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Alchemy? Magic? Aqua Hypnotism? The reality of this quirky little trick to instantly turn water into ice is far simpler - which just makes it coole...
The South Bank in London is once again home to the E4 Udderbelly, London Wonderground and brand new headline show 'Limbo' from the team behind last years hit 'Cantina' is running from now through to September.
Magician Rahat is back - and up to his naughty ways again. This time, he's asking strangers to take a photo of him and his friend - only for his fr...
Update: G'ah! Turns out this was a fake - as many suspected. The original poster has now admitted faking the find. "Long live the lulz! Hope most peop...
If only all shop assistants were like Michael Carbonaro. Mr Carbonaro is a magician who now has a recurring segment on 'The Tonight Show With Jay L...
Tech illusionist Brusspup can make water do pretty much anything - including bend in mid-air, totally freeze and (we imagine) do the Harlem Shake. ...
Life is always about balance and it's nice to believe that if there's one time of year when we might push the economic boat out it would be Christmas. But the importance of play provides the rationale for tapping into something more vital to the well-being of all ages than money can ever be.
As an avid viewer of his work and stage shows I have been amused, confused and downright bamboozled by him as a showman for years. Like all great artists the moment you think you have worked him out he smashes out a curveball.
This year is the Witch Trial's 400th anniversary. To this day, the county still capitalises on the legend of the witches and their trials, demonstrating yet again the lucrative nature of witchcraft. Of course, there is a rumour that circulates the area - the witches still haunt the buildings and villages.
David Blaine has finished what could be called his most electrifying stunt. The illusionist emerged after spending three days and three nights stan...
Daredevil David Blaine is ready to shock people with a three-day, three-night stunt where he stands in the middle of a million volts of electric curre...
My first taste of magic was when I was five years old but it didn't really make an impact on me until I saw David Blaine when I was 12. Seeing his TV special gave me an instant epiphany. I wanted to become a magician. I never knew magic could be so personal, so interactive and so cool.
For over 10 years I've spent most of August in Edinburgh at the festival and for five of those years I've been performing shows. Now working on a year on, year off system I took the opportunity to enjoy Edinburgh without the stress of doing a show and to catch up on what my magical colleagues were up to.
eBay has announced it will ban the sale of spells, hexes and magical items from its online auction site. Yes - it actually used to allow it. It ...
It's a classic magic trick thought to date back over 2,000 years ago. Involving three cups and three small balls, the performer creates a spectacl...
For twenty-five years Andy Nyman has worked in theatre, film and television. As an 11-year-old boy, he sat in a Leicester cinema watching Jaws, "There I was, a stocky little curly haired Jew seeing a stocky little curly haired Jew playing the lead in a film, I released this isn't fantasy. I could actually do that."
Meet Rahat, the magician prankster. Spending his time either on the internet or outside blowing people's minds with his magic, you can see what he's u...
Magic. It's a bloody good thing. Of course it doesn't exist, it's not real, but for hundreds of years magicians, such as myself, have taken to the stage in an attempt to convince people that the impossible can become possible and that magic might really exist... and in a way, it does.
A couple of days ago, I was chatting to comedian Jeff Stevenson who remembered the night of 15th April 1984 when comedian Tommy Cooper may have died on stage during the Live From Her Majesty's TV show - it was screened live by London Weekend Television on the full ITV network.
In the days leading up to a show, I spend a lot of my time making sure I'm show ready. I'm probably in the minority of comedy acts that do this, but then again I'm not 'just' a comedy act, some people would say I'm not even a comedy act, with jokes like that one I've just made, they might have a point.
A student has uploaded a video of herself on anaesthetic following an operation to remove her wisdom teeth in which she believes she lives in Hogwarts...
Having been to the Harry Potter Studio Tour at Leavesden, I now know exactly what went in to making the movies (spoiler alert: it's a lot!), and I am incredibly impressed. That said, I'm still all about an eventual remake putting a fresh spin on the story!
Paul Ricketts tells me Ray was very ambitious, but would hand out publicity photos of himself with the corner torn off, presumably because they were old photographs and had his real name printed on them.
Earlier this month I got to sit down with master illusionist, his words not mine, Hans Klok for a little chat about his new show The Houdini Experience. I am an award winning (and highly modest) mind-reader who can't read minds, whose always loved magic, but illusions, just haven't excited me. Has Hans managed to change that with his first London show. You know what? I think he has.
You might think you're ready for the level of cat-based cute we're about to unleash on you, but you're not. Seriously, this may well be too cute, but ...
