Making Dark Magicks at Doomsday
After three years of pandemic related cancellations and delays, the highlight of the UK Bizarre Magick calendar, Doomsday, returned to…
Mashing up Magick: Bizarre Magick and the Fuzzy Gothic
Gothic Mash-Ups: Hybridity, Appropriation, and Intertextuality in Gothic Storytelling edited by Natalie Neill is now available from Lexington books. The book…
The Magician – enquiring about practice #1
A key element of enquiry for me when working practically in bizarre magick was my role in the creation of…
Séance, Magicians, and the Arms Race of Things
Historically, the apparent ability to contact spirits has provided a wealth of opportunities for deception by performers. Magicians have had…
More on Magic Objects
“Objects have histories. Some have souls” (Chelman, 1993, p. 65) In many ways, performance magic is about the props, the…
Insider or Outsider?
The challenge I have as an academic is that I am both inside and outside of my research. I cannot…
Elizabeth and BGT – Bizarre Magick plays big?
In Spirit Theatre (1986) Eugene Burger when referring to bizarre magick quotes Tony Andruzzi as saying; ‘the number of people…
Bizarre Magick: An Experiment in Paranormal Entertainment (finale)
So what no posts since the 28th September? Well, the simple fact is I realised that I couldn’t write up…
Bizarre Magick: An Experiment in Paranormal Entertainment – Early doors
For the next few months I’ll shall be mostly blogging about a research/teaching project that begins in earnest this September. …
Halloween Happening 2017 – The thinning of the veil …
I once again had the pleasure of joining Ashton Carter and Roger Curzon in an evening of performance at the…
Doomsday VII
I attended Doomsday VII last weekend it still remains the highlight of my year. It’s an extraordinary couple of days,…
Research Ramble
I’ve had a bit of a holiday, a few weeks away from most things. Just to regroup really and start…
Doomsday VI
Each year a motley band of dark initiates gather in Whitby for Doomsday. Just in case you don’t know, Doomsday…
Tales Beyond Borders
I throughly enjoyed the Tales Beyond Borders Conference last week. A wonderful collection of people all with a passionate interest in…