
Conan Doyle, Houdini, and the Davenport Brothers: Huddersfield Connections.
As part of Cultures of Place, I’ve been busy rehearsing and preparing for Conan Doyle, Houdini, and the Davenport Brothers:…
As part of Cultures of Place, I’ve been busy rehearsing and preparing for Conan Doyle, Houdini, and the Davenport Brothers:…
After three years of pandemic related cancellations and delays, the highlight of the UK Bizarre Magick calendar, Doomsday, returned to…
Gothic Mash-Ups: Hybridity, Appropriation, and Intertextuality in Gothic Storytelling edited by Natalie Neill is now available from Lexington books. The book…
Maddy MagellanDo a trick for me. Jonathan CreekI beg your pardon. Maddy MagellanSomething from your repertoire. Jonathan CreekI don’t do…
Before the COVIDs really got going, I put out a request on social media for information regarding performer Diane Matthews….
A key element of enquiry for me when working practically in bizarre magick was my role in the creation of…
Historically, the apparent ability to contact spirits has provided a wealth of opportunities for deception by performers. Magicians have had…
*The film is now available to watch on the Media of Mediumship YouTube channel* An aptitude for deception is all…
“Objects have histories. Some have souls” (Chelman, 1993, p. 65) In many ways, performance magic is about the props, the…
I read something this week that got me thinking again about the photographs I took last summer. The series entitled…
I’m very interested in the notion of the (performance) magic(al) object. Aileen Robinson (2014) in ‘“All Transparent”: Pepper’s Ghost, Plate…
I find it useful to think of performance magic props as a technology. In theatre we often talk about theatre…
The challenge I have as an academic is that I am both inside and outside of my research. I cannot…
The notion of what constitutes the role of the trick in magic performance raises a number of questions, two of…
A transcription of a research seminar delivered 31/03/21 The seminar itself is now live: Thank you for inviting me to…
In a few weeks time I shall be presenting on practice research as part of the Spring 2021 LINES OF…
The New Normal? As I mentioned in a previous post, The Journal of Performance Magic (www.journalofperformancemagic.org.uk) is currently accepting academic…
I’m delighted to announce that the Journal of Performance Magic is once again accepting submissions! The Journal of Performance Magic…
I’ve just finished* a big project, and now I have three others to work on. Today is about starting one…
Last year fellow performer Ashton Carter and I found ourselves at The Science and Spiritualism, 1750 – 1930 Conference. As…
In Spirit Theatre (1986) Eugene Burger when referring to bizarre magick quotes Tony Andruzzi as saying; ‘the number of people…
So what no posts since the 28th September? Well, the simple fact is I realised that I couldn’t write up…
Week One (two sessions) The first session with the cast was a little talky. There was a lot to introduce…
For the next few months I’ll shall be mostly blogging about a research/teaching project that begins in earnest this September. …
Very happy to see that the the Magiculum issue of The Journal of Performance Magic is out now. It’s open…