617: U.K. Kid Show Magicians

Kids are kids the world over and they all love magic. But there are some subtle differences in how and where magic is presented to children in the U.S. versus how it's done in the U.K. This week we chat with family and children show entertainers from the U.K. about these differences and some of their challenges (i.e. taking the tube and/or train in London between shows) and how they brand themselves by using memorable names for their characters.

Listen this week to our chat with Martin "Mr. Biscuit" Cox, Dave "Magic Dave" Allen and Paul "Colonel Custard" Megram as we hear how it's done "across the pond."

This week’s podcast episode on YouTube.

This week, Paul Megram, Dave Allen and Martin Cox represent a small sample of the complex and multi-levels of children’s show magicians in England. Someone could easily make a podcast devoted to just the kid show industry in the U.K. by featuring a different entertainer each week, but that’s not what The Magic Word Podcast is about. So please enjoy this 35,000 foot (or 10,668 meters) overview of this lucrative industry and accept our apologies if we have left out you as a guest or topics that you think we should have discussed.

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462: MagiCuba 2018 - Day Five Update

Nothing on the Schedule today, so it was just hanging out with the other registrants, eating, drinking and chatting with them and reflecting on the many events in MagiCuba.

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:09:43 - Chris Korn recaps the MagiCuba Festival

00:24:31 - Mitch Praver, winner of the Un Truco (One Trick) Challenge

00:34:01 - John Archer talks about the challenges he faced on the previous evening’s show

00:38:16 - International Vice President of the I.B.M., Don Greenburg, chartered a new I.B.M. Ring to the Havana, Cuban magicians. He talked about the work that led up to this charter.

00:47:49 - John Rose and Jon Stetson talk about how they think their event went and some of the challenges they were able to overcome

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461: MagiCuba 2018 - Day Four Update

Schedule - Saturday November 10, 2018

9:00 a.m. MagiCuba Session #8 - Roger Ruiz, Gardini, WIlfredo Mena & Edgar Cervera with Tina Lennert “Magic After The Revolution” (Parisien)

10:00 a.m. MagiCuba I.B.M. Vice President, Don Greenburg - Salon de la Fama “Induction & I.B.M. Ring Ceremony”

10:30 a.m. MagiCuba Session #9 - Chris Korn “That VooDoo That You Do” (Parisien)

11:30 a.m. MagiCuba Session #10 - Asi Wind “Magic in Progress” (Parisien)

12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. All Day Magic at Cerveceria (Craft beer brewery)

12:30 p.m. Bus to Cuban Circus (for ticket holders)

1:00 p.m. Circo Nacional de Cuba VIP Experience (Extra Event with Lunch)

3:30 p.m. Bus to Hotel Nacional (for ticket holders)

4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Magic & Mojitos (Hotel Nacional “Vista al Golfo” Bar)

5:30 p.m. Un Truco (One Trick) Challenge

6:00 p.m. Bus to Dinner & Teatro Nacional

6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Dinner

9:00 p.m. The Mac King Comedy Magic Show featuring juggler Michael Goudeau at Teatro Nacional (Covarrubias)

10:30 p.m. Late Night Magic @ Casa de la Musica (Plaza de Revolucion)

11:30 a.m. Bus to Hotel Nacional

12:00 a.m. Nightcap @ Hotel Nacional Terrace

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:03:03 - Jade helps me recap the previous evening’s activities and her take on how the Festival is going.

00:06:30 - Chad Long was one of the close-up performers from the previous evening’s late night show. He talks about his experience being in Cuba.

00:11:52 - Bob Riordan is one of the organizers who talks about some of the “challenges” they faced in putting this event together. We talk while seated in VIP seats just before the circus began.

00:15:07 - Jorge Blass was the emcee of the evening gala shows (two evening shows for the public and all in Spanish) and he talks about his traveling show in Spain.

00:21:17 - Roger Ruiz is the president of the local Havana, Cuba magicians group and was featured in the evening’s gala shows as an illusionist.

00:35:00 - Steve Kradolfer, from Boston, was one of the late night performers who overcame challenges with stage, lighting and sound conditions in his show.

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