Meet The Magic Circle
On Tuesday, I attended one of the twice-monthly Meet The Magic Circle evenings at the wonderful magic headquarters just by Euston station in London.
If you enjoy watching magic and you’re curious to find out more about The Magic Circle, I definitely recommend one of these soirées. They are open to anyone over 14 and, although many people go in largish groups, you can also go as a couple/pair or even alone. The hosts are friendly and welcoming and the event runs like clockwork – in fact, like the secret workings of the clock made by Robert-Houdin (father of modern magic) that you can see in the Devant Room.
At 7.30, Iain Moran appeared at Table 2, where eleven other people and I were eagerly awaiting the close-up session. He and three other talented magicians entertained us with cards, coins, ropes and silk handerkerchiefs – the usual magical paraphanalia and so great to see it in such a totally magical context. After that, it was up to the lovely Magic Circle theatre for a talk on the history of magic, given by the Vice President (a new president will be elected in September to replace the late, lamented Ali Bongo) and then back to the Devant Room for sandwiches and more close-up magic.
The experience concludes with an hour-long stage show. On Tuesday, we saw three very different comedy magicians, excellently compèred by Noel Britten: an uplifting finale to an exciting evening.
If you enjoy watching magic and you’re curious to find out more about The Magic Circle, I definitely recommend one of these soirées. They are open to anyone over 14 and, although many people go in largish groups, you can also go as a couple/pair or even alone. The hosts are friendly and welcoming and the event runs like clockwork – in fact, like the secret workings of the clock made by Robert-Houdin (father of modern magic) that you can see in the Devant Room.
At 7.30, Iain Moran appeared at Table 2, where eleven other people and I were eagerly awaiting the close-up session. He and three other talented magicians entertained us with cards, coins, ropes and silk handerkerchiefs – the usual magical paraphanalia and so great to see it in such a totally magical context. After that, it was up to the lovely Magic Circle theatre for a talk on the history of magic, given by the Vice President (a new president will be elected in September to replace the late, lamented Ali Bongo) and then back to the Devant Room for sandwiches and more close-up magic.
The experience concludes with an hour-long stage show. On Tuesday, we saw three very different comedy magicians, excellently compèred by Noel Britten: an uplifting finale to an exciting evening.
Spiral staircase of The Magic Circle
Labels: iain moran, the magic circle
posted by Georgie at
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1 Comments:
I went to The Magic Circle last year and had a really fun time.
I enjoyed the theatre show, but my favourite was the table(?) magic. I still can't understand how a coin appeared in my own hand without me feeling it!
Congrats on a great web site by the way.
Jan.
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