Mr Punch goes to Horror Con
Last weekend we brought Mr Punch’s Cabinet of Curiosities to Horror Con. It was our second visit and safe to say we had a wonderful weekend sharing our strange...
Seven Men Thinking About a Cat
In September 1896 seven men sat around an elaborate camera and thought of a cat, the resulting photographic plate was remarkable. The sympsychograph (shown abo...
Doomsday VII
I attended Doomsday VII last weekend it still remains the highlight of my year. It’s an extraordinary couple of days, Dan Baines has written an excellent...
Hypnotic ~ Luke Jermay
Just a quick shout out for a great show this Saturday… “Locked inside your mind are amazing abilities waiting to be liberated. You are more powerful than ...
Call for Papers – Magic and the Body
An exciting new call for papers has just been posted on the Magic Research Group. Issue Four of the Journal of Performance Magic will be themed around Magic ...
Chris Rawlins – RECALLED
It’s been a while since by last post. This new job has been crazy and there’s been little time for much else. However, I’m popping back on he...
Betwixt Jest and Earnest
Michael Mangan in Performing Dark Arts: A cultural history of conjuring (2007) talks of the paraxial and the notion that 17th Century performance magic may have...
‘Most of it is crap.’
Max Maven in his introduction to the collected New Invocation (Volume 2) states ‘In this compilation of the first thirty-six issues you will find a wide range o...
Mr Punch’s Cabinet of Curiosities
After an awesome weekend at Horror Con 2015, we are proud to officially launch our (well Mr Punch’s) Cabinet of Curiosities. The Murderous Mr. Punch invit...
Research Ramble
I’ve had a bit of a holiday, a few weeks away from most things. Just to regroup really and start to gently plan a focus for the second half of my research. It...