform on the street? https://t.co/be9ehw1hEn pic.twitter.com/09eirAepbs— TheWomensPodcast (@ITWomensPodcast) July 6, 2017
24 June 2017
Toronto: Jason Palter at The Wicket
Check out these videos of Ken Margoe and Jason Palter on Humble and Fred Radio. You can catch Jason Palter at The Wicket tonight (details at the end of the post)!
From the Humble and Fred Radio Facebook page:
Also from the Humble and Fred Radio Facebook page:
From the Canada's Magic Facebook page:
From the Humble and Fred Radio Facebook page:
Also from the Humble and Fred Radio Facebook page:
From the Canada's Magic Facebook page:
07 June 2017
The Doug Henning Project interviews John Cox
From Wild About Houdini:
Neil McNally's new blog The Doug Henning Project is going strong with terrific interviews with Milt Larsen, John Gaughan, and Jim Steinmeyer. This week Neil is sharing a multipart interview with, gasp, me!
So only after you finish reading Neil's interview with those far more interesting and deserving members of the magic community, check out my blather. Neil and I did have a great time conducting this interview over Friday Lunch at the Magic Castle.
Read more and listen to interview.
30 May 2017
ReginaCadabra in the CBC
To learn more about ReginAcadabra (featuring: Chester McBain, Chris Funk, David Merry, Doug Arden, Jeff Richards, Keegan Duck, Paul Romhany, Richy Roy, Sean Watson, and Shawn Farquhar), visit ReginAcadabra.com
Watch Tracy Fahlman and Brent Kloeble talk about the upcoming ReginAcadabra event on CTV News.
From CBC News:
From the ReginaCadabra Twitter feed:
Watch Tracy Fahlman and Brent Kloeble talk about the upcoming ReginAcadabra event on CTV News.
From CBC News:
Brent Kloeble has high hopes for the new ReginaCadabra Magic Festival, which makes its debut July 26 in the city.
Kloeble, who is the chairman of the event, hopes the festival gains enough momentum to become an international attraction.
"It's an exciting event for Regina. There's nothing really like that around here," Kloeble said.
"We can make this a big tourism event," Kloeble said of the family-friendly festival, which will feature 10 performers throughout the week. "We know people will travel in to come see it."
Read more.
From the ReginaCadabra Twitter feed:
Close- up magic by Chester McBain @EscapeRegina see Chester and many other #magicians @ReginaCadabra #magic #festival in #yqr this summer https://t.co/4ujqDywTko— ReginaCadabra (@ReginaCadabra) May 24, 2017
26 May 2017
James Harrison in The Barrie Examiner
From The Barrie Examiner:
Magic is in the air and the fingers of James Harrison.
The Barrie magician has taken pick-pocketing to new heights over the past several years and he will be performing at two shows this weekend at the Mady Centre for the Performing Arts, including one the family and especially for kids.
"The family show will still be entertaining for grown-ups. but the themes will be more generic. It will be my fun and light-hearted, entertaining kind of show," said Harrison, who will be doing some pick-pocketing at both shows, but the family show will be more like an Oliver Twist version.
"I don't ever make fun of the kids, but parents are fair game," he said. "And the kids love that."
Read more.
22 May 2017
Luc Langevin on "Trucs & Cie"
From Luc Langevin's Twitter feed:
Voici mon passage à "Trucs & Cie". Toutes ces chroniques en lien avec mes intérêts faisaient vraiment mon bonheur ! https://t.co/Fo2PJeF2mQ— Luc Langevin (@LucLangevin) April 23, 2017
20 May 2017
Toronto: The Circus of Industrious Fleas
Catch Eric Woolfe as Buster Canfield, the world’s greatest flea circus impresario at Harbourfront Centre Sat, May 20 – Mon, May 22, 2017.
From the Harbourfront Centre blog:
From the Harbourfront Centre blog:
Step right up, Toronto! The world’s greatest flea circus impresario is back in town and ready to astound and amaze you with his menagerie of mite sized mini-marvels.
We caught up with Buster Canfield before his performance in the Studio Theatre this weekend to tell us more about the greatest trained fleas to ever hop the Earth and what audiences can expect to see at HarbourKIDS: Circus!
Harbourfront Centre: How did you get your start as a flea circus impresario?
Buster Canfield: Well, ever since I was little, I wanted to run a circus, but I could never afford an apartment big enough to live with all the monkeys and lions and elephants. Let alone the big wagons and tents. And then, once, I lived in this place that had a lousy superintendent who was too cheap to spring for a good fumigator. Pretty soon, I realized if I mixed those two problems together, I could make my dreams come true.
Harbourfront Centre: What do you look for in a circus flea?
Read more and buy tickets.
08 May 2017
Bobby Motta on CHCH
From Morning Live's Twitter feed:
Mind blowing mind reading with @bobbymotta that you have to see to believe. Interview: https://t.co/GwVUCf7ucH pic.twitter.com/DN9DcDQHj7— Morning Live (@morninglive) April 26, 2017
15 March 2017
Vancouver: James Randi In Conversation With Matt Dillahunty
There will also be a show with Shawn Farquhar with Camilo The Magician and Matt Dillahunty!
From UBC:
From the Pangburn Philosophy Facebook page:
From UBC:
Sunday 02 April 2017
Matt Dillahunty is thrilled to return to the Chan Centre stage to share the evening with one of his great idols in magic and skepticism. Matt is well known for his role in the Atheist community, but he also dabbles in magic! The amazing James Randi has an international reputation as a magician and escape artist, but today he is best known as the world’s most tireless investigator and demystifier of paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
Read more and buy tickets.
From the Pangburn Philosophy Facebook page:
19 February 2017
Bobby Motta in City Life
From City Life:
From the City Life Twitter feed:
From the Facebook page of Project Four Public Relations:
The magician places a large dice in my hand, then takes my wrists and gives them a shake.
“Now open your hand. What number is it?” he asks.
It’s six.
“You have no idea what’s going on, do you?”
I absolutely do not.
“Don’t worry about it. I do weird things sometimes,” he says. Then he dangles my watch in front of my face, which I hadn’t even realized was missing from my wrist. “And here’s your watch back, by the way.”
Read more.
From the City Life Twitter feed:
CITY LIFE MAGAZINE FEB/MAR 2017! In this magical new issue, we sit down with famed #Toronto #mentalist @bobbymotta https://t.co/vV9DjxNJgV pic.twitter.com/JtWNExaou7— CITY LIFE MAGAZINE (@citylifetoronto) February 7, 2017
From the Facebook page of Project Four Public Relations:
20 November 2016
Jay Sankey on Bringing Magic To Your Business
From Twist Image:
Welcome to episode #540 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Mirum Podcast. I have been blown away by Jay Sankey. He's a magician who has managed to do some pretty amazing and impossible things. I'm not just talking about the 700-plus illusions he has invented over his incredible career. I'm not just talking about the fact that David Copperfield, Criss Angel and David Blaine have performed his illusions. He knows so much about business, marketing and storytelling that this could be one of the important things any business professional might listen to this year. (and that's not hyperbole) With close to 200,000 subscribers to his Sankey Magic YouTube channel, Jay has broken down the wall between the audience and the mystic of magic.
Read more and listen to podcast.
16 November 2016
Bill Abbott: The Secret to Successful Weekly Shows, Magic Monday, and lecture
From Well Attended:
From Steven Lafond's Facebook page:
Bill Abbott discusses his weekly theatre show at Dave and Busters, why having a quality show matters, how he decides where to perform, and how he uses a custom backdrop for photo opportunities to help promote his show.
Read more and listen to podcast.
From Steven Lafond's Facebook page:
03 November 2016
Billy Kidd's episode of The Magicians' Podcast and The Next Great Magician
From The Magician's Podcast:
From Billy Kidd's Twitter feed:
From the ITV Press Centre:
Canadian born Billy Kidd started life as a child actor and didn't find magic until her twenties. She now lives in Bath and has done it all including street performing, close-up, stage and a ton of television, later this year you will see her on ITV1 attempting to become 'The Next Great Magician' too. In this interview Billy gives us an incredible insight in to what it's like to be a female in our male dominated industry
Read more and listen to podcast.
From Billy Kidd's Twitter feed:
Official like butter...#itv new show #NextGreatMagician starts Sunday's November 6 at 7pm.— Billy Kidd (@Billykiddshow) November 1, 2016
I'll be on episode 4. #magic #magicians #itv1 pic.twitter.com/eVaSirhiXS
From the ITV Press Centre:
Derren Brown’s Vaudeville Productions and Crook Productions have been commissioned by ITV to co-produce a brand new magic competition show, The Next Great Magician (6 x 60’). Crook Productions is part of Andrew O’Connor and ITV Studios’ Cat’s On The Roof Media, and The Next Great Magician is Crook Productions’ first big entertainment commission since the group’s inception earlier this year.
The series will feature the world’s best magicians performing their greatest tricks, many of them for the first time ever on television, as they compete to be crowned The Next Great Magician.
Read more.
26 October 2016
James Alan: Face2Face, Mystic Hallowe'en, and Hillsburgh
From Reality Based Magic:
Also from Reality Based Magic:
From Magic and Martini:
I sat down recently to have a chat with David Peck, the host of the Face2Face Podcast. As far as I can tell, David is a man who never sleeps. In addition to putting out a prodigious number of podcast interviews (mine is number 222) he also teaches in the International Development Program at Humber College, practices magic and has a family.
Read more and listen to podcast.
Also from Reality Based Magic:
Join the live studio audience at the upcoming “Mystic Halloween” Connected Circle Live Show and Dance Party! as mystic guest mediums, tarot card readers and magicians share insights to help you discover your mystical self. Meet the mystics and dance the night away with other audience members.
Halloween costumes optional but encouraged.
The show’s live filming will take place on Friday, October 28th from 5:30pm onwards at Maezo Restaurant + Bar (formerly The Rum Exchange) in downtown Toronto.
Read more and buy tickets.
From Magic and Martini:
Saturday, November 19 & 26
Come enjoy the magic of James Alan at the NEW restaurant of Chopped Canada winner Chef Pam Fanjoy in the Village of Hillsburgh.
Read more and buy tickets.
20 July 2016
Michael Close on WISH TV
From WISH TV:
[via The Magic-Compass and iTricks]
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Each and every week Dick Wolfsie shares an interesting and unique story that has a connection to central Indiana.
This time Dick Wolfsie talked to magician Mike Close.
Close, who is the president of the Society of American Magicians, discusses the intricacy and process that goes into performing an illusion and a trick.
Read more and watch videos.
[via The Magic-Compass and iTricks]
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